Stonewall & The Black Lives Matter Rebellion
By: Keegan O’Brien*— The Stonewall Riots gave birth to the modern LGBTQ movement, as we know it. On its 51st anniversary, we are witnessing the…
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Arizona: Trans Teens Sue Medicaid’s Surgical Exclusions
Class Action Lawsuit Challenges Arizona’s Medicaid’s Categorical Exclusion of Surgery for Transgender People TUCSON—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and the National Health Law…
Pres. Obama Announces Candidate Endorsements
Former President’s Release Only Lists First Round of Endorsements WASHINGTON—Today, President Barack Obama announced his endorsement of more than 100 candidates in advance of November’s…
Driver’s Licenses For All: Encampment Faces Threats
After 11 days of encampment, men accost immigrants, makes threats BOSTON—Immigrants and activists have been sleeping in tents on the State House’s front steps for…
Flex Your Vote: Mike Ruiz, Others On LGBTQA+ Vote
Eight of America’s leading fitness photographers have joined forces on “Flex Your Vote,” a new campaign that aims to encourage the LGBTQ community and its…
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Release ‘Power of Protest’
“Power of Protest” Video Links The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus With Black Lives Matter Movement Boston—The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) has released “The Power…
Trans Man Sues Baltimore Hospitals For Discrimination
The facility claims religious exemption to deny the surgery to trans man BALTIMORE—A transgender man allegedly was denied gender affirmation surgery at the University of…
NAGLY, MassOpera To Hold Virtual Cabaret To Benefit At-Risk LGBTQ+ Youth
The Virtual performance with singers, performers, and special guests will represent the full spectrum of LGBTQ+ experiences; All donations from this event will go to…
Boston Pride Board Resignation Sought, New Org. Says
Boston Pride 4 the People Forms; Composed of 21 Committee Chairs, co-chairs & volunteers Who Resigned After Ongoing Allegations Of Racism And Transphobia From The…
Trans Resistance: LGBTQ+ Community, Allies Celebrate Black Trans Lives
Trans Resistance March & Vigil By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— The weather that day saw a low of 63 degrees and a high of 75;…
Fenway Health, Others, Sue Federal Government Over Discriminatory Health Care Rule
BOSTON―Fenway Health has joined a broad coalition of health care providers, LGBTQIA+ advocacy groups, and patients as a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed today challenging…
Salem Police Chief Announces Retirement
After a distinguished 33-year career with the Salem Police Department, Chief Mary Butler moves to a new position in the community SALEM, Mass.—Salem Police Chief…
Journal Affirms New Practices For Trans, TGD Patients
The paper requests new psychiatric practices that affirm transgender and gender diverse patients without pathologizing diagnoses BOSTON—An editorial published in The British Journal of Psychiatry…
Radical LGBTQ Pride March Replaces Corporate Parade
Pride march by community members protests Chicago’s mainstream Pride Parade CHICAGO—LGBTQ activists seized on the opportunity posed by the cancellation of Chicago’s commercialized Pride Parade…
Racism, Black Lives Matter & Police Abuse
In this Creep of the Week, during Pride month, Witkowski talks Black Lives Matter, Racism, Stonewall, Colin Kaepernick, and more By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT—…
White Fragility, Privilege: Get Over It
A big part of the problem is the white fragility, which twists the actual murdering and lack of rights and equal treatment to people of…
Boston Pride Statement Backfires
Leaving out what many LGBTQ+ PoC community members see as an indication that Boston Pride isn’t as inclusive as it thinks itself to be; Reports…
LGBTQ Workers Protected, Says High Court
LGBTQ Workers, in an unexpected move from the mostly conservative Court (and a blow to the Trump Admin.) are now protected by federal law BOSTON—In…
Police Killing Of Black Wash. Man Condemned By Candidate Parson
Rebecca Parson, U.S. House Candidate, on the police killing of Manuel Ellis in Tacoma and the racist harassment of a family camping in Forks Black…
Black Lives Matter: The Rainbow Times’ Statement
As Protests Continue, We Support Black Lives Matter and the Peaceful Protests Fully By: The Publishers/The Rainbow Times— We, at The Rainbow Times, add our…
Tony McDade: Organizations Demand Action, More
Fla. Moms and Students Demand Action; National Center for Transgender Equality Respond to Officer-Involved Shooting of McDade; Tony McDade is at Least the Fifth Trans…
Salem LLC Endorses ADU Ordinance In Historic Vote
A vote on the ADU ordinance will happen tonight at 7 p.m. To participate in tonight’s City Council meeting where the ADU ordinance will be…
LGBTQ Equality Campaign In Michigan Sues For Rights
Fair and Equal Michigan lawsuit argues the impact of COVID-19 made it impossible to meet signature collection requirements to maintain the constitutional right to citizen-initiated…