Boston Pride & City Of Boston Postpone Pride
Due to COVID-19, Boston Pride announces postponement of Pride 2020 BOSTON—Boston Pride and the City of Boston announced earlier this week that annual Pride events…
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LGBTQ News Briefs: April and May 2019
Nigel Shelby’s death is a wakeup call for the critical need to support LGBTQ PoC youth ALABAMA—Nigel Shelby, a gay Alabama teen described by his…
Delaware: 14th State To Protect LGBTQ Youth From Conversion Therapy
Conversion therapy survivor and NCLR Born Perfect Strategist Mathew Shurka says, “Delaware is now a safer place for LGBTQ youth, and we are one step…
Salem’s Gigi Gill: A Gracious Giver to the North Shore Community & New England
By: John Paul Stapleton/TRT Reporter— Not every town can say they have their own official drag queen, but in Salem, Massachusetts, Duchess Gigi Gill holds…
Creep of the Week: Why Do You Want Me Back in the Closet Marco Rubio?
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— On Feb. 8, Marco Rubio was asked a very important question by New Hampshire resident Timothy Kierstead, a man who…
Gay Widower Sues San Francisco Bay Area Union Pension Plan
Pension Plan Refuses to Provide Survivor Benefits After His Husband Died SAN FRANCISCO—Today, the widower of a hotel telecommunications engineer in San Francisco sued the IUOE…
Mother Asks Supreme Court to Review Alabama’s Anti-Gay Parent Measure
Review Unprecedented Alabama Refusal to Recognize a Same-Sex Parent Adoption from Another State and Asks the Court to Stay Alabama Decision So She Can Have Visitation with…
Sexual Minorities Archives: Leaving Northampton
By: Ben Power Alwin*— I write this as the sun sets on November 15, 2016, the day that the Sexual Minorities Archives officially closed to…
AFWM: To Mark World AIDS Day with Community Gathering
SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—The AIDS Foundation of Western Massachusetts (AFWM) announced today that the organization will host a community gathering to mark World AIDS Day on December…
The Media: Helping Hate Group Leader Tony Perkins
Tony Perkins is the head of one of the most extreme anti-gay hate groups in the country, yet media outlets continue to give him a platform that enables…
Missouri Court of Appeals Allows Same-Sex Parent to Seek Custody
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—Today, the Western District Court of Appeals in Kansas City, Missouri held that a woman who planned for and raised twin children with…
Masterpiece Cakeshop Violates Civil Rights Law for Turning Away Gay Couple, Court Rules
DENVER—The Colorado Court of Appeals ruled today that a cake shop cannot refuse service to a gay couple because of who they are. The ruling comes…
GLAD to Honor Jennifer Finney Boylan at Spirit of Justice Award Dinner
BOSTON, Mass.—Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will present the Spirit of Justice Award to Jennifer Finney Boylan, first best-selling transgender author in the…
The National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020
Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order releasing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020, detailing principles and priorities to guide our collective national work to address…
The Next Major LGBT Civil Rights Battle Is Now In Houston
Conservatives are telling the story; controlling the media; right-wing fear mongering in effect Upcoming Ballot Referendum Could Set The Tone For Media Coverage Of Non-Discrimination Fights Houston looks set to become…
GLAD Calls for End to Conversion Therapy in Massachusetts
BOSTON, Mass.—Bennett Klein, Senior Attorney for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) testified today in favor of banning the destructive practice of so-called “conversion…
Boy Scouts End Ban on Gay Leaders
By: The Seattle Lesbian— The Boy Scouts of America ended their ban on gay leaders Monday and the move is effective immediately. “Today, the Boy…
UNDERCOVER: Inside The Conservative Plan to Continue the Fight Against LGBT Equality
Media Matters LGBT Program Director Carlos Maza Goes Undercover At The Religious Right’s Anti-LGBT “Future Conference”* One week before the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v….
Rhode Island: Two AIDS Service Organizations Unite
AIDS Project Rhode Island and AIDS Care Ocean State have announced that the organizations will be collaborating on two major fundraising events taking place in late summer. On…
Op-Ed: Positive Thoughts – Passing the HIV Test
By: Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr./Special to TRT— Getting tested for HIV nowadays is a snap. In the era of over-the-counter rapid in-home testing, I’m befuddled…
OutServe-SLDN: Introduction & Support for the Restore Honor to Service Members Act
Washington, DC—Yesterday, United States Representatives Mark Pocan (D-WI) and Charles Rangel (D-NY) joined by United States Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) to introduce…
AAMC Releases Groundbreaking Medical Guidelines for LBGT Community
By: Sara Brown/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Revolutionary medical guidelines on how to care for the LGBT community were released by the Association of American Medical…
Federal Court: All Alabama Counties Must Stop Enforcing Unconstitutional Marriage Ban
MOBILE, Ala—U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. Granade today issued an order confirming that her injunction directing all Alabama probate judges to issue marriage licenses to…