Justice Sotomayor Ponders Utah (Updated)
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is pondering whether to grant a stay of a federal district court’s order that…
National News
Charlie Crist: “I Was Wrong”
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— In an extraordinary interview, Florida’s former Republican Governor Charlie Crist apologized last month for having supported efforts to ban on…
Three Marriage Equality Cases Move Forward
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Federal judges in three states advanced marriage equality lawsuits Monday. One of two lawsuits challenging Virginia’s ban on recognizing the…
Breaking: Federal Judge Strikes Utah Marriage Ban – Updated
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— A federal judge in Utah issued a decision Friday striking down that state’s ban on same-sex marriage, and same-sex couples…
NM County Officials Resign Over Marriage Equality
NEW MEXICO, NM—Two officials, a county clerk and her chief deputy, responsible for issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples resigned their positions this morning, the…
Melissa Etheridge’s Remix: “Uprising of Love” Honors & Supports the Safety & Dignity of LGBT Russians
Original Single Available on iTunes in January with ALL PROCEEDS Going Toward the Russia Freedom Fund NEW YORK, N.Y. – Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge has written and…
NM Supreme Court: Marriage Equality A Reality for Same-Sex Couples (Updated)
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— For the eighth time this year, a state has declared that same-sex couples have the right to marry. On Thursday,…
LGBT Affordable Housing in Philadelphia Certified to Accept Residence
John C. Anderson Apartments Move-In Scheduled for January 2014, with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony in February 2014 PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – The John C. Anderson Apartments — the nation’s pioneering LGBT-friendly, low-income senior housing…
HRC & NAACP to A+E: Apology Needed for ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star’s Racist, Homophobic Rant
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, and the NAACP, the nation’s oldest and…
Pressure Builds for IKEA to Stand with LGBTQ Russians
Just One Week After Launch, Campaign Targeting IKEA for Anti-Gay Marketing Decisions Intensifies With Over 33,000 Petition Signers NEW YORK, N.Y. — Just two days after RUSA…
Federal Agencies Issuing Post-DOMA Regulations
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— There was a flurry of activity among federal agencies this month to issue regulations concerning how they are complying with…
The National Guard: Benefits for all, Including Same-Sex Couples
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter—The National Guard released a statement today stating that it will immediately extend all of the same benefits received by opposite-sex couples…
Education Dept.: All Legal Same-Sex Marriages Will Be Recognized for Federal Financial Aid Purposes
As part of the U.S. Department of Education’s ongoing efforts to implement inclusive policies that reflect the diversity of American families, and consistent with the…
National LGBT Health Education Center: Guide for Organizations to Use ACA on Behalf of LGBT Patients
Seeking to reduce healthcare disparities in the LGBT community, the National LGBT Health Education Center at the Fenway Institute, through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has release a guide Optimizing LGBT Health Under Obamacare.
National Defense Authorization Act Bill Worries Some
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Leaders of the U.S. Senate and House Armed Services committees announced Monday that they have reached an agreement on the…
BREAKING: Russia to Create “Protest Zone”
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday that Russian authorities “plan to set up a protest zone in the city of…
AIDS Action Statement On Approval of New Treatment for Hepatitis C
BOSTON, Mass.—On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the new drug sofosbuvir for treatment for chronic hepatitis C. This follows last month’s…
Top Ten LGBTQ Stories of 2013: The Countdown
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Even before 2013 began, everyone knew what the big news story for 2013 would be. The U.S. Supreme Court had,…
Local Organizations Shine Light on LGBTQ Youth Homelessness
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—More than 200 people gathered at the Cambridge Public Library last month to listen to the stories of several…
Lesbian Playwright, Performer, Activist On How to Speak Out Against Racism
By: Brook Rosini/Special to The Rainbow Times— BOSTON, Mass. — Carolyn Gage is an award-winning lesbian playwright, performer and activist whose work is comprised of…
All in the Family for LGBTQ Latin@s: New Documentary Premieres at Fenway Health
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—Faith and familia—la familia—play critical roles in the lives and identities of many Latin@s. Sometimes, for LGBT people, the two…
GLAD’s Mary Bonauto Speaking About Ten Years of Goodridge
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—On the same day the governor signed legislation making same-sex marriages legal in Illinois and the Catholic bishop of…
AIDS: Signs of Progress, But Worries About Cuts
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— More than 9,000 people with HIV were on a waiting list for federal assistance in buying their medications in…