AAMC Releases Groundbreaking Medical Guidelines for LBGT Community
By: Sara Brown/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Revolutionary medical guidelines on how to care for the LGBT community were released by the Association of American Medical…
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Faith, God and Family: SCOTUS Decision Doesn’t Change Hearts & Minds
By: Paul P. Jesep/ TRT Columnist— The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling on marriage equality. Absent the introduction of a constitutional amendment in…
Matrimonio Gay y el Terrorismo Espiritual
Por: Graysen Martínez Ocasio*/Publicador de TRT— Este fue un momento histórico, el 26 de junio, cuando la Corte Suprema de la nación—en un voto 5-4—declaró…
LGBTQ Struggles Do Not End with Marriage Equality
By: Nicole Lashomb, Editor-in-Chief— Since the SCOTUS decision leading to the legalization of same-sex marriage across the nation, I have found myself breathing a bit…
La Desventaja Social en las Comunidades Gay
Por: Francisco Cartagena Méndez*/Especial para The Rainbow Times— El clasismo, la homofobia y el racismo son conceptos muy arraigados en diferentes culturas. Los seres humanos,…
Now We Celebrate Marriage Equality: Tomorrow We Fight for More
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT— I still vividly remember how it felt to be spat on and called a “fag&ot” at fourteen, when I went…
Obama Owes Transgender Community an Apology
By: Natalia Muñoz*/Special to TRT— In June 2015, many in the LGBT communities nationwide were in a particularly celebratory mood. As has become an annual…
Mainstream LGBTQ News Coverage Virtually Only About Marriage Equality
By: Milo Todd/Special to TRT— Marriage Equality. That’s a success and a massive deal. History was made mere weeks ago (http://tiny.cc/ql07zx). But as I saw…
Ask A Trans Woman: Caitlyn Jenner’s Transition
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Lately, it seems like the only question people want to ask me is, “What do I think about the whole Caitlyn…
Transgender Transition & Family: When Things Don’t Go Smoothly
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— When you transition to living full time in your true gender it can be one of the happiest days of…
CDC Awards Fenway Health, AIDS Action, Multicultural AIDS Coalition $3.78m for ‘Getting To Zero’ HIV Prevention Partnership
BOSTON, Mass.—The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have awarded Fenway Health, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, and the Multicultural AIDS Coalition $3.78 million for a five-year…
Creep of the Week: High Court Anti-Gay Justices
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, and John Roberts We were gathered to celebrate something that many of us didn’t…
Matt Bomer: More Than Meets the Eyes
Magic Mike star on telling his kids he’s in a stripper movie, Channing flattery and indecent gyrations By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— Matt Bomer is…
Federal Court: All Alabama Counties Must Stop Enforcing Unconstitutional Marriage Ban
MOBILE, Ala—U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. Granade today issued an order confirming that her injunction directing all Alabama probate judges to issue marriage licenses to…
U.S. Department of Justice Affirms Title IX Protection for Transgender Students
Today, the Department of Justice affirmed that Title IX protects the right of transgender students to use the restroom that matches their gender identity. Earlier…
CT Governor Signs Bill Modernizing Process to Change Gender on Birth Certificates
GLAD Publishes Toolkit to Assist Transgender People Making Changes Last week, Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy signed into law a bill that updates the state’s birth…
Decision Day: A Community Event on SCOTUS Decision
BOSTON, Mass.—Yesterday, hundreds of people gathered at a MassEquality and community event at the front steps of the Massachusetts State House to celebrate the U.S….
Edie Windsor: Go Get Married! But ‘Talk Before You Walk’
SAGE Partners with Windsor to Help LGBT Older People and Couples Who Want to Marry NEW YORK—SAGE stands with LGBT communities and allies in celebration…
Thousands to Celebrate the SCOTUS Decision on Marriage Equality
BOSTON, Mass.—Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that marriage equality for same-sex couples is a constitutional right, thereby making marriage equality the law in every…
Stonewall Transgender Woman Celebrates Marriage Equality Decision
By: Erica Kay-Webster— WEST BARNSTABLE, Mass—At The Stonewall Inn on June 28, 1969 we firmly stood our ground and refused to surrender to the injustices that…
President Obama’s Remarks on the Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality
Remarks made from the Rose Garden THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Our nation was founded on a bedrock principle that we are all created equal. The…
Joint Statement from the HBGC & the LCCREJ in Response to the SCOTUS Marriage Equality Decision
“The proof that one truly believes is in action.” ― Bayard Rustin BOSTON, Mass.—The Hispanic Black Gay Coalition and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice dream of a…
Fenway Health Celebrates SCOTUS Decision on National Marriage Equality
Studies Have Shown That Lesbian, Gay And Bisexual People Derive Positive Health Benefits From Same Sex Marriage “Today the U.S. Supreme Court said that same-sex…