Immigrants Respond To Silence On Licenses Amendment
Eleven-Day State House Sit-In By Immigrants and Allies Expands to Homes of Spilka and Deleo BOSTON—After the amendment to grant driving licenses to immigrants was…
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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…
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus Release ‘Power of Protest’
“Power of Protest” Video Links The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus With Black Lives Matter Movement Boston—The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) has released “The Power…
NAGLY, MassOpera To Hold Virtual Cabaret To Benefit At-Risk LGBTQ+ Youth
The Virtual performance with singers, performers, and special guests will represent the full spectrum of LGBTQ+ experiences; All donations from this event will go to…
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…
Coronavirus: 5 Productive Ways to Spend Your Time
Coronavirus Crisis, productivity, and self-care in this edition of The Frivolist. By: Mikey Rox*/Special to TRT— As we all hunker down to mitigate the spread…
MASSBRANDED: Made By Design
Bullied as a Youth, Winning Mr. Gay World Inspired Mass Luciano to Launch His Own Fashion Label, MASSBRANDED By: Tom Lagare/Special to TRT— Puerto-Rico-born fashion…
BGMC: Virtual Performance of “Born This Way”
BGMC There For LGBTQ people of all ages who are struggling to feel connected amid the COVID-19 pandemic BOSTON—Late last week, the Boston Gay Men’s…
Racism, Black Lives Matter & Police Abuse
In this Creep of the Week, during Pride month, Witkowski talks Black Lives Matter, Racism, Stonewall, Colin Kaepernick, and more By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT—…
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…
Salem Police Captain’s Racist Tweet Sparks Protests
Salem Police Capt. Kate Stephens, the alleged person sending the tweet, is awaiting disciplinary action By: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter— SALEM, Mass.—Earlier this month the Salem,…
Janelle Monáe Doesn’t Know Time Either
Queer icon, Janelle Monáe, talks ‘too on the nose’ pandemic, LGBTQ representation, and Pride plans By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— I really hadn’t planned on…
David Hernandez & Jacqueline Lord Reveal Their “True Colors”
David Hernandez & Jacqueline Lord Perform a Pride Cover of “True Colors” American Idol’s David Hernandez and Magnum PI’s Jacqueline Lord are uniting this Pride on a…
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…
Tony McDade: Organizations Demand Action, More
Fla. Moms and Students Demand Action; National Center for Transgender Equality Respond to Officer-Involved Shooting of McDade; Tony McDade is at Least the Fifth Trans…
Salem LLC Endorses ADU Ordinance In Historic Vote
A vote on the ADU ordinance will happen tonight at 7 p.m. To participate in tonight’s City Council meeting where the ADU ordinance will be…
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…
Sexual Health During COVID-19 Pandemic
BOSTON—A viewpoint published in Annals of Internal Medicine urges clinicians to counsel patients about their sexual health and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic and offers practical…
Melissa Etheridge Lets Go Of COVID-19 Fear
Etheridge, the LGBTQ icon, has chosen to focus on the ‘beautiful change’ the coronavirus pandemic will bring By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— Throughout her dynamic…
Coronavirus Cases & Casualties In Salem (May 1 Update)
This COVID-19 (coronavirus) release/story continues to develop; Salem cases increase, according to City officials SALEM, Mass.—As of 3:30 p.m. on May 1, 2020, 396 Salem…