LGBTQ News Briefs From Around The World
Kenya censors controversial LGBTQ movie before Cannes Film Festival A month before the Cannes Film Festival Un Certain Regard premiere of “Rafiki,” a Kenyan film…
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Campaign to Elevate Voices of Trans People Living with HIV in National Conversation About Health Care
OAKLAND, Calif.—Transgender Law Center’s Positively Trans project recently launched #ACApositive, a campaign to shift the conversation about health care and the Affordable Care Act towards a…
New Report on LGBTQ Poverty Shows Need for More Resources and Research
Washington, D.C.—As the Trump administration works to undermine the historic progress made toward full LGBTQ equality, a new report highlights a harsh reality: LGBTQ people are more likely…
LGBTQ News Briefs From Around The World
The LGBTQ News Briefs by The Rainbow Times’ Intern, Nicole Collins Trans Boston Marathon participants are allowed to participate as their identified gender Boston Marathon…
New Policy Outlines Best Practices For Retaining Transgender Women in HIV Care
BOSTON—Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief, Retaining transgender women in care: Best practices in the field, outlining provider best practices and…
Community Periscope: Brockton, Mass. Programs for the LGBTQ Community
Brockton LGBTQ community offers some services By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Communities around Massachusetts and the New England area have various services, entities, and groups with…
Ask A Trans Woman: Questions I Want & Don’t Want To Be Asked
These are not all bad, but as a trans woman I don’t appreciate them By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– “What’s one question you wish people would…
National and International LGBTQ News Briefs
The Rainbow Times’ Pick of News Briefs For You “Several mainstream television programs portray asexuality—and hopefully more will soon” Though asexuality is still little-understood by…
Trans Talk: Keeping the Lines Open With Those Who Disagree With You Can Be Trying
When trans talk, or any other, turn into big problems By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— I have been observing various trans friends on Facebook and…
Creep of the Week: Trans Hater Donald Trump
By: D’Anne Witkowski/Special to TRT— Hundreds of thousands of people, young and old, took to the streets on March 24 to protest the despicable fact…
Regardless, Trump Plans to Implement His Transgender Military Ban
Yesterday’s announcement has no immediate impact, as four federal courts have already prohibited the ban from taking effect WASHINGTON, DC—Yesterday, the Trump administration released implementation…
Ask a Trans Woman: The Risks and Rewards of Coming Out as Trans
Coming Out means different things for different folks, and circumstances change constantly By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This morning with a column looming and a brain…
Community Periscope: What’s Life Like for LGBTQ People in Attleboro, Mass.
Some LGBTQ People wish there were more resources in the area By: Nick Collins/TRT Intern & Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Communities around Massachusetts and the New…
Transgender Talk: Eliminating Cis-Centric Behavior
Transgender people don’t “turn into” someone they weren’t already before By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— Since the transgender world has entered my life in the most pervasive…
Gender Equality: Are Trans People the Harbingers of the Future?
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— Recently, I saw a friend’s post on Facebook. She was talking about the value and purpose of trans people. I…
New Hampshire House Passes Transgender Nondiscrimination Bill
Nondiscrimination bill is a victory for New Hampshire transgender residents CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire House of Representatives passed HB 1319, legislation that would…
Connecting Transgender Vermonters With Each Other
Courtesy of The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship— When University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine student Eli Goldberg applied to be an Albert Schweitzer Fellow with…
Transgender Woman in Men’s Prison Seeks Preliminary Relief
BOSTON—Lawyers for a transgender woman incarcerated in a Massachusetts men’s prison filed a motion for preliminary injunction on Friday, seeking her immediate transfer to a women’s facility….
Pop-Up ID Project Provides Assistance For Name, Gender Marker Changes
Massachusetts residents look to Oregon as a model for providing non-binary people options to update their pronouns on official documents; gender marker changes encompass various…
LGBTQ Acceptance on the Decline for the First Time in 4 Years
By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— LGBTQ acceptance is on the decline, according to a recent Harris Poll survey commissioned by GLAAD that examined the state of acceptance in…
Radical Religion Rears Its Ugly Head Once Again
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,…
Ask a Trans Woman: Living With the Lingering Pain of a Friend’s Death
The sort of lingering pain that never really leaves you By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— I’m going to be honest with you dear readers; I’m having…
TRT Exclusive—Fenway Forward: LGBTQ Health Center Moves on After Sexual Harassment, Bullying Controversy
By: Al Gentile and Mike Givens/TRT Reporter & TRT Assistant Editor, Respectively— For 46 years, Fenway Health (FH) has served as a landmark healthcare resource…