WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, and the NAACP, the nation’s oldest and…
Just One Week After Launch, Campaign Targeting IKEA for Anti-Gay Marketing Decisions Intensifies With Over 33,000 Petition Signers NEW YORK, N.Y. — Just two days after RUSA…
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— There was a flurry of activity among federal agencies this month to issue regulations concerning how they are complying with…
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter—The National Guard released a statement today stating that it will immediately extend all of the same benefits received by opposite-sex couples…
As part of the U.S. Department of Education’s ongoing efforts to implement inclusive policies that reflect the diversity of American families, and consistent with the…
Seeking to reduce healthcare disparities in the LGBT community, the National LGBT Health Education Center at the Fenway Institute, through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has release a guide Optimizing LGBT Health Under Obamacare.
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Leaders of the U.S. Senate and House Armed Services committees announced Monday that they have reached an agreement on the…
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The International Olympic Committee announced Tuesday that Russian authorities “plan to set up a protest zone in the city of…
BOSTON, Mass.—On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the new drug sofosbuvir for treatment for chronic hepatitis C. This follows last month’s…
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Even before 2013 began, everyone knew what the big news story for 2013 would be. The U.S. Supreme Court had,…
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—More than 200 people gathered at the Cambridge Public Library last month to listen to the stories of several…
By: Brook Rosini/Special to The Rainbow Times— BOSTON, Mass. — Carolyn Gage is an award-winning lesbian playwright, performer and activist whose work is comprised of…
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—Faith and familia—la familia—play critical roles in the lives and identities of many Latin@s. Sometimes, for LGBT people, the two…
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—On the same day the governor signed legislation making same-sex marriages legal in Illinois and the Catholic bishop of…
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— More than 9,000 people with HIV were on a waiting list for federal assistance in buying their medications in…
PROVINCETOWN, Mass.—In preparation for the Provincetown Business Guild (PBG) Carnival 2014 “Comic Book Capers,” the PBG’s 3rd Annual Carnival Poster Contest has officially begun. All…
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—In yet another indication of a changing Catholic Church, the Vatican is asking members of the laity their views on…
By: Rebecca Haag* The AIDS epidemic is seeping back into popular culture. The Dallas Buyer’s Club, a biopic starring Matthew McConaughey as Ron Woodroof is…
By: Eric Brus*— On Sunday, December 1, we commemorate the 25th annual observance of World AIDS Day. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), World…
By: Rebecca Haag* BOSTON, Mass.—Sunday, December 1 marks the 25th observance of World AIDS Day, a day when people the world over show solidarity in the…
Dr. Mike Rosebush practiced conversion therapy over the phone; was previously affiliated with anti-gay groups Focus on the Family and NARTH Washington – The United…
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Yesterday, four legally married same-sex couples who recently filed a federal lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s refusal to respect their marriages asked the court for immediate…
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— It was not the start of the marriage equality movement, but it has proven to be its watershed moment: November…