CDC: ‘Urgent Need’ for HIV Prevention Among Young People & MSM
HIV Prevention is key to lowering the alarming number of youth, others, with HIV/AIDS By: Eric Brus* HIV Surveillance Data Show Reduced HIV Diagnoses in Most…
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Injectable Estrogen Shortage Creates Crisis for Transgender Women
By: Sophia Geffen— For nearly two years, drug manufacturers have not been able to meet the demand for injectable estrogen, which is a commonly prescribed…
Best LGBTQ Reporting 2016 by The Rainbow Times
Popular picks for our best LGBTQ reporting in 2016 By: The Rainbow Times’ Editorial Team— The year 2016 highlighted progress for Transgender rights in Massachusetts. Transgender…
Global Campaign to End Violence Against Women Supported by Mass. Groups
Violence against women is not just a women’s fight, but an LGBTQ fight too By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— The Dominican Republic experienced a national…
The Trump Effect: Emboldening Prejudice, the Social Construct of Hate
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— An inscribed swastika on a school’s bathroom wall, another in a dugout accompanied with the words “make America white again,” fake deportation forms handed to school students, and the “N” word spray painted outside of buildings…
Wal-Mart Settles Lawsuit Over Same-sex Spouses’ Health Care Benefit
Wal-Mart settles over same-sex spouses’ health care benefit and avoids LGBT employee discrimination suit. By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— BOSTON— Walmart settled a suit last week that alleged the…
Game Over for McCrory: NC Elects Roy Cooper
RALEIGH, N.C.—Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality North Carolina hailed Governor-Elect Roy Cooper’s victory—which crossed the crucial 10,000 vote mark today—and called on…
Planned Parenthood: We Won’t Back Down from the Fight to End HIV/AIDS
On World AIDS Day, the leading educator and provider of HIV testing in the U.S., Planned Parenthood, calls for bipartisan support for HIV/AIDS preventions and…
President Obama’s Proclamation: World AIDS Day 2016
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Thirty-five years ago the first documented cases of AIDS brought about an era of…
What Will a Trump Presidency Mean for the Fight Against HIV/AIDS?
The fight against HIV/AIDS Seen from an Unexpected Political Position By: Eric Brus*– The results of the 2016 U.S. national election came as a great…
Point Foundation: Improves LGBTQ Students’ Lives
The Largest LGBTQ Scholarship Provider, Point Foundation, welcomes applications beginning in November LOS ANGELES—Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) students seeking financial assistance for…
GLAD, ACLU of Maine Urge Investigation of Trans Youth Suicide at Maine Youth Detention Facility
Attorney General Must Consider Special Circumstances because of Incarcerated LGBT Youth Suicide, Say Groups PORTLAND, Maine—The ACLU of Maine and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)…
Beauty Beyond the Binary: A Photo Series of Non-Binary Identities (Part 2)
Exploring non-binary identities and breaking out of the gender box By: The Rainbow Times/Alex Mancini— In part two of this series, The Rainbow Times explores…
Op-Ed: 2017 Brings Continued Progress on LGBTQ Health
LGBTQ Health improves By: Paul R. Jacobsen*— More than one year after marriage equality became the law of the land nationwide, President Obama, Secretary Sylvia Mathews…
Religious Freedom, Safety Concerns Fuel Anti-Trans Initiatives in Massachusetts
Four churches and their anti-trans initiatives threaten transgender equality in the Bay State By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— As a child, Liv Wyatt remembers controversial…
New Report Details Discrimination, Alienation Experienced by Bisexual People
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— The first time Narin Khem traveled to Cambodia, it was to marry a man she did not know. “That was an…
Point of Pride Launches Surgery Fund and Donation Programs for Transgender Community
International Non-Profit for the Transgender Community; Point of Pride is for Trans people in need who may apply for funding for gender-affirming surgeries, request free…
Presidential Candidates’ Stance on HIV; PrEP Summit Set for December
First National HIV PrEP Summit to be held on December 3 and 4 in San Francisco By: Eric Brus*— The Fenway Institute and Harlem United recently…
Check your Medicare Health and Drug Plans, Open Enrollment
Now’s the time for people in Massachusetts with Medicare to check their health and drug coverage for 2017. Medicare’s open enrollment period began on Oct….
Police Charge 2 in Rainbow Times Explosion; Other Sources Report on Charges
The Rainbow Times explosion perps caught and reactions to it; watch the nightly news for more information SALEM, Mass.—Two individuals were charged with the explosion of…
HRC’s 5th Annual Municipal Equality Index: 5 Mass. Cities Score Perfect
Read more to find the Municipal Equality Index Overall Scores The HRC Foundation, in partnership with the Equality Federation Institute, released yesterday its fifth annual Municipal…
Boston College Students Protest Homophobia & Discrimination, President Mum
By: Chris Gilmore*/TRT Reporter— CHESTNUT HILL, Mass.—A recent gay slur incident and additional instances of alleged prejudice at Boston College prompted more than 300 students…
Gun Violence is an LGBT Public Health Issue
BOSTON, Mass.―Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief showing that gun violence poses a substantial threat to the health of the…