LGBTQ Community Members Doing More Business With Firms That Affirm Their Identities
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— In the wake of President Donald Trump’s election, the LGBTQ community is finding other ways to exercise power outside of the…
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Trans Activists Discuss #Hike4Rights, Their Journey to Mass.’ Highest Peak
#Hike4Rights Initiative, A Forum to Advocate for Trans Rights New England Pride Guide 2018 | Special Edition By: Nicole Collins/TRT Intern— On August 15, trans…
A Perspective: The Needs of LGBTQ Elders and Elders of Color in the 21st Century
LGBTQ Elders and LGBTQ Elders of Color face particular challenges. New England Pride Guide 2018 | Special Edition By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor and Nicole…
LGBTQ-Affirming Sports Teams Commit to Development, Acceptance, & The Score
New England Pride Guide 2018 | Special Edition By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— In the Boston area, amateur sports is an area where LGBTQ people are…
BGMC’s Pride Concert Takes You Through All The Feels
Courtesy of Boston Gay Men’s Chorus— Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) will celebrate Boston Pride Week with Together, featuring music from Broadway, movies, spirituals and…
U.S. Court Sides With Transgender Teen Gavin Grimm
Yesterday, a U.S District Court of Virginia told the Gloucester County School Board that Gavin Grimm’s case could not be dismissed. Grimm, a transgender teen…
LGBTQ News Briefs From Around The World, May 2018
Controversial LGBTQ adoption law signed by Okla. governor (https://goo.gl/cBGkgi) Last Friday, Mary Fallin, Governor of Oklahoma, signed into a law a bill allowing adoption agencies…
Community Periscope: Chicopee, Mass. Lacks LGBTQ Resources, According To Locals
By: Nicole Collins/TRT Intern— LGBTQ resources seem almost ubiquitous in the Pioneer Valley, an area in Western Massachusetts widely known for its thriving LGBTQ community. However, according to some, there…
New Trans Military Ban Filing Would Accelerate Ruling to Permanently Stop the Trump Ban
GLAD says, “The government’s own documents, newly obtained by discovery, show the March 23 ‘Mattis Plan’ is the same unconstitutional, categorical ban… President Trump announced on…
Polling Transgender Politics: Civil Rights on Mass. Ballot this November, We Deserve Better
By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— As a Commonwealth that prides itself on being a pioneer of civil rights and a beacon of hope for the marginalized, I’ve learned that the…
Pride Preview 2018: LGBTQ Celebrations Planned Across New England
By: Jenna Spinelle/TRT Reporter— Although it has not felt like spring lately, Pride season is upon us and organizers across New England are working hard…
Organizations Reluctant To Bring #MeToo Movement To This Year’s Boston Pride Parade
By: Nicole Collins/TRT Intern— Following sexual assault and harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein surfacing in October, the #MeToo movement has received significant media coverage and garnered…
Get Your Pride On: New England & Nearby 2018 Prides*
NoHo Pride May 5 https://bit.ly/21ctXLB Long Beach Pride May 19-20 https://bit.ly/2jkDEcG DC Black Pride May 25-28, Memorial Day Weekend https://bit.ly/2jgWtgI Pride Niagara …
New Report on LGBTQ Poverty Shows Need for More Resources and Research
Washington, D.C.—As the Trump administration works to undermine the historic progress made toward full LGBTQ equality, a new report highlights a harsh reality: LGBTQ people are more likely…
More Than 1,900 People Show Support for Survivors at Walk for Change
Attendees Raise Over $245K for the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center in Midst of #MeToo BOSTON—The Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) recently announced that more…
BGMC Performing With South Africa’s Mzansi Gay Choir
Courtesy of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus— Know what the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) will be doing on June 15? They’ll be sharing a…
Creep of the Week: Matt Walsh
A one-car-hideaway show, as Matt Walsh calls it By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— It should be obvious by now that the Creep of the Week…
New Policy Outlines Best Practices For Retaining Transgender Women in HIV Care
BOSTON—Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief, Retaining transgender women in care: Best practices in the field, outlining provider best practices and…
The Incorruptibles: Bernie Sanders’ Supporters Train Activists in New England To Run For Office
The Incorruptibles are changing the way activism works By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In the wake of the November 8, 2016, presidential election that saw…
Gays Against Guns unites LGBTQ community, anti–gun violence activists
Gays Against Guns: Members of the LGBTQ community join with anti-gun activists to decry gun violence in a post-Parkland political climate By: Nicole Collins/TRT Intern—…
I Pronounce You Husband and Wife: Jake and Hannah Graf & Their Trans ‘Royal’ Wedding
Transgender Fairytale Marriage, Happened During Trans Month of Visibility By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— The names Jake Graf and Hannah Winterbourne may not ring a bell…
29th Annual Bayard Rustin Breakfast to Honor LGBT People of Color Working to End HIV/AIDS
LGBT People of Color contributions highlighted, Activist Larry V. Day and spiritual leader Allan McLendon to be recognized for their life-saving work BOSTON—The 29th annual…
Creep of the Week: Trans Hater Donald Trump
By: D’Anne Witkowski/Special to TRT— Hundreds of thousands of people, young and old, took to the streets on March 24 to protest the despicable fact…