AG Maura Healey Wants Your Same-Sex Marriage Story
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is serious about marriage equality nationwide. With such a task in mind, the Attorney General…
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Swampscott: The 12th Jurisdiction to Include Gender Identity in Public Accommodations Policy
BOSTON, Mass.— Yesterday, Swampscott, Mass. became the 12th jurisdiction in the Commonwealth to enact a policy that will add gender identity to its non-discrimination policy in…
Domestic Violence Programs Speak Out on Lisa Trubnikova’s Stalking-Related Homicide
CAPE COD, Mass.—As reported in the The Boston Globe, a former coworker of Lisa Trubnikova, Adrian Loya, shot and killed Trubnikova and shot and injured her…
VFP Sues City of Boston for St. Patrick’s Peace Parade Permit
Suit challenges City’s eleven month delay in acting on permit application and charges favoritism for South Boston parade organizers who continue to exclude most LGBT…
AIDS Action Committee Reschedules National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Agency to sponsor discussion about impact of HIV/AIDS in Black community and provide free HIV testing BOSTON, Mass.—AIDS Action announces today that the new date…
Mass. Same-Sex Couples Share Their Relationships for Valentine’s Day
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—In June 2015 the United States Supreme Court will listen to four different cases that dispute the issue of same-sex…
Trans-Serving Orgs. Respond to Leelah Alcorn’s Death: Provide Needed Support
Trans Lifeline, Fenway Health and MassEquality share their organization’s transgender programs By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—In December, the LGBTQ community was rocked by…
Break the Chains: Queer POC, Trans & Marginalized Performers, Unite Art with Activism
By: Lauren Walleser/ TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Break The Chains is a new semi-monthly dance party in Boston focused on bringing together activists and artists,…
Comedian Jennie McNulty to Headline Valentine’s Day show by DykeNight Productions
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—DykeNight Productions will host a Valentine’s Day comedy and improv show with comedian Jennie McNulty Saturday, February 14 at…
James Morgrage to Receive the Congressman Gerry E. Studds Award
BOSTON, Mass.—Fenway Health is proud to announce that James Morgrage will receive the Congressman Gerry. E. Studds Award. Morgrage has managed Boston’s premier LGBT gathering spot Club…
Maura Healey Sworn in as AG; MassEquality Congratulates Her
BOSTON, Mass.—More than 800 people attended the Attorney General’s inauguration on Wednesday at Boston’s Faneuil Hall. Maura Healey took the historic oath of office, which made…
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Makes History at Governor’s Inaugural Celebration
BOSTON, Mass.―In an historic performance, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus sang at the Inaugural Celebration of Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker at the Boston Convention Center…
OUTVETS to Make History Marching in Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—Last month, The South Boston Allied War Veterans Council (AWVC) voted 5-4 in favor of allowing an LGBT veterans…
Family Equality Council to Host 20th Annual Family Week in 2015
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— SOMERVILLE, Mass.—Family Equality Council (FEC)—a national organization that connects, supports, and represents the three million parents who are lesbian, gay,…
Exclusive: Harvard University Seminar Series Explores LGBT Issues Post-Marriage Equality
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Throughout the 2014-2015 academic year, Harvard University is hosting a seminar series called “After Marriage: The Future of LGBT Activism.”…
Fenway Study: Transgender Youth at High Risk for Negative Mental Health Outcomes
Primary Care clinicians should routinely screen transgender youth for mental health concerns BOSTON, Mass.—Transgender youth have disparately negative mental health outcomes related to depression, anxiety,…
MassEquality Congratulates Senator Rosenberg on Being Sworn in as MA’s Senate President
BOSTON, Mass.— Today, Senator Stan Rosenberg (D — Amherst) was sworn in as the 93rd Massachusetts Senate President. A true leader and advocate for the…
MassEquality Applauds Governor’s Signing of Homeless Youth Bill
BOSTON, Mass.—Today, Governor Patrick signed into law the Unaccompanied Homeless Youth bill which defines who is an unaccompanied homeless youth and instructs the Executive Office…
BREAKING: MA Legislature Sends Homeless Youth Bill to Gov. Patrick’s Desk
BOSTON, Mass.—In an incredible victory for homeless youth across Massachusetts, the state legislature sent House Bill 4517—which instructs the Executive Office of Health and Human…
Op-Ed: MassEquality’s Commitment is to a Grander Vision
By: Various Community Organization Leaders*— [Bay Window’s editor] Sue O’Connell’s editorial on December 17, “Is it Time for MassEquality to Retire?” asks the wrong question….
Veterans For Peace applauds OUTVETS entry into Saint Patrick’s Day Parade
BOSTON, Mass.—Veterans For Peace applauds the decision by the Allied War Veterans Council to allow OUTVETS, a fledging new LGBT veterans group, to walk in…
GLAD Reacts to Appeals Court Ruling that Dept. of Corrections Can Deny Care to Transgender Woman
BOSTON, Mass.—The full First Circuit Court of Appeals today reversed an earlier ruling that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts must provide Michelle Kosilek, an incarcerated transgender…
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Needs a Few Good Men for Auditions
BOSTON, Mass.—Boston Gay Men’s Chorus announces that auditions for its 2014-15 season will be held on January 4, 2015. The BGMC will embark on an…