Getting to Zero: The Multi-Faceted Solution to Beating New HIV/AIDS Infections
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Research, prevention, and treatments of HIV and AIDS has, in the last decade, made the disease anything but a death sentence….
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Biz Corner: Salem Dental Arts
ESSENTIAL TID-BITS Location: 20 Central Street, Suite 111; Salem, Massachusetts 01970 Phone: (978) 741-1640 Web: www.SalemDentalArtsMA.com ———————– Getting to know Dr. Pamela Maragliano-Muniz By: Christine Nicco,…
Gay Holiday Gift Ideas You’ll Love
EastSiders Season 2 EastSiders explores the drunken outbursts and double standards of twenty-somethings living and loving in sunny California. The second season delves into the dramatic complexities of dating…
Breaking TRT Exclusive: Corey Yarbrough Bids Adieu to HBGC
By: Graysen Martínez Ocasio/TRT Publisher— The Hispanic Black Gay Coalition of Boston (HBGC), the brainchild of Corey Yarbrough and his life partner Quincey, grew from…
NCLR, HRC, and CHLP Launch Campaign to Raise Awareness of HIV Criminalization Laws
WASHINGTON—Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and the Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP) launched a new…
AIDS Action Committee to Announce “Getting to Zero” Coalition to Eliminate Transmission of HIV Infection in Mass.
BOSTON, Mass.— On World AIDS Day, Tuesday, Dec. 1, AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts (AAC) will announce the formation of the Getting to Zero Coalition,…
HUD Offers Guidance on “Appropriate Placement” of Transgender People in Homeless Shelters
Courtesy of The Fenway Institute The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published new guidelines for emergency homeless shelters that explicitly state…
RI Bars Insurers from Exclusions for Transgender Health
Yesterday, the Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner released a bulletin Regarding Prohibited Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity and Expression. The bulletin…
Urban Nutcracker LGBT Show Back for 2015
Back by Popular Demand and Featuring a Special Appearance by Joslyn Fox BOSTON, Mass.—Back by popular demand, Tony Williams is delighted to add the LGBT…
Boston: GLBTQ-DVP to Close After 22 Years
Many Programs and Services to Transfer to Fenway Health Cambridge, MA—On December 31, 2015, the GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project will cease providing direct services and…
Prevalence of HIV Infection Among Hispanics or Latinos
Plus, impact of domestic violence on LGBT and HIV-positive people. By: Eric Brus* The U.S. Centers for Disease Control recently published a new report, Diagnoses…
Talented Comedian Ed Blaze Releases “World Peace Is Comedy”
Shares Lessons of Life and Friendship NEW YORK, NY—Ed Blaze, a Tanzanian-born talented comedian who rose from humble beginnings to openings for established entertainers like…
HUD Rules to Ensure Equality for Transgender Individuals Seeking Shelters
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a proposed rule that would ensure that transgender individuals seeking accommodations in emergency…
MA Companies’ LGBT Equality Scores in HRC’s 2016 Corporate Equality Index
WASHINGTON—The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the nation’s LGBT civil rights organization, released yesterday the 2016 Corporate Equality Index, an annual report assessing LGBT inclusion…
MA Transgender Rights Bill Fails to Come to Vote; Reactions
Development will be updated with more reactions from Bay Staters By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass—Massachusetts legislators left for the holiday recess without bringing to…
The Washington Post’s Editorial Board Denounces Tragic Discrimination of Transgender Students
The Washington Post‘s editorial board denounced the “fear-mongering” that “has become a staple” of debates over transgender student rights and led to “tragic discrimination” against transgender…
DOJ Weighs in on Transgender Exclusion in Americans with Disabilities Act
Yesterday the Department of Justice (DOJ) weighed in on the transgender exclusion written into the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), urging the court to ignore the exclusion…
Mother Asks Supreme Court to Review Alabama’s Anti-Gay Parent Measure
Review Unprecedented Alabama Refusal to Recognize a Same-Sex Parent Adoption from Another State and Asks the Court to Stay Alabama Decision So She Can Have Visitation with…
Sexual Minorities Archives: Leaving Northampton
By: Ben Power Alwin*— I write this as the sun sets on November 15, 2016, the day that the Sexual Minorities Archives officially closed to…
AFWM: To Mark World AIDS Day with Community Gathering
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—The AIDS Foundation of Western Massachusetts (AFWM) announced today that the organization will host a community gathering to mark World AIDS Day on December…
The LGBT Community & Allies Stand in Solidarity with France
The LGBT community and allies, celebrities, politicians and just about anyone with a Twitter account took to Twitter and to social media to show their solidarity, sympathy…
Updated: Anti-LGBT Ruling Causes Mass Resignation within LDS Church
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— Thousands of LGBTQ Mormons and Allies resigned from the Church of Latter-Day Saints on Saturday, November 14 due to a new…
Chelsea Manning Responds to Government Move to Dismiss Lawsuit Seeking Health Care for Gender Dysphoria
The Department of Justice has filed a brief In Chelsea Manning’s case against the United States government challenging her request to grow her hair beyond the two…