World AIDS Day 2012: Getting to Zero
By: Rebecca Haag*– The AIDS epidemic has raged for 30 years. But the prospect of ending it has never looked brighter. Science is driving toward…
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Beyond the Stage Raises $45K for At-Risk LGBTQ True Colors Youth
BOSTON – Beyond the Stage, The Theater Offensive’s inaugural cocktail reception and fundraiser, raised $45,000 to benefit the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and the straight…
Forever Kylie: Icon Looks Back at Gay Fans, Bad Fashion & Girl Kisses
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Kylie Minogue was just 19 when she landed a record deal that would turn the soap star into a singing…
HRC’s New Municipal Equality Index: The State of LGBT Equality in U.S. Cities
First of its kind nationwide evaluation of LGBT inclusion in municipal law and policy finds cities need to do more to protect LGBT employees and…
HRC Partners with Raise A Child to Find Permanent Families for Children in Foster Care
Comedian Alec Mapa to Perform ‘Baby Daddy’ Show in Four-City Foster/Adopt Tour WASHINGTON – This National Adoption Month, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s All Children—All Families (ACAF)…
Obama Administration: Forward to Implement Health Care Law, Ban Discrimination Against Pre-existing Conditions
WASHINGTON, DC — The Obama administration moved forward today to implement provisions in the health care law that would make it illegal for insurance companies…
LGBT Groups Stand with Agents, Workers’ Rights at American Airlines
The Communications Workers of America, on behalf of passenger service agents at American Airlines, commends Pride at Work, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action…
GLAD to Appeal Ruling in Case of Transgender Girl Discriminated Against at School
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Today, a Maine trial court judge dismissed the case of a transgender girl who experienced discrimination and harassment at her Orono school….
Corporate America Stands with the LGBT Community
Record numbers of businesses earn top score in HRC’s 2013 Corporate Equality Index WASHINGTON – On the heels of historic electoral victories for marriage equality…
NOM Sees 1/3 Decline in Contributions for 2011; 2 Donors Provided 75 Percent of Funding
Momentum for LGBT equality is taking a steep toll on the financial state of the nation’s leading anti-gay group Washington – The National Organization for Marriage…
Hear Me Out: Christina Aguilera, Kelly Clarkson
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Christina Aguilera, Lotus Christina Aguilera opens her seventh album by calling this a “rebirth” despite her “broken pieces” – or,…
Creep of the Week: Peter LaBarbera
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Remember that old saying about trying the same thing over and over and expecting different results being the definition of…
InterPride Condemns ‘Anti-Homosexuality Bill’ in Uganda
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Canada — InterPride, International Association of LGBTI Pride Organizers, is deeply opposed to, and condemns the anti-homosexuality bill (often referred to as the…
Fenway Releases Video As Part of Transgender Awareness Week
BOSTON, Massachusetts — In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, the LifeSkills project of The Fenway Institute and the Boundless and Living Well series at Fenway Health hosted the debut screening of Fenway’s …
AIDS Action Committee’s Annual Fundraiser: Reducing HIV Diagnoses
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Approximately 200 people attended AIDS Action Committee’s 2012 Annual Meeting held Nov. 8 at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Boston’s South End….
MassEquality & LGBT Aging Project Applaud Patrick Administration for Outreach to LGBT Older Adults
Call on lawmakers to pass bill that would require elder service provider training in LGBT issues BOSTON, Massachusetts — Today, MassEquality and the LGBT Aging…
First Urban LGBT Affordable Housing for Seniors in Philadelphia
Breaks Ground in the Heart of the Philadelphia Gayborhood; John C. Anderson Apartments Funded by Public/Private Partnership; Addresses Compelling Need for Community, Companionship, Safety and Services PHILADELPHIA,…
Hallelujah! It’s Martha Wash While “It’s Raining Men”
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT– If you’ve been feeling cloudy with a chance of man-rain, have we got news for you. Martha Wash, the former…
AIDS Foundation of Western Mass. to Mark World AIDS Day with Community Gathering
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts – The AIDS Foundation of Western Massachusetts announced today that the organization will host a community gathering to mark World AIDS Day on…
Four Historic Wins for Marriage Equality
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– PORTLAND — Maine made history on election night as voters approved a ballot measure granting gay and lesbian couples the right…
Deep Inside Hollywood: Happy Lesbian, Kylie Minogue, Matt Bomer, Hugh Laurie & Stephen Fry
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special for TRT– Lesbian happy endings coming soon from Carol In 1952, Patricia Highsmith’s romance novel The Price of Salt did an unexpected…
Creep of the Week: Anyone Blaming Hurricane Sandy on Gays
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Gays should have seen it coming, frankly. It was only a matter of time before it happened. I’m not talking…
Fenway Health: Congrats to Pres. Obama, Hope for Health Policy Advances
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Fenway Health expressed congratulations to President Obama on his victory and a commitment to work closely with the Administration and Congress over…