Chick-fil-A Flap About Homophobia, Hate; Not Gay Marriage
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– In the few months since the anti-gay Chick-fil-A controversy burst onto the national stage, local gay-rights activists have been clear about…
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Boston Mayor Menino’s Pro-LGBT Stance Draws National Response, More
By: Graysen Martínez Ocasio/TRT Publisher– BOSTON, Mass. – Mayor Thomas Menino’s opposition to Chik-fil-A opening a store in Boston, derived from inflammatory anti-LGBT remarks made…
Massachusetts Asks U.S. Supreme Court for DOMA Review
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Everybody knows this one is headed for the nation’s highest court. And in yet another legal step, expected to expedite the U.S….
Episcopalians Okay Same-Sex Blessing, Trans Inclusion, Local Angle
State Representative Byron elected vice president of church legislative body By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter– It’s a new day for the Episcopal Church, as clergy…
Boy Scouts Stay Anti-Gay; Romney Flip-Flops On Issue
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Despite a push for change, including by at least two of its board members, the Boy Scouts of America has reaffirmed…
SLDN and OutServe to Merge
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Two leading organizations in the successful effort to repeal the ban on openly gay military service have announced they are merging….
DOJ asks for Supreme Court Review of DOMA
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– In an unexpected move that may well expedite the U.S. Supreme Court’s consideration of the Defense of Marriage Act, the Obama…
Vatican Rebuke of Pro-gay Nun Prompts Backlash Among Catholic Laity
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Last month’s Vatican clamped down on an American nun, a highly respected scholar in moral theology and sexual ethics, for a…
National Catholic Gay Ministry Group Refuses to Sign Bishop’s Loyalty Oath
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– The board of directors of a Catholic gay ministry group has refused to sign a loyalty oath, a move that may…
U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Pres. Obama’s Affordable Care Act
In a dramatic move with significant political and economic implications, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday (June 28) voted to uphold President…
U.S Supreme Court Immigration Law Decision: LGBT Orgs. React
[Continuously updated with other organization leaders’ reactions] BOSTON, Mass. —The United States Supreme Court today just released its decision about SB1070, the 2010 Arizona Immigration…
Fenway Health Leads in Healthcare Equality Across the Board
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– A new report on that status of healthcare for LGBT Americans shows that an increasing number of hospitals are striving to…
Crooner Brian Evans Lands in Beantown
BOSTON, Mass–One of the most successful singers to come out of Boston is someone you may have never even heard of. But you are about…
Bloggers, Activists Connect at Netroots Nation in Rhode Island
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– For the hundred-plus LGBT bloggers, activists, journalists, and community leaders who attended the Netroots Nation conference in Providence, Rhode Island, last…
Boston Pride Parade 2012: “Redefining What Pride Means”
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Prayers and petitions to the patron saint of Boston Pride were made. And Barbra Streisand delivered. For the first time in…
HRC: Landmark Survey of LGBT Youth, Great Disparities Found
New HRC President Chad Griffin calls tremendous disparities between LGBT and straight young people a call to action WASHINGTON – Today the Human Rights Campaign – the…
Prop 8 Could Head to The U.S. Supreme Court
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A glimmer of politics showed through Tuesday (June 5) when the full Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals declined a…
City Hall Rainbow Flag Raising Initiates Boston Pride 2012
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– BOSTON — June is busting out all over with LGBT Pride. This year, there’s plenty of pride and joy to go…
DOMA Ruled Unconstitutional by Federal Appeals Court in Boston
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A unanimous three-judge panel of the First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled today (Thursday, May 31) that the core…
Lambda Legal Files Lawsuit: Seeks Marriage for Same-Sex Couples in Illinois
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Lambda Legal Defense and the ACLU filed separate lawsuits Wednesday (May 30), seeking the right to marry for same-sex couples…
Gay Democrats, Activists Decry Senator Brown’s Anti-Gay Track Record
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– When Scott Brown first ran for election to the US Senate in 2010 he promised not to be “another loud and…
NAACP’s Historic Move: Organization Sanctions Marriage Equality (Update)
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Saying that the NAACP has “always stood against laws that demean, dehumanize, and discriminate against people,” NAACP Board Chairman Roslyn…
GOP Proposals Aim to Upend “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Repeal
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Two anti-gay measures have been introduced in the House Armed Services Committee in an apparent attempt to undermine the successful implementation…