Transgender Employees Stand Ground Despite Discrimination & Challenges, more
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter– Despite the liberal progress the transgender community has made in terms of rights in the 21st century, many challenges still lie…
2013
Denied: An open Invitation to Brown University Officials
By: Nicole Lashomb*/TRT Editor-in-Chief– Recently, Brown University, located in Providence Rhode Island, announced that its renewed student insurance policy would include coverage for gender reassignment…
The Summit: Transforming Victimization by the Prison Industrial Complex into Empowerment & Action
By: Jason Lydon*/TRT Columnist– On Saturday, April 27th, the Hispanic/Black Gay Coalition will team up with Black and Pink to host a summit for formerly…
GSA Coalition Leadership Conference Inspires Activism & Youth Leadership in RI
By: Ashley Mark/TRT Reporter– Youth Pride Inc. will be hosting its 8th annual GSA Coalition Leadership Conference in March in Providence, R.I. The conference brings…
Ask Lambda Legal – Religious Exemptions
By: Jenny Pizer, Senior Counsel and Director, Law and Policy Project for Lambda Legal– Q: I live in Illinois and have been eagerly waiting to…
Gayborhood News: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Albany, NY NY to introduce transgender nondiscrimination measure A bill is making its way in NY state legislature that would…
Deep Inside Hollywood: Jane Lynch, Matt Bomer, Kelly McGillis, Jonathan Groff
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special to TRT– The sun’ll come out tomorrow for Jane Lynch And that sun will stay out for exactly eight weeks. That’s…
LGBTQ Youth Find Support, Through Empowering Youth-led, Adult-Advised Group
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Reporter– For gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth who continue to be targeted by bullying and isolation in schools, Safe Homes…
Faith, Family, and God: No Change with New Pope; Empowering LGBTQ Christians
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist– Benedict XVI’s unexpected abdication as Pope and Bishop of Rome doesn’t mean much for LGBTQ civil and human rights. His…
Letter to the Editor: St. Patrick’s Parade is a Shame for Boston
Dear Rainbow Times Editor, Sometimes change is elusive, and sometimes you can feel the momentum and know change is around the corner. That was true…
Latin Vision: ¡Igualdad Para Todo/as en Puerto Rico!
Por: Wilfred Labiosa*/Columnista de TRT– En las pasadas semanas se ha acentuado en Puerto Rico la homofobia. Aunque las noticias del apoyo del Presidente Obama…
Pregúntale a Lambda Legal – Exenciones Religiosas
Por: Jenny Pizer, Abogada y Directora, Proyecto de la Ley y la Política para Lambda Legal– P: Vivo en Illinois y he estado ansioso con…
Receiving ‘That’ Phone Call from a Friend: Thinking About Loss in the Trans Community
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist– It happens. You get a call from your friend and they ask you if you are sitting down. At that…
Trans-ceptions: Not being Consumed by Transness; Remembering we are Just Living our Lives
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– Sometimes it’s important to remember that it’s not all about being trans. I have to keep reminding myself of this lesson….
Creep of the Week: Matt Barber Cowardly Goes After Gay Teens
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT– If any of my readers have daddy issues and get off on being told “you’re a bad bad boy,” you’ll…
Thinking Out Loud: If We’re Going to Wear Men’s clothes, Let’s Do it Right
By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT– I have a problem with lesbians in ties. I don’t have a problem with lesbians with short hair (I’ve got…
To Cook is to Love: A foodie’s Journal; Celebrate an Early Spring with Chocolate
By: John Verlinden*/TRT Food Columnist– Last month we had a solid week of single digit temperatures followed by 30 inches of snow with hurricane force…
The OutField: U.S. Soccer, and All that Trans Jazz
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT– Born a male, Jazz began to live as a girl at a young age. Thanks to supportive parents, she was…
The Naked Truth: New Memoir Reveals Secrets of A Working Boy
By: Joseph Gerbino/Special to TRT– “I went through my teenage years believing I was this broken person who didn’t deserve to be treated well,” says…
Openly Gay Mayoral Candidate from Mississippi, Beaten, Burned
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– JACKSON, Miss. — The death of openly mayoral candidate, whose remains were found last week along the Mississippi River levee, is…
History in the High Court Part: Standing in the Way
How procedural questions in the two big marriage cases this month could preclude major rulings – and what that would mean … To prepare readers for…
HBGC with Tod@s Host LGBTQ Mental Health Weekend
Two events encourage LGBTQ people of color to break silence, seek support Boston, Mass. — For decades, taboos and stigma related to mental health and illness…
MassEquality Icon Awards Raises $140K
Governor, Boston Bruins, MA Coalition for the Homeless, and Esmond Harmsworth honored at second annual event BOSTON, Mass. – MassEquality announced that it raised approximately $140,000 at…