CT High Courts Says Employers Can be Liable for Anti-Gay Harassment
GLAD & CELA Applaud Ruling Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) applaud a May 4 ruling from…
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Boston Pride Announces Official Pride Parade Route: Marches Through HUB on June 9th
BOSTON, Mass. – Boston Pride has announced the official route for the annual Boston Pride Parade on June 9th. This year, setup will be…
Boston Pride Celebrates Youth Pride 2012
By: Linda DeMarco, President, Boston Pride– BOSTON, Mass.–Boston Pride, now more than ever, encompasses the entire spectrum of the LGBT community from A to Z,…
Red Roof® Proudly Supports TRT’s Boston Pride Week Coverage, Welcomes LGBTs
Hotel Offers Amenities at Affordable Prices BOSTON, Mass. – Red Roof®, a leader in the economy lodging segment is proud to announce their partnership with The…
Boston Pride and EDGE Media Network announce free Boston Pride app for iPhone
First-In-The-Nation App to Facilitate 2012 Pride Week Parade, Festival, and Other Official Boston Pride Activities BOSTON, Mass. – Boston Pride announced today that their official…
Expanded HIV Testing a Reality in Massachusetts
By: Rebecca Haag*/Special for TRT– Today we are one giant step closer to making it easier to test people for HIV in Massachusetts. Gov. Deval…
Senate Vote Keeps LGBT Protections in Domestic Abuse Bill
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– A casual listener to U.S. Senate debate Thursday (April 26) would not have heard the skirmish over protections for LGBT…
New Pew Poll Shows Increasing Support for Marriage Equality
Numbers also show opposition to marriage equality reaches an all-time low Washington – New polling data from the Pew Research Center for the People &…
LGBT Cancer Network Directs Patients to 400 Facilities; New Transgender-Friendly Designation
NEW YORK, NY – The National LGBT Cancer Network, the first program in the country to address the needs of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and…
LAPD New Transgender Inclusive Policies For Police Interaction & Prison Detainment, MTPC reacts
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Reporter– Recently, the Los Angeles Police Department announced new policies regarding transgender individuals, signed into effect by Chief Charlie Beck. These policies…
Sex Scandal Involving the State Democratic Party Erupts in North Carolina
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Less than three weeks before voters in North Carolina go to the polls to cast a vote on same-sex marriage…
GLAD Publishes Groundbreaking Transgender Family Law Book; organizations react
BOSTON, Mass — Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, GLAD, is proud to announce the publication of Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy,…
Outcry to Free Trans Woman, CeCe McDonald, Grows Nationwide
By: Bet Power*/Special for TRT– On June 5, 2011, a young African American, transgender woman survived a violent attack motivated by racism and transphobia in…
Gay Dads: Transitions to Adoptive Fatherhood for the LGBT community
The first study of gay men’s transition to fatherhood, by Abbie E. Goldberg, arrives this summer from one of the nation’s leading experts on parenting…
“Falsettos” Returns To NY After Long Island Run, To Benefit LGBT Youth Crisis Center
BALDWIN, NY – Off Sides Entertainment, Inc. announced that it is joining forces with Long Island Crisis Center, Long Island’s oldest suicide prevention and crisis…
Executive Order Rejection: Old strategy or New campaign?
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– The Obama administration revealed a political calculation last week: Now is not a good time to sign an executive order…
Two Indictments for Federal Hate Crime Under Shepard-Byrd Hate Crimes Prevention Act
The Indictment Marks the First Case Charged under the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act Involving Sexual Orientation WASHINGTON – Two…
Virulent Anti-Gay Santorum Finally Out of Republican Race; Thank you!
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum was one of the most virulently anti-gay candidates in the large field of Republican presidential…
First Argument Against DOMA at U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit
By: Lisa Keen & Chuck Colbert/Keen News Service– The seventh-floor courtroom of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston was…
In the Life Groundbreaking Episode: Journeys of Transgender Children & Their Families
New York, NY – This month, the award-winning newsmagazine In The Life will debut “Becoming Me,” featuring eight families with transgender and gender nonconforming children…
Lambda Legal: La Ley de Protección del Paciente y Cuidado Médico y el VIH
Por: Scott Schoettes/Director Proyecto VIH de Lambda Legal– Recientemente me hice la prueba del VIH y salí positivo. Un amigo me dijo que si cambio…
Out From Under: ‘Bully’ director and lesbian teen talk controversial documentary
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Lee Hirsch will never forget the brutality of his middle-school years, when he was the victim of what, in recent…
Federal Appeals Court Judges Hear Arguments Against DOMA Case
By: Chuck Colbert/Keen News Service– When a panel of three judges on a federal appeals court hears arguments against the federal Defense of Marriage Act,…