Sean Strub: Body Counts, a Reception, Reading & Discussion
BOSTON, Mass.—Join Fenway’s Living Well series as we host a book-signing and reading for author Sean Strub’s Body Counts: A Memoir of Politics, Sex, AIDS and Survival. “In…
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LGBTs March in Southie’s Big Parades
See the rest of the photos here! By: Chuck Colbert*/TRT Reporter— Gay pride unfurled its rainbow colors to brisk March breezes in the South Boston…
Creep of the Week: Gov. Rick Snyder, More Worried About Same-Sex Parents than His State’s Fate
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— The Michigan marriage trial, officially known as DeBoer v. Snyder for plaintiff April DeBoer and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, has…
MassMutual Joins Forces with NGLCC to Support LGBT Business Owners
Showcase Diversity of Talent in LGBT Communities; Bring Hands-on Road Shows to LGBT Businesses in California, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts and Ohio SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance…
Obamacare Insurers to Cover Same-Sex Spouses
Today, the Department of Health and Human Services took one more step toward making health care coverage more accessible and equitable for married same-sex couples….
High Court: Can Corporations Exercise Religion to Discriminate?
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases next week that test the degree to which employers may use their…
Brewers Guinness, Heineken & Sam Adams Say No to Discrimination, Drop Sponsorships of St. Patrick’s Day Parades
LGBT equality goes Irish in 2014 WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today…
Solidarity Statement from LGBTQ Organizations
We stand with Veterans for Peace BOSTON, Mass.—We and our LGBTQ organizations and communities wish to show solidarity with Veterans for Peace and all they…
GLAD Urges 1st Circuit to Affirm Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Prisoner
BOSTON, Mass.—Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, GLAD, submitted a brief today to the First Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Kosilek v. Spencer,…
Breaking: Miss. House Votes to Study Religious Liberty Bill
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The Mississippi House vote 80 to 37 Wednesday evening to approve a dramatically altered “religious freedom” bill that simply calls…
Official 2014 Boston Pride’s Happy Hour Fundraiser
BOSTON, Mass.—Join Boston Pride as it kicks off the 2014 season with a dance party fundraising event at the Wild Rover Tavern, from 5-9 p.m….
Mayor Walsh & Rep. Steven Lynch Officially Invited to Walk in the St. Patrick’s Peace Parade
BOSTON, Mass. – Organizers of the Saint Patrick’s Peace Parade announced today Mayor Marty Walsh and Representative Steven Lynch have been cordially invited to walk in…
Boston Pride to March in the St. Patrick’s Peace Parade
UPDATE: Meet at 2 p.m. at D street and Broadway (instead of 1 p.m.). BOSTON, Mass—The annual South Boston Parade, held on St Patrick’s Day…
LGBT Veterans’ Letter to Allied War Veterans Council Straightens “Allegations”
The letter below was sent to the Allied War Veterans Council of South Boston, organizers of the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade, to be…
St. Patrick’s Day “LGBT & Allies Celebration” Expected To Draw Crowd
Yet Traditional Parade Still Excludes LGBT Groups BOSTON, Mass.—Boston LGBT leaders and activists are hosting the 5th Annual “LGBT and Allies St. Patrick’s Day Celebration”…
MassEquality & WGBH Partner to Host Gubernatorial Forum, LGBTQ Community Issues
BOSTON ─ MassEquality and Boston’s leading public broadcaster, WGBH, have partnered to bring together seven of the 10 candidates for Massachusetts governor in a forum…
The Outfield: Chris Kluwe Does Not Punt on Marriage Equality
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— When Chris Kluwe began working for same-sex marriage in Minnesota – and then wrote a powerful letter in support of…
HRC Foundation Comprehensive State-By-State Legislative Report
2013 was the year of marriage equality, yet much work remains to be done to achieve full equality WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign Foundation,…
GetEQUAL Mississippi Issues Travel Alert for LGBT Travelers Planning Trips to the State
JACKSON, Ms.—Today, GetEQUAL Mississippi—a statewide grassroots social justice organization working toward the full equality of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) Mississippians — issued…
St. Patrick’s Day: From One Settler to Another
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— Identity. We all have many. However, to a select few, you can only have one—to be Irish, at least if you are…
Negotiations for Gay-Inclusive St. Patrick’s Day Parade Under Way
(MORE UPDATES) But Identity Restrictions Rankle LGBT Groups By: Chuck Colbert* /TRT Reporter— The push back was strong and immediate in the local LGBT community…
MassEquality Statement on St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Statement by Kara Coredini, Executive Director: The South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade has a long history of banning LGBT people from freely expressing themselves….