BLAA Artists Bring Empowerment, Politics & Art in Response to Trump’s Presidency
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— At Midway Studios in Fort Point, Boston, several LGBTQ artists are making a statement. The Boston LGBTQIA Artist Alliance (BLAA), an…
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Boston Medical Center Releases Study on Gender Affirmation Surgery
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— Boston Medical Center recently released the results of a study quantifying the number of transgender patients opting for gender affirmation…
MA Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Transgender Nondiscrimination Law Signing
BOSTON—This Saturday, July 8, marks the one-year anniversary that Governor Charlie Baker signed into law the update to Massachusetts’ nondiscrimination law to include protections for transgender…
Equality Texas Legislative Report Card
Historic Number of Anti-LGBT Bills Filed, 40 Bills Filed by Allies to End Discrimination TEXAS—During what is now being called the “session of oppression,” the…
Fenway: Under Senate Plan Among 22 Million Would Lose Health Insurance
LGBT & PLWH Disproportionately Affected by It BOSTON—The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), a U.S. Senate bill to…
Supreme Court Reverses Arkansas’ Attempt to Defy Obergefell on Marriage Equality Decision Anniversary
Arkansas couples challenged Arkansas’ “blatant refusal” to list same-sex spouses on their children’s birth certificates; marriage equality wins again SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Today, the U.S. Supreme…
Boston Pride Under Fire as Accusations of Transphobia, Racism, Censorship Loom
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter & Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— On Saturday, June 10, at the corner of Fairfield and Boylston streets in Boston, more than…
New England Pride Guide: Violence Against Transgender Women of Color on the Rise
Transgender women of color, crime reporting, political climate among challenges faced by the community By: Jenna Spinelle/TRT Reporter— Ciara McElveen. Keke Collier. Brenda Bostick. Chay…
Former US Atty. General Eric Holder to Receive GLAD’s 2017 Spirit of Justice Award
The Honorable Eric H. Holder Jr., whose tenure as U.S. Attorney General under President Barack Obama marked huge advances in LGBTQ rights, will be the…
AG Healey Awards Grants: Expand Opportunity for Women, Minority Workers in Construction Industry
Program Will Award Total of $90,000 in Grant Funding to Eligible Applicants BOSTON–Attorney General Maura Healey today announced that her office is awarding $90,000 in…
NE Pride Guide—The Perils of Whitewashing: Importance of Nuanced Dialogue in the Aftermath of Pulse Orlando
By: Javier Fernandez*/TRT Guest Columnist— In the early morning hours of June 12, 2016, the nation awoke to the tragic news of the Pulse Orlando…
Capital Pride 2017 is “Unapologetically Proud”
LGBTQ Community Unites Against Fear and Discrimination in Weekend Featuring Pride Parade, Concert with Miley Cyrus, and More WASHINGTON—In 2017, LGBTQ people around the country…
Pulse Orlando One Year Later: Honoring Survivors & the 49 Lives Lost
The tragedy that rocked our world: Pulse Orlando still beats in our hearts By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— It was 12:45 a.m. in the early hours…
State Funding Cuts Will Force AIDS Action Program Youth on Fire to Close Next Fall
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…
In Landmark Ruling Federal Court Allows Transgender Woman to Pursue Claim Under ADA
Ruling is the first to say that transgender people are not categorically barred from seeking relief from discrimination under the federal civil rights law A…
AIDS Walk & Run Boston to Take Place in Early June
BOSTON—Registration is now open for the 32nd annual AIDS Walk & Run Boston, which will take place Sunday, June 4, 2017 at the DCR Hatch…
Gay for Goldie Hawn & Amy Schumer
Snatched co-stars talk longtime LGBT support, doing a gay cult film together and how ‘love knows no gender’ By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— “We’re serious bitches…
Fenway Health Urges Senate to Preserve Health Equity Measures and Coverage Expansions of ACA
BOSTON―Last week, the US House of Representatives approved the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill designed to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If…
Groundswell Announces Fund to Support Grassroots Organizing led by Women of Color and Transgender People of Color
New “Liberation Fund” Aims to Ensure Reproductive & Gender Justice by Supporting Women of Color and Transgender People of Color to Build Grassroots Power OAKLAND,…
Pulse Orlando Survivor Confirmed as North Shore Pride’s Grand Marshal
SALEM, Mass.– North Shore Pride (NSP), celebrating its 6th year of community building, is proud to announce that Pulse Orlando survivor Christopher Hansen will be…
Movements Unite to Defy Trump Administration, Defend Communities on the Margins, Expand Sanctuary
New Nationwide Coalition “The Majority” Unites Black Liberation, Immigrant, Women’s, and Worker Movements to Resist Trump Beyond the First 100 Days WASHINGTON—On Monday, May 1st,…
Affirming Heineken Ad Gives Hope in the Rise of Disagreement
By: Chris Gilmore/TRT Reporter— Differences of opinion? You find yourself being upset often during the day? You see a bumper sticker that puts down women?…
Far-Right Republican Health Care Repeal Would Leave Millions of LGBT People Uninsured
SAN FRANCISCO—Despite overwhelming opposition to previous efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, far-right Republicans in Congress have come out with a new plan to…