The Voices of We Explores Challenges Women Face, Now in Boston
BOSTON, Mass.—Award-winning Boston area stage and screenwriter, Robbi D’Allessandro, explores the many faces of shame as 333 Productions presents the World Premiere of her original…
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Why Marriage Equality Matters for Older Americans
By: Michael Adams and Jonathan Jacob Nadler*— For more than thirty years, Kathy Murphy and Sam Baker lived together in a committed relationship. However, because Kathy…
CDC to Fund New Programs to Prevent HIV Infection Among Transgender People and Bay/Bi Men
By: Eric Brus*— The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently announced $185 million in funding for three new programs to prevent HIV infection among…
Bruce Jenner Comes Out As Trans Woman
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— After months of speculation, tons of Paparazzi stalking, and some insensitivity on the part of some media, late talk show hosts,…
NBC Airs Groundbreaking Series Spotlighting Transgender Youth
NBC News’ national correspondent Kate Snow looked at the details of Jacob’s experience: his initial frustration with being identified as a girl, his parents’ concerns about their…
LGBT People of Color Face Lifelong Risk of Living in Poverty
Washington, D.C.— A new report released today documents how systemic failures to protect certain students, recognize modern families, and protect people from discrimination drive and…
Carnival 2015: “Candy Land” Sugars P-Town
CAPE COD, Mass.—Parade? Not so much. What is today one of the largest outdoor celebrations in Massachusetts and recently named Best Festival on Cape Cod…
Settled: Federal Lawsuit Against SC Dept. of Motor Vehicles on Behalf of Transgender Teen
SC DMV Agrees to Allow Teen to Retake License Photo Wearing Makeup, Apologize, and Change Policy to Ensure that Transgender and Gender Nonconforming People Will…
Trans, LGBT Kids Accepted in New Girls Scouts Troop
By: The Seattle Lesbian— A gay pride Girl Scouts troop has opened up in Salt Lake City. The group will welcome transgender youth and children from LGBT…
Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival Will Be the Last
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— In an unexpected statement, Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival founder and organizer explained that the 40th Anniversary of the MichFest will be the…
Jenner to Sawyer: “My Whole Life Has Been Getting Me Ready for This”
Interview scheduled for April 24th at 9 p.m. EST By: The Seattle Lesbian— The promo for Bruce Jenner’s two-hour interview with Diane Sawyer, premiering Friday, has…
Lesbians Receive $10K for Discrimination
By: The Seattle Lesbian— After discriminating against a lesbian couple in New York, a taxi driver was ruled by a city administrative judge to pay the…
AIDS Action Calls on Lawmakers to Invest in Ending HIV/AIDS
BOSTON, Mass.—Statement by Carl Sciortino, Executive Director of AIDS Action Committee on the House Ways and Means Committee’s Recommended Funding of HIV/AIDS: “Since the beginning…
OUT‘s 50 Most LGBT Powerful People
Out Magazine has done it again. The famous yearly list of the 50 Most Influential LGBT People in the U.S. is out. Who made it…
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Celebrates Boston Pride with Smile
Tony-Winning Star of Stage and Screen Laura Benanti to Join Chorus at Symphony Hall BOSTON, Mass.—The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) proudly presents Smile, a…
Women’s Dinner Party Raises Close to $500,000
BOSTON, Mass.—Fenway Health held a successful Women’s Dinner Party on April 11, raising close to $500,000 in cash, pledges and in-kind donations to support the life-saving services…
Atheist Former Boy Scouts Lead Secular Alternative Summer Camp
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Camp Quest, a summer camp serving youth from non-religious families, is now led by two Eagle Scouts, Shawn Jeffers (Chair) and Neil…
Refuge Restrooms Could Be A “Life-Saver” for the Trans Community
It’s not just about living in Florida and wondering where to go to the bathroom, if you are a trans person. Florida’s H.B. 583 is not…
The Long Ride: Scott Eastwood on Gay fans, Being an ‘Outcast,’ More
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— Scott Eastwood has already provided a generous hunk of swoon-worthy shirtlessness, but the model-turned-actor is just getting started. In his…
Civil Rights Groups Sue National Finance Company for Illegally Firing Transgender Employee
NEW ORLEANS, LA—A national Mississippi-based finance company fired a transgender man after he refused to agree to dress and be treated as female, according to…
BGMC to sponsor team in Beantown Softball League
Joins Beantown Softball League as Corporate Sponsor; Adds “BGMC BassRunners” to roster of teams in LGBT League BOSTON, Mass.—The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) is…
LPAC Endorses Hillary Clinton for President; Reactions
Nation’s only lesbian PAC launches Lesbians4Hillary.com to support Clinton’s run. LPAC, the country’s first and only lesbian political action committee, announced its board voted to endorse…
Phelps’ Granddaughter Attends Equality House Kiss-In
By: Kelly Morris/The Seattle Lesbian— To celebrate the two-year anniversary of the Equality House, a rainbow-painted LGBT-themed building across the street from the anti-gay Westboro Baptist…