Eastern earns 100 percent on Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s; 16th Annual Scorecard on LGBTQ Workplace Equality BOSTON—For a fifth consecutive year, Eastern Bank received a perfect score…
Some LGB candidates were already in office when Tuesday’s elections took place. It wasn’t, however, until Election Day that the transgender community started to catch…
Transgender people who cannot afford their gender-affirming surgeries may apply for direct financial assistance now through the end of November EUGENE, Ore.—Yesterday, Point of Pride…
Court Agrees with NCLR and GLAD that Ban’s Harms to Transgender Service Members and Those Trying to Enlist Are Severe and Unacceptable WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. District…
New report details attack on LGBT people, women, families and health care DENVER, Col.—Today, the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) released a new report, Tipping the Scales:…
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Polyamory, or the act of being romantically involved with more than one person, has not been the subject of much academic…
BOSTON—This week, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) withdrew a proposed 2014 rule that would have required long-term care facilities such as nursing…
Latest Discriminatory Actions, Taking Place Within Hours of One Another, Double Down on Efforts to Degrade LGBT Community WASHINGTON—The Trump administration today landed two punches…
National Coming Out Day 2017. Every year on National Coming Out Day, we celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) or as…
By: Jenna Spinelle/TRT Reporter— BOSTON—As the fate of President Trump’s proposed ban on transgender service members hangs in the balance, the uncertainty is causing the…
BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey today issued the following statement on the tragedy in Las Vegas: “Last night, country music fans gathered for a festival…
Over three weeks after hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico, the most powerful to hit the U.S. territory in almost 100 years, and the island is…
AZ Supreme Court says same-sex spouse is a legal parent SAN FRANCISCO—Today, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) won the Arizona Supreme Court…
WASHINGTON—Late last week, the Pentagon issued additional interim guidance regarding transgender troops. National Center for Lesbian Rights Legal Director Shannon Minter and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders Transgender…
Judith Kasen-Windsor and Roberta (“Robbie”) Kaplan issue statements on Edie Windsor and her passing The matriarch of marriage equality, Edith Windsor, has died today at…
By: Sandra Dias/TRT Reporter— NORTHAMPTON—Friends of Kim “KJ” Morris, a longtime Drag King in western Massachusetts, would like her to be remembered not because she…
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In part one of this series, The Rainbow Times explored what bisexuality is, the bigotry bisexuals face, and the double…
Local, national groups condemn Pres. Trump, white supremacists for it; Boston sends strong message to bigots after Charlottesville By: Jenna Spinelle/TRT Reporter— Last month, Charlottesville,…
President Barack Obama issued the following statement after Trump decided to terminate the program today. “Immigration can be a controversial topic. We all want safe,…
“This administration just turned the lives of tens of thousands of our community members upside down” WASHINGTON—With the stroke of a pen filled with cruelty,…
The Getting To Zero Coalition is made up of 35 community-based organizations and health centers statewide working to eliminate the transmission of HIV. Before signing the…
Military leaders speak out in powerful new declarations against Trump’s transgender military ban, its disruption to armed forces and threat to national security New…
BOSTON—The Fenway Institute today warned of the unintended health consequences of a memorandum issued by President Trump on Friday, August 25 that reverses policy that permits transgender…