Black Trans Woman Dies: Media, Police Misgender Her
The National Black Justice Coalition, the HRC, Friends, and Family Mourn the Death of Za’niyah Williams, A Black Trans Woman Killed in a Hit-And-Run Car…
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Stop & Shop Donates Over $80K To Pride Orgs.
Neighborhood Supermarket Stop & Shop Is Committed to Diversity, Equality, and Inclusivity in its Communities and in its Stores QUINCY, Mass.—In honor of Pride Month, Stop…
LGBTQ Health Competency Outside Of Boston
The harsh realities of LGBTQ health care beyond Boston By: Nicole Lashomb*/TRT Editor-in-Chief— What do you do if you are LGBTQ, are in a medical…
LGBTQ Health Care Leaders Pale In New England, According To HRC’s HEI
Only three LGBTQ health care facilities outside of Boston received a Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality designation By: Audrey Cole/TRT Reporter— A closer examination of the…
Municipal Equality Index: State of LGBTQ Equality in 10 Massachusetts Cities
The Municipal Equality Index shows that only 2 cities, Salem and Cambridge, hold a perfect score (no added bonus point) in Massachusetts; extend vital protections to…
Community Periscope: What’s Life Like for LGBTQ People in Attleboro, Mass.
Some LGBTQ People wish there were more resources in the area By: Nick Collins/TRT Intern & Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Communities around Massachusetts and the New…
Eastern Bank Earns Top Marks in 2018 Corporate Equality Index
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…
Trump Attacks LGBTQs Repeatedly
WASHINGTON—President Donald J. Trump has appointed cabinet members, justices and signed executive orders directly attacking members of the LGBT community, according to continuous reports by the…
Concentration Camps for Gays in Chechnya, Some Russian Outlets Report
Last week, The Rainbow Times learned via a news tip that Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov now knows how to solve the “gay issue,” according to…
Transgender Day of Visibility: All Walks of Life
Find out 10 things you can do for Transgender Day of Visibility here. By: TRT*— Each year on March 31, the whole world observes Transgender Day…
Local Businesses Receive Top Score in HRC’s Corporate Equality Index
Human Rights Campaign releases 2017 Corporate Equality Index and continues to advocate against regressive legislation nationwide By: Jenna Spinelle/TRT Reporter BOSTON—More than two dozen companies…
HRC’s 5th Annual Municipal Equality Index: 5 Mass. Cities Score Perfect
Read more to find the Municipal Equality Index Overall Scores The HRC Foundation, in partnership with the Equality Federation Institute, released yesterday its fifth annual Municipal…
First Openly Transgender Person to Speak at a Major Party Convention
The Human Rights Campaign announced recently that HRC National Press Secretary Sarah McBride will speak at the DNC on Thursday—marking the first time in history an openly transgender…
HRC: Goes All-In For Gun Control After Anti-LGBTQ Orlando Hate Attack
Gun control is at the forefront of LGBTQ organizations after the targeted hated massacre at Pulse Orlando Late last week, HRC made a significant policy…
80+ Major CEOs, Business Leaders Demand NC Repeal Discriminatory & Radical New Anti-LGBT Law
WASHINGTON—Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, and Equality NC, the state organization working…
Kesha Receives Human Rights Campaign Award; Clarkson Joins Other Supporters
Pop singer, Kesha, received a Human Rights Campaign’s Visibility Award for her work to “advance and advocate for the LGBT movement” at the the 21st…
The State of Transgender Rights: Legislation, Empowerment and Equality
By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— Despite heightened transgender awareness in the U.S., largely due to reality star Caitlyn Jenner’s emergence, the reality of transgender rights and struggles…
MA Companies’ LGBT Equality Scores in HRC’s 2016 Corporate Equality Index
WASHINGTON—The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the nation’s LGBT civil rights organization, released yesterday the 2016 Corporate Equality Index, an annual report assessing LGBT inclusion…
Mass. Lags Behind Transgender Protections; Freedom Massachusetts Launches
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—Freedom Massachusetts, a bipartisan campaign working to ensure all people are treated fairly and equally under the law, has launched…
Illinois Bill Protecting LGBT Youth from Conversion Therapy Moves to Governor
SPRINGFIELD, Illi.—Today, the Illinois State Senate voted 34-19 to pass House Bill 217, the Illinois Youth Mental Health Protection Act that will protect lesbian, gay,…
OUT‘s 50 Most LGBT Powerful People
Out Magazine has done it again. The famous yearly list of the 50 Most Influential LGBT People in the U.S. is out. Who made it…
Tech Industry Leaders Send Unprecedented, Historic Statement to Legislators
In response to a host of anti-LGBT bills pending or signed in to law in states around the country, more than 70 technology industry leaders have…
Shameful Indiana-Style Bill Passed by Florida House Committee
Would Delay Adoption For Many Vulnerable Children Equality Florida today strongly condemned the Florida House Judiciary Committee for passing an adoption bill that allows discrimination…