Barrett Uses Word “Preference” During Testimony
Organizations Chime in on how Barrett used the term “sexual preference” when speaking about the LGBTQ+ community. “This is why so many people, including many…
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Barrett Threatens Rights, Democracy
Trump Supreme Court Nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Threatens LGBTQ+ Rights & Democracy; Sen Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey Talk To The Rainbow Times About…
TRUMP, FLOTUS TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID – Updated
Trump being airlifted by Marine One to Walter Reed Medical Center By: Chris Gilmore & Audrey Cole/TRT Reporters— WASHINGTON—President Donald J. Trump announced via Twitter…
COVID Prevention Trial Network With Fenway
The Fenway Health team joins CoVPN 3502 COVID Prevention Trial BOSTON—Fenway Health has announced that the Boston-based community health center has been activated as a…
Trump Rushes To Replace Justice Ginsburg
Organizations condemn Trump for jumping to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Nomination endangers many groups’ livelihoods, Court’s balance By: Audrey Cole*/TRT Reporter— Pres. Trump rushed…
Senate Republicans Betray American People, RBG and Our Health
Senate Republicans Refuse to Honor the Late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Final Wish After She Changed the World. By: Audrey Cole/Reporter— “My most fervent wish is…
SCOTUS Justices React to Justice Ginsburg’s Passing
The remaining Eight Justices make up the current SCOTUS: one Chief Justice and seven Associate Justices, after the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The…
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Orgs. Mourn Her Passing
NCLR Mourns Loss of LGBTQ Equality Champion Justice Bader Ginsburg, Commit to Continue to Fight to Honor Her Legacy SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—The National Center for…
Qualified Immunity: Harms POC, Shields Police Abuse, Accountability
Qualified Immunity, Excessive police force and brutality hide behind a doctrine that is rooted in white supremacy, devalues PoC lives By: Audrey Cole/Reporter— What began…
Trump Knew: An Intentionally Failed Pandemic Response & Economic Crisis
Trump knowingly leaves hundreds of thousands Americans to die, Sen. Kamala Harris rises By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— Early in the run for the White House, then…
Transgender First National Scholarship For Trans & Non-Binary Students
Transgender First Applications are being accepted until Dec. 31, 2020; Recipients chosen after that By: Patrick DuBois/Trans Headlines*— Transgender and non-binary college applicants are at…
Supreme Court: Urged Not To Overturn LGBTQ Protections
Various Organizations Asked The Supreme Court To Keep Settled and Vital Nondiscrimination Protections BOSTON—GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, joined by 27 other national, regional and…
Markey Has Earned His Seat, Our Trust
The Rainbow Times Endorses Ed Markey for Senate By: The Rainbow Times’ Editorial Staff*— When The Rainbow Times was found in 2006, our mission centered…
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…
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…
NCLR Responds To Inclusion Of Hyde Amendment In House Of Representatives
WASHINGTON—Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced the Labor, Health and Human Services (LHHS) Appropriations bill that includes the Hyde Amendment, which bars programs from Federal…
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…
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…
Census 2020: Don’t Forget About It!
The importance of the Census for LGBTQ people in Massachusetts By: Sean Cahill* and Tim Wang*/Special to TRT— Once every decade, the United States federal…
High Court Rules For LGBTQ Workers Protections
LGBTQIA+ Workers can now feel safer, after Supreme Court Ruling BOSTON—In what is being hailed as a landmark civil rights’ victory for the LGBTQ+ community,…
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…