BOSTON—AIDS Action Committee announces today that Youth on Fire, its program for adolescents and young adults who are homeless or street-involved, will close on November…
Courtesy of Greater Boston PFLAG— Josh Kraft has spent nearly his entire professional career working for Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB) beginning with…
BOSTON—True Colors: Out Youth Theater, a program of The Theater Offensive and the country’s largest and longest-running LGBTQ youth theater program, has been selected as…
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— A new report co-authored by the Center for American Progress (CAP) and the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) highlights several severe…
New Data Shows Harms to the Community, Population At High-risk for HIV NEW YORK—The Red Umbrella Project (RedUP), the National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE),…
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Research, prevention, and treatments of HIV and AIDS has, in the last decade, made the disease anything but a death sentence….
Special Honoree: Bob Rivers, President and COO of Eastern Bank BOSTON – The Theater Offensive is proud to honor its award-winning theater program for LGBTQ…
By: Nicole Lashomb*/TRT Editor-in-Chief— I’ve seen many changes during my editorship at The Rainbow Times. The changes came with the needs of the community, first…
By: Sara Brown/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—The state Legislature voted in favor of an override to Gov. Charlie Baker’s veto of $2 million to support…
By: Keegan O’Brien*/Special to TRT— I still vividly remember how it felt to be spat on and called a “fag&ot” at fourteen, when I went…
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— The Massachusetts Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Youth released a report in March recommending policy changes…
New Reports Find Widespread Discrimination, Economic Vulnerably, and Health Disparities WASHINGTON, D.C.— In a year when transgender Americans are experiencing unprecedented visibility in the State…
By: Eric Brus*— “Our nation’s inability to effectively address HIV infections among Black gay men . . . is one of the greatest failures of…
New Report Reveals that Equal Treatment Remains Out of Reach for LGBT Americans in Most States – Discrimination Continues Even With Marriage Equality WASHINGTON—The Human…
HIGHLAND PARK, Mich.—The Ruth Ellis Center this year is celebrating its 15th anniversary serving youth in Detroit and the metropolitan area. Established in 1999, Ruth…
BOSTON, Mass.─ Yesterday, Governor Patrick approved a new budget that funds LGBTQ homeless programs and services for youth. “MassEquality applauds the Governor and the Legislature…
By: Paul P. Jesep*/ TRT Columnist— Apostle Paul cautions us in how we react to things. “Let no evil talk come out of your mouths,”…
By: Justin Nash*/Special to TRT— Did you know that the Boston City Council is in the beginning stages of creating a commission to address the…
While I applaud Steve Grossman for his support of marriage, which happened 10 years ago now, where were you Steve when Charlie Baker, as well…
By: Rebecca Haag*— It’s no mystery that having to live with poverty, homelessness, unemployment, drug addiction, or discrimination makes a person more vulnerable to HIV…
Governor, Boston Bruins, MA Coalition for the Homeless, and Esmond Harmsworth honored at second annual event BOSTON, Mass. – MassEquality announced that it raised approximately $140,000 at…
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…
HICKORY, NC — In the coming weeks, families around the country will be gathering together for the holidays. But in far too many cases, these…