Creep of the Week: Trade Union of Russian Citizens
By: D’Anne Witkowski/Special for TRT– Do not f#@k with Madonna. Not many court opinions can be summarized in five words, but when it comes to…
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Historic: First Trans Woman to Head OutServe-SLDN
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– She’s the right person in the right place at the right time. That’s the consensus viewpoint about West Point graduate Allyson…
Warren Campaign Targets Gay Vote With Get-Out-The-LGBT-Vote Rally
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Her campaign strategists know that in as a close a race as this one — multiple polls show her with a…
Our Picks: The Rainbow Times’ Political Endorsements 2012
By: The Rainbow Times’ Editorial Team– LGBT voters across Massachusetts face an embarrassment of riches come Election Day. And there is good reason for gay…
Democrats Adopt Sweeping, LGBT-Inclusive Platform
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter–If gay Americans had a rendezvous with destiny in American politics, that moment occurred this week as the Democrats approved, on a…
SLDN and OutServe to Merge
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Two leading organizations in the successful effort to repeal the ban on openly gay military service have announced they are merging….
Boston Pride Parade 2012: “Redefining What Pride Means”
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Prayers and petitions to the patron saint of Boston Pride were made. And Barbra Streisand delivered. For the first time in…
White House Objects as House Omits LGBTs from Domestic Violence & Defense Bills
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Despite a warning that President Obama may exercise his veto power, the U.S. House Wednesday (May 16) approved a version…
Southern Poverty Law Centers Warns of Rise in Anti-LGBT Hate Groups
MassEquality– Two of 27 are based in Massachusetts; MassEquality has joined FBI advisory committee to help find solutions to hate bias BOSTON, Mass.—A new report that The…
Ask Lambda Legal – Options after Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
Dec. 1, 2011 By: Peter Renn/Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal Dear Ask Lambda Legal, I’m a former U.S. service member who was discharged under “Don’t…
Stronger America with DADT repeal
January 31, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter For the second year in row, President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech raised the issue…
Ask Lambda Legal – Options after Don’t Ask Don’t Tell
Dec. 1, 2011 By: Peter Renn/Staff Attorney for Lambda Legal Dear Ask Lambda Legal, I’m a former U.S. service member who was discharged under “Don’t…
Boston, nation, celebrate the end of ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’; big win for LGBT rights
September 25, 2011 By: Chuck Colbert/Special for TRT Just past the stroke of midnight on Tuesday, Sept. 20, “don’t ask don’t tell,” the nearly 18-year-old…
City Hall Rainbow flag raising kicks off Boston Pride, Equality. No More. No Less.
June 3, 2011 By Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter Just as the ceremony was short, so the speakers’ remarks were brief. By half past noon, to June’s…
New England News Briefs
November 4, 2010 by Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter Massachusetts Briefs The 29th Annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) gala will be held on November 13 at the…
State House Vigil held in wake of Gay Suicides
October 22, 2010 By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter BOSTON, MA-On October 5 at the Massachusetts State House in Boston, a vigil was held to draw attention…
Obama heckled at “Get out the Vote”
October 22, 2010 By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter BOSTON, MA–President Barack Obama headlined a get-out-the-vote rally for Democratic Governor Deval Patrick in Boston on Saturday afternoon…
A Queerspective: The Year in Review
By: Joe Siegel/TRT Reporter 2010 was a year of victories and setbacks for New England’s LGBT community. A record number of openly gay candidates threw…