Yesterday’s announcement has no immediate impact, as four federal courts have already prohibited the ban from taking effect WASHINGTON, DC—Yesterday, the Trump administration released implementation…
By: Michael Givens/TRT Assistant Editor & Nick Collins/TRT Intern— BEVERLY, Mass.—A Beverly, Mass. teacher is suing a Montessori school he taught at for nearly three…
By: Nick Collins/TRT Intern and Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— BOSTON—Speaking through tears, activist Judy Shepard revealed the pain and hope fueling her for nearly two decades…
PostSecret to hit the stage on March 22 & 23 PostSecret: Unheard Voices is a visual, auditory and emotional journey through the beauty and complication…
Nondiscrimination bill is a victory for New Hampshire transgender residents CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed HB 1319, legislation that would…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of 45 of the nation’s preeminent Latino advocacy organizations, is launching an online survey…
Victory for the LGBT Community; NCLR says, “States across the country should take careful note…discrimination against married same-sex couples will not be tolerated” WASHINGTON—The Supreme…
After the Pulse nightclub shooting in June of 2016, Rick Scott made a number of promises to our LGBTQ community and to Florida citizens to…
Disastrous consequences for many if funding for HIV is reduced as Trump’s proposed budget shows BOSTON—This week, President Trump released a proposed budget that, if…
Massachusetts residents look to Oregon as a model for providing non-binary people options to update their pronouns on official documents; gender marker changes encompass various…
Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien is first reported trans murder victim of 2018 in the United States By: Nick Collins and Mike Givens/TRT Intern and TRT Assistant…
BOSTON—One year after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a decision in Partanen v. Gallagher establishing that children born to unmarried same-sex couples stand on equal…
DAVOS, Switzerland—On Jan. 25, GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced the findings of its fourth annual…
By: Al Gentile and Mike Givens/TRT Reporter & TRT Assistant Editor, Respectively— For 46 years, Fenway Health (FH) has served as a landmark healthcare resource…
BOSTON, Mass.―Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief demonstrating that in his first year in office, President Donald Trump has compiled a strikingly anti-LGBT…
Religious freedoms used as a license to discriminate against trans patients WASHINGTON—Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Trump-Pence administration announced…
Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien, activista transgénero, es la primera víctima transgénero de homicidio en el 2018 en los Estados Unidos Por: Nick Collins/Interno de TRT y…
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In part one of this series, The Rainbow Times introduced our readership to LGBTQ Caribbean expatriates living and working in Massachusetts….
Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien is first reported trans murder victim of 2018 in the United States. By: Nick Collins/TRT Intern and Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— North…
NCLR says, “Today’s unanimous vote speaks to the power of survivor stories and the indisputable evidence that conversion therapy is not only ineffective—it devastates our…
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— It happened on December 21, 2011. “That night I was home in my seventh floor loft in downtown Phoenix and…
The political climate challenges our ability to keep making gains in ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic, even as we’re beginning to see some new possibilities for…
Award winning, The Rainbow Times presents you the best of 2017 and what we covered for our readers By: TRT Editorial Team— The year 2017…