The OutField: Chris Billig is Gay for Soccer
By: Dan Woog*/Special for TRT– The “gay soccer” stories come fast and furious. * Major League Soccer sponsors Spirit Day, encouraging players and fans to…
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RI Ruling on Taxes Will Bring Relief to Same-Sex Bereaved Spouses
GLAD Applauds Division of Taxation Decision BOSTON, Mass. — In a move sparked by a request for declaratory ruling by Lise Iwon in regard to…
Cambridge Hosts LGBT Town Hall
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter– For the third time in eight years, the City of Cambridge hosted an LGBT town hall meeting — its purpose…
Fighting Forward: Dustin Lance Black Votes for Obama; Talks Legacy
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT– Dustin Lance Black has been on the front-lines of LGBT equality since his Oscar-winning screenplay for Milk presented him a platform to be…
Ask Lambda Legal – Blood Donations
By: Scott Schoettes/HIV Project Director for Lambda Legal– Dear Ask Lambda Legal, Q: I’m a gay man and have wanted to donate blood for some…
Emails Show Romney Thwarted Equal Treatment of Gays as Mass. Governor
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A new revelation surfaced about Mitt Romney Thursday (October 25), revealing yet another step he took as Massachusetts governor to…
Gay Man Sues Domestic Violence Program for Discrimination
BOSTON, Mass. – After being denied access to facial reconstructive surgery by the R.O.S.E. Fund, a free service routinely afforded to female victims of domestic…
New Report: Knights of Columbus Donate Millions to Fight Marriage Equality
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– Sometimes they dress up like the Three Musketeers, donning fancy, feathery hats, and show up for a grand parade. More often…
HBGC Launches Gay-Straight Alliances in Boston-Area Schools
Groups bring LGBQ/T students of colors, allies and administrators together to increase student safety and academic achievement Boston, MA — Over the next year, The…
VT: Upcoming LGBTQ First Aid and Healthcare Advocacy Training
BRATTLEBORO, Vermont – November 9th-11th, the AIDS Project of Southern Vermont will sponsor a 20-hour first aid and healthcare advocacy training intended to strengthen the…
Save the Date: Boston’s Transgender Day of Remembrance
Community Speak-Out, Candlelight Vigil, Hosted Reception BOSTON, Mass. — Each November, the worldwide transgender community turns its attention to its family, friends and loved ones lost…
Why Is Republican Scott Brown Ducking Major Media Outlets?
BOSTON, Massachusetts — With exactly two weeks before Election Day, Republican Scott Brown appears to be executing a strategy of ducking some media outlets rather…
Equality Needs a Champion Like Elizabeth Warren
By: Kara Suffredini, Esq.*/Special to TRT– Eight years ago, we knew that if we won the right to marry in Massachusetts the rest of the…
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…
New Book Chronicles Fenway Health’s First 40 years – Fenway Hosts Book Signing Event
[From a Press Release] Tom Martorelli’s For People, Not For Profit showcases the evolution of community & LGBT healthcare through 40 years of Fenway Health’s…
Activists Deliver “Binders Full of Women” to Mitt Romney Headquarters
BOSTON, Mass. – This afternoon, activists gathered in front of the campaign headquarters of the Republican nominee for President, Mitt Romney, to voice their disappointment…
HRC Scorecard of 112th Congress Shows Legislators Out of Touch on LGBT Equality
Analysis shows number of anti-LGBT legislators on the rise, small steps toward equality in the Senate WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign today released its…
Openly Gay vs. Solidly Pro-Gay: Tierney-Tisei Showdown on the North Shore
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter– Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank’s retirement this year does not necessarily mean the Bay State is losing a gay House member….
Screen Queen: The Halloween Edition
By: Chris Azzopardi/Special for TRT– Hocus Pocus When Hocus Pocus flew into multiplexes on a broomstick in 1993, it was a silly farce that, in…
Catholic Church & NOM Responsible for 60% of All Anti-Equality Funding in 4 Marriage Ballot States
New HRC report finds money being siphoned from Dioceses around the country to fund political campaigns aimed at discrimination Washington – The Catholic Church is funneling…
Gov. Patrick to Speak on Mass. Health Care Reform Act
BOSTON, Mass. — Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick will deliver the keynote address, Massachusetts Health Care Reform Act: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow, at Fenway Health’s 8th annual Board…
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…
Obama Wins 2nd Debate; Romney Disses Gay & Single Parents
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A number of LGBT bloggers expressed dismay Tuesday night that no question about same-sex marriage was posed during the first…