Boston’s East Coast Biker Chicks Celebrate 10 Years on the Road
By: Brook Rosini/Special to The Rainbow Times– Ride safe. Ride your own. Ride often. That’s the motto of the East Coast Biker Chicks, ECBC, a…
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Ask LambdaLegal: Transgender Community and the Police
By: Dru Levasseur/Transgender Rights Attorney for Lambda Legal– Q: I’m a transgender woman and sometimes when I’m out with friends, a police officer stops to…
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; Why You Should Care
By: Eric Brus*– Thursday, Feb. 7, is the 13th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD). As was the case in 2012, the theme for…
Historic Progress Made for LGBT Equality in Wyoming
CHEYENNE, Wyoming — Historic progress was made this week in the movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality in Wyoming as two pro-equality bills…
AIDS United Funds Six Puerto Rican Organizations for HIV Prevention Programs
WASHINGTON — Thanks to $155,000 in grant investments from AIDS United, six community-based organizations in Puerto Rico will have expanded capacity for vital HIV prevention services…
MassEquality Statement on John Kerry’s Confirmation as Sec. of State
Yesterday, Sen. John Kerry was confirmed by the United States Senate to serve as US Secretary of State. MassEquality Executive Director Kara Suffredini offered the…
Quiet Power: Gay Money in the 2012 Election
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– There has been much said and written about right-wing political operative Karl Rove’s spectacular failure to buy a Republican conservative…
CDC Data on Interpersonal & Sexual Violence by Sexual Orientation
The first set of national prevalence data on intimate partner violence (IPV), sexual violence (SV), and stalking victimization by sexual orientation was released today by…
Boston Pride and GLAD Support ‘Oui For Equality’ Rally
LGBT organizations lend their support to French expatriates for Marriage Equality in France BOSTON, Massachusetts — Local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community organizations Boston…
President Obama’s Official Inaugural Speech 2013 Transcript
Inaugural Address Monday, January 21, 2013 Washington, DC THE PRESIDENT: Vice President Biden, Mr. Chief Justice, members of the United States Congress, distinguished guests, and…
Pres. Obama’s Inaugural Address Speech Inclusive of LGBTs
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service–(UPDATED) President Obama, in his second inaugural address, emphasized the nation’s principle of equality for all and, in doing so, specifically…
Pres. Obama Names Gay Veteran as 1 of 8 “Citizen Co-Chairs” of Inauguration
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– The Presidential Inauguration Committee announced Thursday (January 17) that an openly gay veteran of the Air Force will be among…
National Movement Opposing Same-Sex Marriage Is Done
Washington – The Human Rights Campaign today highlighted a new milestone in the march toward full marriage equality: the fall of the empire opposed to same-sex…
Rahm Emanuel Signs Marriage Petition: Calls Freedom to Marry in Illinois
Chicago, IL — Today Lambda Legal announced that Rahm Emanuel has signed the ILove Marriage Petition. Lambda Legal released the following statement from James L….
Cyndi Lauper Joins HUD for Efforts to End Homelessness
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Cyndi Lauper are joining the effort to “Make Everyone…
Envisioning a Future Beyond Formal LGBT Equality: Urvashi Vaid
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– If the LGBT movement is, at its core, a progressive struggle for justice and equality, then should not the gay-rights’ agenda…
Fenway Explains High HIV Rates of Infection in Young American Gay & Bisexual Men
By: Brook Rosini/Special to The Rainbow Times– BOSTON, Massachusetts — On November 27, 2012, just a handful of days before World AIDS Day, the United…
2012: The Year We’ll Remember the Tide Turning Against HIV/AIDS?
By: Brook Rosini/Special to The Rainbow Times– For those of us who grew up in the 90s, we remember sex ed classes with videos that…
Gayborhood News: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Boston, MA Grant received to educate gay men about domestic violence The Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project has received a…
PFLAG Loses Founder Jeanne Manford: The Mother of the Straight Ally Movement
PFLAG National – the nation’s original family and ally organization, and the largest grassroots-based non-profit for families, friends, and allies of lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
U.S. District Court Hears Arguments in CCR/SMUG v. Scott Lively
By: Francisco L. White/TRT Reporter– SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — District Judge Michael A. Ponsor heard arguments on Monday regarding a federal lawsuit filed in March 2012…
Barney Frank After the MA Senate Appointment
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– One day out of retirement as a member of the U.S. House, Barney Frank said Friday that he has asked…
OutServe-SLDN Statement on Expected Hagel Nomination as Secretary of Defense
WASHINGTON, DC — Army veteran and OutServe-SLDN Executive Director Allyson Robinson issued the following statement today as multiple reports surfaced indicating President Obama will nominate former…