Boston Pride Boycott: GLAD Joins In (Updated)
BOSTON—GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) joined in solidarity with Black trans leaders and former Boston Pride volunteers in calling for transformation at the Boston…
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Biden Restores LGBTQ+ Health Protections
Pres. Joe Biden revives Obama-era Health Care Protections to LGBTQ+ Americans Honoring campaign promises, President Joe Biden earlier today signed an executive order restoring health…
Black LGBTQ+ Teen Found Hung From A Tree
UPDATED: The Horrible Death of Mikayla Miller, a Black LGBTQ+ youth, in Hopkinton, Massachusetts & The Role of a Biased System — Adds GLAD’s Statement…
Biden Endorses Equality Act; Addresses Trans Americans
President Biden May not Have Been Able to Deliver the Equality Act Before His 100 first Days in Office, but he Ensured Trans and LGBQ…
Transgender People Benefit From Gender-Affirming Surgery
New Study Shows Transgender People who Receive Gender-Affirming Surgery are Significantly Less Likely to Experience Psychological Distress or Suicidal Ideation BOSTON—A new study published today in JAMA…
Gay Man Shot 10 Times After Calling 911 For Help
Isaiah Brown, a Black Gay Man, Was Shot by Sheriff’s Deputy 10 Times After Calling for Assistance VIRGINIA—The Spotsylvania County Police Department just joined the…
Transgender Detransition: Due To Family Pressures, More
Study Shows Discrimination, Stigma, and Family Pressure Are The Culprit Of Transgender People’s Detransition BOSTON—A new study published in LGBT Health found that 13.1% of currently identified transgender…
Welcoming Health Care Settings For LGBTQIA+ People
BOSTON—A paper published in Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved provides detailed guidance for creating culturally responsive health care environments for lesbian, gay, bisexual,…
Equality Act Goes To The Senate
The Equality Acts Is Vital To All Underrepresented Groups; May Pass In The Senate WASHINGTON—Today lawmakers in the U.S. Senate introduced the Equality Act to update…
Trump Acquitted By His Cult In the Senate
Opinion: Vote by the Senate Helps Trump Get Back Into Office; Can the Broken System Be Fixed? By: Graysen M. Ocasio/TRT Publisher— In yet the…
HUD To Enforce Protections For LGBTQ People In Housing
HUD Announcement comes as federal agencies implement landmark Supreme Court ruling WASHINGTON—Today the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it will…
Mazzoni Center: PTWC ’21 Will Be Virtual
PHILADELPHIA—Mazzoni Center today announced that due to the ongoing pandemic, its 2021 conference will be delivered in a virtual format. For more than a decade the…
Trans Military Ban Reversed
As Promised, President Joe Biden Delivers For The LGBTQ+ Community; Reverses Trans Military Ban Today, President Biden issued an executive order lifting the ban on…
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: A RENEWED AMERICA
By: The Rainbow Times’ Editorial Team— A few minutes before noon, former VP Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. and former Senator Kamala Harris were sworn in…
Kamala Harris: A Walk With Our Madam VP
The first of firsts, Madam VP Kamala Harris and herstory to all of us in this nation of ours By: Nicole Lashomb/*Editor-in-Chief Today, the nation…
Rep. Cheney Will Vote To Impeach Trump
Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s Very Clear Statement On Democracy and Her Decision to Impeach Donald Trump; The Number of GOP Senators Willing To Impeach Trump Continues…
Impeachment: Remove Trump, NCLR Says
After the coup in the nation’s capital last Wednesday, incited by Trump, various organizations call for to remove him from office and for the immediate…
Capitol Hill’s Domestic Terrorist Attack Condemned By Rainbow Times
A Statement from The Rainbow Times’ Publishers on the Domestic Terrorist Attacks at our Nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021. In the strongest of terms…
Sens. Cruz & Hawley abet sedition and Incite Pro-Trump Riots
Trump Loyalists, Sens. Ted Cruz & Josh Hawley Helped To Inspire The Insurrection By Resisting Biden’s Victory WASHINGTON–Early this afternoon, approximately 2,000+ pro-Trump rioters breached police…
LGBTQI Orgs. Request COVID Vaccine Statistics
LGBTQI Orgs. urge the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO) to ensure outreach to LGBTQI communities and include sexual orientation and gender identity data…
Boston Pride Must Let PoC Lead, Many Say
Boston Pride’s Apology Results in Backlash Again; Pride 4 the People, Community Leaders and Others talk about People of Color and Why The Statement Released…
PTWC To Be Lead by Non-Binary & Trans Person, BIPOC Come Front And Center
PTWC Logistics’ expert wants to use their “position as a way to elevate the voice and experiences that the conference has over time failed to…
Pope Nods For Same-Sex Marriage; Vatican Clarifies
The Pope Had Before Hinted At Support For Gay People; Vatican Jumps In To Ensure the Message Doesn’t Deviate From A LifeLong of Criticism Against…