Maryland Joins Marriage Equality: Gov. Signs Bill into Law
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– Today, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has made history by signing the historic bill that extends marriage rights to gay and lesbian…
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HRC Announces Endorsement of Elizabeth Warren for U.S. Senate
Washington – Today the Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization – announced the endorsement of Elizabeth Warren running…
Student government vote bars Chick-fil-A eatery at local Mass. university
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter– In response to mounting opposition, the undergraduate Student Government Association (SGA) at Northeastern University (NU) voted down a proposal to…
Lady Gaga Launches Born This Way Foundation, MassEquality Congratulates her
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter– BOSTON, MA—Lady Gaga selected Harvard University as the official site to launch her Born This Way Foundation, where she spoke about…
Pregunte Lambda Legal – Transición en el Trabajo
Por: Greg Nevins/Abogado de Lambda Legal– P: Soy una mujer transgénero, y es hora de comenzar mi transición. ¿Me protegerá la ley de la discriminación en…
Ask Lambda Legal – Transitioning at Work
By: Greg Nevins/Supervising Senior Staff Attorney at Lambda Legal Q: I’m a transgender woman, and it is time for me to transition at work but…
More Momentum in Maryland: Senate Passes Civil Marriage Equality Bill
But marriage not yet a reality; voter referendum expected Washington – On the heels of the historic House of Delegates vote last week, the Maryland Senate…
DOMA ruled unconstitutional again by federal judge
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A federal district court judge in San Francisco ruled Tuesday (February 22) that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) violates…
Boston Pride names The Rainbow Times Official Media Sponsor
Nonprofit announces The Rainbow Times as an official media sponsor and producer of the official Pride Guide Boston, MA – Boston Pride today announced its…
Finances at ‘turning point’ for LGBT groups, stabilizing; but donors fleeing
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter– Good news and some concerns about the LGBT equality movement emerge from a new study by a LGBT think tank….
Civil and Human Rights Coalition to Honor Barney Frank and Janet Murguía
Hubert H. Humphrey Award is the Highest Honor of the Civil and Human Rights Movement– Washington, D.C. – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human…
Marriage Equality in NJ: Positive Effects For 16,875 Couples Raising 6,650+ Children
LOS ANGELES, CA – As the New Jersey legislature votes on the legalization of marriage for same-sex couples, the Williams Institute, a leading research institute…
Santorum Brings Anti-Gay Message to Washington State as Marriage Equality Becomes Reality
Washington – Rick Santorum is bringing his increasingly vitriolic campaign to Washington State today, the same day Governor Christine Gregoire is signing into law historic marriage…
Washington governor signs law; NJ Senate passes bill
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– In a sometimes emotional ceremony Monday morning (February 13), Washington Governor Christine Gregoire signed the freshly passed marriage equality bill,…
President Obama’s 2013 Budget shows commitment to ending HIV/AIDS
BOSTON, MA—Today, President Obama released his Fiscal 2013 budget, which contains recommendations for Ryan White CARE Act funding and support for the Administration’s historic National…
MassEquality Statement on Mitt Romney’s Remarks about Marriage
BOSTON, February 13, 2012—During Friday’s Conservative Political Action Conference, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney spoke about the history of marriage rights in Massachusetts. MassEquality Executive…
Whitney Houston Dead At 48: Death Details
UPDATE– Recent reports from the Huffington Post about the County Coroner’s office “confirmed that some prescription medications were found in the hotel room where Whitney…
Positive effects of extending marriage to Same-Sex couples in Maryland
It will help 12,500 Couples Raising Over 5,000 Children– LOS ANGELES, CA –– As the Maryland legislature approaches a vote on the legalization of marriage…
Washington State House Approves Legislation Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage
OLYMPIA – Washington United for Marriage, a broad statewide coalition of organizations, congregations, unions and business associations that will work to obtain civil marriage for…
Iowa Erases Mother from Stillborn Baby’s Death Certificate: LL Files Suit
“To white out a mother’s name from her stillborn baby’s death certificate is cruel to a family that is already devastated.” [Press Release] Des Moines,…
Prop 8 ruled as unconstitutional
By Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Calling Proposition 8 “remarkably similar” to Colorado’s anti-gay Amendment 2 in 1992, a divided federal appeals court panel in San…
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: HBGC releases video
BOSTON — In recognition of National Black HIV Awareness Day (February 7), a day established in 1999 by grassroots service organizations to promote HIV prevention…
Federal Officials Convene to Address Transexual Violence & Health Care in Puerto Rico
Over the weekend of January 28 & 29, more than two dozen federal officials met with representatives from the Puerto Rican group, Transexuales y Transgéneros…