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…
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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…
North Shore School Teacher’s Lawsuit Against Harborlight Montessori Over Allegations of LGBT Discrimination
By: Michael Givens/TRT Assistant Editor & Nick Collins/TRT Intern— BEVERLY, Mass.—A Beverly, Mass. teacher is suing a Montessori school he taught at for nearly three…
NHLA Seeks LGBTQ Community Input To Enhance Its Federal Latinx Advocacy Priorities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of 45 of the nation’s preeminent Latino advocacy organizations, is launching an online survey…
Supreme Court Ruling: Same and Different Sex Parents Must Be Treated Equally
Victory for the LGBT Community; NCLR says, “States across the country should take careful note…discrimination against married same-sex couples will not be tolerated” WASHINGTON—The Supreme…
Equality Florida To Rick Scott: “Enough Broken Promises, Stand Against The NRA!”
After the Pulse nightclub shooting in June of 2016, Rick Scott made a number of promises to our LGBTQ community and to Florida citizens to…
Racial Equity is Vital to Eradicating HIV/AIDS in 2018 & Beyond
By: JP Delgado Galdamez*/TRT Guest Columnist— In honor of National Black HIV Awareness Day on February 7, The Rainbow Times’ columnist and activist JP Delgado Galdamez…
Trump’s FY2019 Budget Would Sharply Reduce Funding For HIV, Put Other Healthcare Funding At Risk
Disastrous consequences for many if funding for HIV is reduced as Trump’s proposed budget shows BOSTON—This week, President Trump released a proposed budget that, if…
A Star is Born: Miz Diamond Wigfall Charts a Course From Salem, Mass. to NYC
By: Mike Givens*/TRT Assistant Editor— It’s the 2017 New York City Pride Festival—one of the most attended Pride celebrations in the country—and two scantily-clad young…
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…
Amir Now Incorporated Brings Queer Artists Together to Create Thought-Provoking Stories
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Amir Dixon is on a mission to bring art, advocacy, and awareness together. A writer, cinematographer, and activist, Dixon has launched…
GLAAD Unveils Study Showing Alarming Erosion of LGBTQ Acceptance
DAVOS, Switzerland—On Jan. 25, GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced the findings of its fourth annual…
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…
During 1st Year in Office Trump Compiles Strikingly Anti-LGBT Record of Executive Branch Actions
BOSTON, Mass.―Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief demonstrating that in his first year in office, President Donald Trump has compiled a strikingly anti-LGBT…
TLC Condemns Illegal HHS Rule Granting License to Discriminate
Religious freedoms used as a license to discriminate against trans patients WASHINGTON—Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Trump-Pence administration announced…
TRT Exclusive—Pride & Prejudice: Queer Caribbean Expatriates on Culture, Discrimination & Life Away From Home
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In part one of this series, The Rainbow Times introduced our readership to LGBTQ Caribbean expatriates living and working in Massachusetts….
New England LGBTQ Community Mourns Tragic Death of Western Masssachusetts Trans Activist
Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien is first reported trans murder victim of 2018 in the United States. By: Nick Collins/TRT Intern and Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— North…
Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll Delivers 4th Inaugural Address
“Salem can provide something for everybody, because this city – for almost four hundred years – has been built by everybody.” SALEM, Mass.—Before an audience…
TRT Best of 2017: Exclusive LGBTQ Coverage in New England
Award winning, The Rainbow Times presents you the best of 2017 and what we covered for our readers By: TRT Editorial Team— The year 2017…
TRT Exclusive: Queer and Caribbean: LGBTQ+ Culture & The Island Identity
In part one of a two-part series, The Rainbow Times examines the LGBTQ culture through the lens of Caribbean lifestyle. By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— Not…
Holiday in Stereo(type): Gift Ideas for 8 Types of Queers in Your Life
By: Mikey Rox*/Special to TRT— Holiday gift buying for LGBT people is difficult at best, anxiety-riddled at worst. What do you get the him, her…
Federal Judge Rejects Trump Administration Request to Further Delay Transgender Military Enlistment
Judge Kollar-Kotelly Denies Request for Stay of Injunction, Reaffirms Enlistment Must Begin January 1 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly rejected a request from the Trump…