Many events planned for Rhode Island Pride and Gallery Q
By: Casey Rocheteau/TRT Reporter– Pride is coming up, and while that is already cause for celebration, Pride R.I. is bringing culture and history to the…
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Rhode Island Anti-Sexism League Fights for Women’s Rights & Against Rape Culture
By: Casey Rocheteau/TRTReporter– Last autumn saw the beginnings of a newly emerging movement against the rape-culture epidemic in our society. Many of the events around…
MassEquality Marks 2nd Anniversary of State’s Anti-Bullying Law: Calls For Reform
BOSTON, Mass.—Tomorrow, May 3, marks the second anniversary of the signing of the state’s bullying law. This law requires school districts to create bullying prevention plans…
HBGC Event: Black and Latino Gay Men on Pornography
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– It was a hot topic of conversation. And talk about pornography they did as more than 50 people (mostly men of…
Boston Pride and EDGE Media Network announce free Boston Pride app for iPhone
First-In-The-Nation App to Facilitate 2012 Pride Week Parade, Festival, and Other Official Boston Pride Activities BOSTON, Mass. – Boston Pride announced today that their official…
Boston Pride Headliners for 2012 Festival: Alexis Jordan, Rye Rye, and Kerli
Three musical artists to perform at June 9th Festival on Boston’s City Hall Plaza BOSTON, Mass.– Boston Pride recently announced that musical artists, Alexis Jordan,…
Expanded HIV Testing a Reality in Massachusetts
By: Rebecca Haag*/Special for TRT– Today we are one giant step closer to making it easier to test people for HIV in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval…
AIDS Action Committee Applauds Governor & State Lawmakers For Passage of HIV Screening Bill
BOSTON, Mass. —Tomorrow, April 26th, Governor Deval Patrick will sign “An Act To Increase Routine Screening of HIV.” This bill will modernize the Commonwealth’s HIV…
GLAD Publishes Groundbreaking Transgender Family Law Book; organizations react
BOSTON, Mass — Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, GLAD, is proud to announce the publication of Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy,…
Theater Offensive To Honor Transgender Activist Gunner Scott
BOSTON, MA – Nationally recognized transgender activist Gunner Scott will be honored with The Theater Offensive’s Out on the Edge award. As Executive Director of…
MTPC 3rd Annual Lawyers for Trans Rights Awards Robert A. DeLeo
BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition’s 3rd Annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights event was held on Thursday, April 12th at The Estate in…
Boston Foundation Awards $350K for OUT in Your Neighborhood Strategy
BOSTON, Mass. – The Boston Foundation awarded The Theater Offensive the largest grant the organization has ever received, $350,000 to be put towards deepening its…
Team OUT Run Competes for At-Risk LGBT Youth In Boston Marathon 2012
BOSTON, Mass. – The Theater Offensive’s Team OUT Run will compete at the Boston Marathon 2012 and lace up their sneakers for at-risk LGBT youth…
MassEquality Hires Organizing Director Longtime LGBT advocate Wes Ritchie
BOSTON, Mass. — MassEquality announced yesterday that it has named longtime LGBT advocate Wes Ritchie as its new Organizing Director. Ritchie is a former campaign…
First Argument Against DOMA at U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit
By: Lisa Keen & Chuck Colbert/Keen News Service– The seventh-floor courtroom of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston was…
AIDS Fundraiser to be held featuring local Cape Cod musicians
WEST DENNIS, MA, – On April 30th, 2012 from 6-9 p.m. at O’Shea’s Olde Inne (348 Route 28) in West Dennis, MA there will be…
Drag Brunch, Open in New Locations, Appeals to Gay, Straight & Family People
By: Casey Rocheteau/TRT Reporter– Drag Brunch is a monthly Providence tradition. The Rainbow Times spoke with Anthony DeRose, or, as he is better known, Jacqueline…
RI: Goldman Sachs, the HRC and Class Politics Within the Community
By: Casey Rocheteau/TRT Reporter– Recently, activists from the Occupy L.A. Queer Affinity Group and GetEqual in Los Angeles, protested a Human Rights Campaign, HRC, gala…
In Historic First, Appellate Court Will Decide Constitutionality of DOMA
Boston, MA — On Wednesday, April 4, seven married same-sex couples and three widowers will go to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First…
Women net $375K-plus for Fenway Health
By: Chuck Colbert/ TRT Reporter– Raise your glass! They did just that — the more than 1,100 women (lesbian, bisexual, transgender) and men who attended…
MA House Speaker to Keynote 3rd Annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights Event
Boston, MA —The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is excited to announce its third annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights event on Thursday, April 12th at…
HBGC Releases Anthology Of Black & Latino Coming Out Stories
BOSTON, Mass. — This month, the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition (HBGC) released its first anthology publication in hopes of raising visibility to and understanding of…
Boston Pride Human Rights & Education Committee Onto 3rd Statewide Stop
Boston Mass. – The Human Rights and Education (HR&E) Committee of Boston Pride today announced the next stop on its 2011 – 2012 Community Forum Road Tour. On Wednesday,…