LGBTQ+ “Legacy of Courage” Awardees Named For 2019 Safe Homes Gala
Open Sky Community Services peer-led teen program recognizes key supporters WORCESTER, Mass.—Open Sky Community Services is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of the People…
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Boston Pride Announces 49th Annual Pride Festival Entertainment Line-up
Robin S., Beth Sacks, The Spots, All Eyes On Me, Taija New, Kat Kennedy, First Lady Sarita, and QWAM will also perform BOSTON–Boston Pride announced…
Hometown Pride: Jake Resnicow Spreads Pride All Over the World
Newtown, MA Native, Jake Resnicow, Prepares Biggest Event Ever at NYC Pride By: Robert Hassilow/Special to TRT— Jake Resnicow may be one of the world’s…
Trans Visibility, Making the Invisible, Visible on TDOV
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— Last week, we celebrated the International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) and it got me thinking about the role allies play in…
10 Terrific Small Towns For LGBTQ Travelers
By: Andrew Collins/TRT Travel Columnist— Throughout the 20th century, as particular neighborhoods in America’s largest cities became LGBTQ strongholds, a number of corresponding resort towns…
Enormous Outpouring Of Support For Conversion Therapy Ban In Maine
Youth and Medical and Legal Professionals Describe Extreme Damage to LGBTQ Youth Young people—LGBTQ themselves and their siblings—kicked off the public hearing in favor of…
Taylor Swift Makes Record-Breaking Donation In Opposition To Tennessee’s Anti-LGBTQ Bills
Tennessee lawmakers are pushing the most extreme anti-LGBTQ slate of bills in the nation, with discriminatory bills advancing this week WASHINGTON, DC—Taylor Swift wanted to…
Sexual Minorities Archives To Present History Talk On Dr. Amber Starbuck & Mabel Stevens
HOLYOKE, Mass.—As part of its continuing original research series on pre-Stonewall era LGBTQ individuals who lived in the Pioneer Valley of western Massachusetts, the Sexual…
Boston Pride Announces Marsha P. Johnson As Champion Of Stonewall Honorary Marshal
BOSTON—Boston Pride announced today that the organization is naming Marsha P. Johnson as the Champion of Stonewall Honorary Marshal for the 2019 Annual Boston Pride…
BGMC Announces $10,000 Grant From Liberty Mutual
Grant will permit BGMC to make its online repertoire more accessible to people who are deaf and hard of hearing BOSTON—The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus…
Wils Makes History As The 1st Openly Gay Chinese Singer
By: Robin Garrity/Special to TRT— Singapore pop singing sensation Wils is best known for his album, WTF, named Best Pop Album of the Year at…
Pride Events in New England Part I & II: Celebrating 50 Years Post Stonewall
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— Since the Stonewall Riots 50 years ago, the LGBTQ community has made leaps ahead while backtracking along the way. The latter,…
The Frivolist: 5 Ways Laziness Is Costing You
By: Mikey Rox*/Special to TRT— Laziness is the byproduct of many catalysts—fear, depression, general unhappiness—and it can negatively affect all facets of your life. From…
Brandeis Offers Precollege Queer Academics and Activism Program
WALTHAM, Mass.—Brandeis University Precollege Programs is launching a new program this summer to provide LGBTQIA+ high school students with an academic and historical perspective to…
Lori Lightfoot’s Historical Victory As Chicago’s 1st Black Woman & 1st LGBT Person To Be Elected Mayor
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— Mayor-elect and former federal prosecutor, Lori Lightfoot, has started her victory lap tour after her big win over Cook County Board…
New Report Points Unique Challenges, Rewards For 3 Million+ Rural LGBT People
Rural Life Amplifies Impact of Both Acceptance and Discrimination, But Millions of Rural LGBT People Have Few Legal Protections DES MOINES, IA—Popular culture images of…
Conversion Therapy Ban One Step Closer to Law in MA
GLAD Praises Passage in House and Now Senate, Urges Quick Enactment into Law The Massachusetts State Senate today passed An Act Relative to Abusive Practices…
North Shore Pride Annual Networking Event At The Cabot Theatre
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— BEVERLY, Mass.—North Shore Pride (NSP), the largest LGBTQ pride organization north of Boston, is set to launch its 6th annual Professional…
Famed Trans Sensation Releases “Jupiter,” Conquers Addiction, Offers Support
Ryan Cassata surprises fans with a remake of “Jupiter” and new song verse; pays homage to those lost By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— LOS ANGELES—For the…
Dangerous Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Advances In Tennessee
NASHVILLE – The next generation of North Carolina’s highly controversial HB2 could become law in Tennessee, along with a sweeping slate of anti-LGBTQ bills. Tennessee lawmakers…
Updated: Cape Commissioner Asked To Resign Over Anti-Gay Twitter Post
LGBTQIA vacation haven has an elected official that questions gay politicians ability to represent and work for all CAPE COD—A Barnstable County Commissioner’s recent post…
Kennedy, Harris, Scott Reintroduce Bill To Amend Religious Freedom Restoration Act
Restoring & Protecting Civil Rights and Religious Freedom in the Trump Era By: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter— WASHINGTON—In an attempt to ensure that others are not…
Cynthia Nixon Doubles Down: Pence Is Not A “Decent” Guy, He’s “Insidious”
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— Cynthia Nixon did not just call out former Vice-President, pro-LGBTQ ally and possible Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden on saying Vice-President…