Friend-of-the-court brief in three cases concerning LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections will be heard on October 8 SALEM, Mass.—Today Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll signed onto a friend-of-the-court…
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— IOWA—Speaking in Iowa, presidential candidate Cory Booker (D-NJ) told a local crowd that if he were elected president in 2020, he’d…
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— Progressive advocacy groups are mobilizing to oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh as the next U.S. Supreme Court…
Last night Pres. Trump announced that he is nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the United States Supreme Court,…
United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced yesterday, June 27, that he will be retiring as of July 31. National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) Legal…
Religious right using legislation to curb LGBTQ rights; what radical religion accomplishes By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/ TRT Columnist— In the name of religious freedom, or,…
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Ah, religious freedom. That call to arms for conservative Christians who believe that they live in some Bizzaro Land version…
By: Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— It’s easy to get into a funk these days. The nation is at a crossroads in more ways than one….
A directive that has worried many in the LGBTQ community and women circles reared its ugly head today. President Trump, with the stroke of his…
To protect and bring equality for all, the Equality Act must be passed By: Stephen Peters/HRC— Today, HRC joined with bipartisan lawmakers and an unprecedented…
RICHMOND, Va. – By killing an amendment that would have stripped discriminatory language from Virginia’s Constitution and advancing a bill that reaffirmed the right of religious officials to refuse to…
News reports obtained by The Investigative Fund and The Nation reveal that a leaked copy of an executive order to be signed tomorrow morning by…
Yesterday, the President nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the United States Supreme Court. GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), which litigates in federal…
The New Year, the inevitable limbo and its effect on the LGBTQ community Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist— During my time at a Massachusetts law school…
By: Allen Bush— Berklee presents Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Conspirare in a performance of Considering Matthew Shepard, a moving, three-part contemporary oratorio composed by Craig Hella Johnson. In 1998, a…
Either Clinton or Trump will win, our LGBTQ rights depend on our choice By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— Disclaimer: As this is an advice and opinion…
BOSTON – September 26, 2016 – Today, the MassEquality PAC officially announced its third round of endorsements for the 2016 Massachusetts legislative races. Candidates newly endorsed…
The importance of this elections for LGBTQ people By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT columnist— It’s a presidential election year in the good old U.S.A. and everyone…
Due to the discriminatory North Carolina anti-LGBT law the NBA move became a reality Yesterday, the NBA announced that they would be pulling the 2017 All-Star…
WASHINGTON—Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, and Equality NC, the state organization working…
By: Mike Givens*/TRT Assistant Editor— United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death is poised to shake up the political arena in the coming months…
Urge FTC to protect consumers from deceptive, false, and misleading practices WASHINGTON—Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), and…
Every day this week, the DNC will highlight reasons Americans need the Senate to do their jobs, not obstruct President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee. WASHINGTON—The Democratic…