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…
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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…
LGBTQ Workers Protected, Says High Court
LGBTQ Workers, in an unexpected move from the mostly conservative Court (and a blow to the Trump Admin.) are now protected by federal law BOSTON—In…
Police Killing Of Black Wash. Man Condemned By Candidate Parson
Rebecca Parson, U.S. House Candidate, on the police killing of Manuel Ellis in Tacoma and the racist harassment of a family camping in Forks Black…
Black Lives Matter: The Rainbow Times’ Statement
As Protests Continue, We Support Black Lives Matter and the Peaceful Protests Fully By: The Publishers/The Rainbow Times— We, at The Rainbow Times, add our…
CT Pride Announces 1st Virtual Pride Event
HARTFORD, Conn.—CT Pride, a collaboration of Connecticut’s statewide Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Pride organizations, announced a virtual parade and festival to help celebrate…
LGBTQ Equality Campaign In Michigan Sues For Rights
Fair and Equal Michigan lawsuit argues the impact of COVID-19 made it impossible to meet signature collection requirements to maintain the constitutional right to citizen-initiated…
Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference Postponed
The largest trans wellness conference in the nation, taking place in Philadelphia, postponed due to COVID-19 PHILADELPHIA—Today Mazzoni Center announced that after careful consideration and…
San Francisco Pride: 2020 Parade & Celebration Cancelled
Nonprofit event producers working to determine alternate ways to celebrate landmark 50th anniversary via digital platforms SAN FRANCISCO—Yesterday, the Board of Directors of San Francisco…
Now Let’s Support Those Who Need It Most
COVID-19, Dealing With The Reality of the Times By: Mike Givens*/TRT Assistant Editor— Recently, a 47-year-old man in Ewing Township, New Jersey threw a loud…
LGBTQ Americans Inherent Risks During COVID-19
The compounded challenges faced by the LGBTQ community explained in two separate briefs by reputable sources By: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter— According to a Human Rights…
Michigan: Big 3 Automakers Support Banning LGBTQ Discrimination
Automakers Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, and General Motors Company join Michigan CEOs to prohibit LGBTQ discrimination in Michigan Detroit, MI—Michigan’s “Big Three” automakers…
COVID-19 Blame Game: Look No Further Than The Mirror
Trump uses Asian community as a scapegoat for his leadership failure on COVID-19 By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— Over the past several weeks, Trump has referred to…
Conversion Therapy Ends In Tallahassee
Born Perfect Applauds City of Tallahassee for Passing Groundbreaking Ordinance to End Conversion Therapy; Unanimous vote by Tallahassee City Council ensures that LGBTQ youth and…