Education Department Rescinds Title IX Protections for LGBTQ+ Students
Behind the policy language, civil rights groups say the rollback reaches kids who already report being bullied, disciplined and harassed at school; the Trump administration…
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President Biden Diagnosed With Cancer
By: Chris Gilmore / TRT Reporter Leaders, Advocacy Groups, and Communities Rally Behind President Biden Amid Health Battle WASHINGTON—A statement released recently by President Joe…
Key Cases Before SCOTUS: Our Rights At Stake
SCOTUS’ Decision Will Impact all LGBTQ+ people and their loved ones By: HRC— After coming out as transgender to her employer, Aimee Stephens was fired…
Openly Gay & First Latinx Woman Runs For Boston City Council At-Large Seat
Alejandra St. Guillen could make history in Boston as the 1st Latinx gay woman to be elected for City Council By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— BOSTON—If…
Cory Booker: Guarantees He’ll Repeal Trump’s Trans Military Ban, If Elected
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…
Updated: Massachusetts Voters Uphold Transgender Nondiscrimination Law, Reactions
State becomes first in U.S. history to successfully defend transgender rights by popular vote BOSTON—Tonight Massachusetts voters firmly supported a “Yes” vote on Question 3,…
Op-Ed: A “Yes” Vote For This Human Rights Issue
By: Dr. Norman Spack*/Special to TRT— On November 6th we will be asked to go to the polls and vote on a number of different…
Trump’s Plan To Deny Transgender People Exist Met With Resistance
Transgender People, Allies and Activists Up In Arms; “No matter what this administration orders federal agencies to do, the courts still have the authority to…
Salem School Committee Votes to Endorse Yes On 3
Yes on 3 gains Salem Schools’ support By: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter— SALEM, Mass.—Last night, the Salem School Committee voiced its support for Transgender rights in…
New Back-to-School Campaign & PSA Launched To Build Support For Transgender Students
NEW YORK– As students return to school, transgender students confront a wave of attacks that undermine their ability to learn in educational settings free of bullying and…
Rights Orgs. Respond To Potential Kavanaugh Confirmation As Next SCOTUS Justice
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…
Advocates Will Hike Across Massachusetts For Transgender Rights: #Hike4Rights Dates Announced
In-depth and exclusive Rainbow Times’ Q&A with the hikers available here. BOSTON—Local transgender rights advocates announce dates for their historic #Hike4Rights project this summer. Beginning…
Transgender Rights Campaign Leads Boston Pride As Grand Marshal
Vote “Yes” This November to Uphold Transgender Rights in Massachusetts BOSTON—As a critical ballot question looms less than five months away, Freedom for All Massachusetts today serves…
Op-Ed: Senator Elizabeth Warren on LGBTQ Americans
Courtesy of Senator Elizabeth Warren— It’s that time of year again. I’m ready to dance in this year’s Boston Pride and celebrate diversity, inclusion, and…
Trans Activists Discuss #Hike4Rights, Their Journey to Mass.’ Highest Peak
#Hike4Rights Initiative, A Forum to Advocate for Trans Rights New England Pride Guide 2018 | Special Edition By: Nicole Collins/TRT Intern— On August 15, trans…
Endorsement: Salem Mayoral Race, Kim Driscoll for Mayor
By the Editorial Board— Since taking office more than a decade ago, Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll has proven herself to be a tried and tested…
On 2nd Anniversary of Marriage Win, Work Continues in MA for LGBT Equality
At the forefront, transgender nondiscrimination protections to ensure LGBT equality for all BOSTON—Today marks the second anniversary of Obegerfell v. Hodges, the landmark Supreme Court ruling…
Former US Atty. General Eric Holder to Receive GLAD’s 2017 Spirit of Justice Award
The Honorable Eric H. Holder Jr., whose tenure as U.S. Attorney General under President Barack Obama marked huge advances in LGBTQ rights, will be the…
GOP’s Anti-LGBT Votes Send Message VA Not Open for Business
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…
Best LGBTQ Reporting 2016 by The Rainbow Times
Popular picks for our best LGBTQ reporting in 2016 By: The Rainbow Times’ Editorial Team— The year 2016 highlighted progress for Transgender rights in Massachusetts. Transgender…
Alliance Defending Freedom Drops Lawsuit Intended to Create Exemption from MA Nondiscrimination Law
BOSTON—The anti-LGBT group Alliance Defending Freedom, ADF, representing four Mass. churches, has formally withdrawn a lawsuit they recently filed that sought to exempt the plaintiffs from complying…
Public Health Experts Call on FDA to Better Manage Estrogen Shortage Process
Estrogen is a hormone therapy that is life-saving for many transgender women BOSTON—Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health, Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, and Treatment Action…
Transgender Protections Law, #TransLawMA, Goes Into Effect Statewide
#TransLawMA is now the law of the state and it fully protects transgender people BOSTON—Today full protections for transgender people in public places becomes statewide…