Healey, Other AGs: Pass Equality Act Now
Massachusetts AG Healey Joins Coalition of AGs Urge Senate to Pass the Equality Act BOSTON—Attorney General Maura Healey recently joined a coalition of 25 attorneys…
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LGBTQ-Inclusive Ordinances Pass In NC
LGBTQ-Inclusive protections for people in Asheville, Durham, Greensboro, and Buncombe County are now officially in place and protecting the community from discrimination in private employment…
Fulton v. City of Philadelphia’s SCOTUS Ruling
How SCOTUS Voted in Fulton & Why This Could Represent Troubles Ahead for the LGBTQ+ Community By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— WASHINGTON—Today, the United States Supreme…
LGBTQ PoC Brief’s Shockingly Unequal Harms
Research Brief Documents the Shockingly Disproportionate Harms Discrimination Inflicts on LGBTQ PoC WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, a coalition of leading LGBTQ rights groups joined together to release…
NCLR Campaign “We Serve With Love” Backs LGBTQs
Ready to Serve Low-Income & Faith-Based LGBTQ Communities SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Recently, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) launched the “We Serve with Love” campaign,…
Stop & Shop Donates Over $80K To Pride Orgs.
Neighborhood Supermarket Stop & Shop Is Committed to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusivity in its Communities and in its Stores QUINCY, Mass.—In honor of Pride Month, Stop…
MTPC: Professionals For Trans Rights Fundraiser
MTPC Celebrates 20th Anniversary Virtually BOSTON—The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) celebrates its 20th Anniversary with the 11th Annual Professionals for Trans Rights (PTR) business…
Mikayla Miller Alleged Lynching Still Unsolved
Mikayla Miller’s Calls For Independent Investigation Grows By: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter— HOPKINTON, Mass.—A month after Mikayla Miller, a black LGBTQ+ teenager, was found dead in…
Boston Pride Boycott: GLAD Joins In (Updated)
BOSTON—GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) joined in solidarity with Black trans leaders and former Boston Pride volunteers in calling for transformation at the Boston…
Biden Restores LGBTQ+ Health Protections
Pres. Joe Biden revives Obama-era Health Care Protections to LGBTQ+ Americans Honoring campaign promises, President Joe Biden earlier today signed an executive order restoring health…
Black LGBTQ+ Teen Found Hung From A Tree
UPDATED: The Horrible Death of Mikayla Miller, a Black LGBTQ+ youth, in Hopkinton, Massachusetts & The Role of a Biased System — Adds GLAD’s Statement…
Biden Endorses Equality Act; Addresses Trans Americans
President Biden May not Have Been Able to Deliver the Equality Act Before His 100 first Days in Office, but he Ensured Trans and LGBQ…
Transgender People Benefit From Gender-Affirming Surgery
New Study Shows Transgender People who Receive Gender-Affirming Surgery are Significantly Less Likely to Experience Psychological Distress or Suicidal Ideation BOSTON—A new study published today in JAMA…
Gay Man Shot 10 Times After Calling 911 For Help
Isaiah Brown, a Black Gay Man, Was Shot by Sheriff’s Deputy 10 Times After Calling for Assistance VIRGINIA—The Spotsylvania County Police Department just joined the…
Transgender Detransition: Due To Family Pressures, More
Study Shows Discrimination, Stigma, and Family Pressure Are The Culprit Of Transgender People’s Detransition BOSTON—A new study published in LGBT Health found that 13.1% of currently identified transgender…
Welcoming Health Care Settings For LGBTQIA+ People
BOSTON—A paper published in Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved provides detailed guidance for creating culturally responsive health care environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
Equality Act Goes To The Senate
The Equality Acts Is Vital To All Underrepresented Groups; May Pass In The Senate WASHINGTON—Today lawmakers in the U.S. Senate introduced the Equality Act to update…
Trump Acquitted By His Cult In the Senate
Opinion: Vote by the Senate Helps Trump Get Back Into Office; Can the Broken System Be Fixed? By: Graysen M. Ocasio/TRT Publisher— In yet the…
HUD To Enforce Protections For LGBTQ People In Housing
HUD Announcement comes as federal agencies implement landmark Supreme Court ruling WASHINGTON—Today the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it will…
Mazzoni Center: PTWC ’21 Will Be Virtual
PHILADELPHIA—Mazzoni Center today announced that due to the ongoing pandemic, its 2021 conference will be delivered in a virtual format. For more than a decade the…
Trans Military Ban Reversed
As Promised, President Joe Biden Delivers For The LGBTQ+ Community; Reverses Trans Military Ban Today, President Biden issued an executive order lifting the ban on…
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: A RENEWED AMERICA
By: The Rainbow Times’ Editorial Team— A few minutes before noon, former VP Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. and former Senator Kamala Harris were sworn in…
Kamala Harris: A Walk With Our Madam VP
The first of firsts, Madam VP Kamala Harris and herstory to all of us in this nation of ours By: Nicole Lashomb/*Editor-in-Chief Today, the nation…