Executive Order would prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination in federal contractor hiring practices WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — The Gay Men’s Domestic Violence Project (GMDVP), a non-profit organization providing support and services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (GLBTQ)…
Film explores transgender issues through an intimate portrait of youth advocate Tony Ferraiolo. FAIRFIELD, Connecticut –A Self-Made Man, a documentary that takes an unprecedented inside…
BOSTON, Massachusetts – The Massachusetts Commission on LGBT Youth will issue policy recommendations for Fiscal Year 2014 designed to improve the lives of the Commonwealth’s…
Washington D.C. — On January 2nd, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a settlement agreement in a claim it brought against Bank of…
By: Abby Dees*/Special for TRT– I’ve been writing about marriage a lot lately, which seems weird to me because even up to my own wedding…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Following several years of declining revenue, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) social justice organizations experienced a 17% revenue increase from 2010…
Community Speak-Out, Candlelight Vigil, Hosted Reception BOSTON, Mass. — Each November, the worldwide transgender community turns its attention to its family, friends and loved ones lost…
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– Dearest Lorelei, I’ve been trying to support a co-worker with a challenge she’s having with a client. I work as a…
Prevention and intervention project surveys community needs, increases access to services and resources Boston, MA (July 2012) – When we hear the words “domestic violence” or…
Governor & Legislature Including Commission To Study Issues Related to Unaccompanied Homeless Youth in FY 13 Budget BOSTON, MA—State lawmakers included a measure creating a…
[Provided by LambdaLegal] New York, NY–Last month, Lambda Legal and over 100 civil rights, faith and community organizations – including the Leadership Conference on Civil…
Courtesy of GLAD On November 23, 2011, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law H3810, An Act Relative to Gender Identity. This law adds “gender identity”…
Massachusetts GLBT Youth Commission testimony of Mandy Lussier, Safe Spaces Coordinator at Youth on Fire, a program of the AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts…
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– It’s just that time of year. Trees are budding, birds are singing and LGBTQ people are pulling out their best rainbow-colored…
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Oh, Steve King. You are a royal creep, indeed. A longstanding foe of LGBT people and anyone who sees LGBT…
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– The Obama administration revealed a political calculation last week: Now is not a good time to sign an executive order…
New York, NY – This month, the award-winning newsmagazine In The Life will debut “Becoming Me,” featuring eight families with transgender and gender nonconforming children…
Quotes by TRT Staff — This morning in Springfield Federal Court, attorneys from the Center for Constitutional Rights, NYC, filed a federal lawsuit against Abiding…
By: Tynan Power/TRT Reporter– On Feb. 5, a rapt audience in the Smith College Campus Center listened to a story of an early 20th-century gender…
By: Tynan Power*/TRT Columnist– In February, my community was gripped by the unfolding trial of David Fried-Oppenheim, founder of a popular local performing arts center….
It will help 12,500 Couples Raising Over 5,000 Children– LOS ANGELES, CA –– As the Maryland legislature approaches a vote on the legalization of marriage…
The Fenway Institute has issued two Policy Focus briefs highlighting the importance of gathering sexual orientation and gender identity data in clinical settings and to…