Oklahoma: Victory for Marriage Equality
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— In yet another stunning victory for marriage equality, a federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Tuesday that the state’s ban on…
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Queer Nation & GetEqual Disrupt “Road to Sochi” Events Amid LGBT Safety Concerns
BOSTON, Mass.— Three members of Queer Nation and GetEqual Massachusetts disrupted the opening event of the U.S. Olympic Committee’s Road to Sochi tour stop in…
LGBT Legal Activists Praise Holder Announcement
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— LGBT legal activists applauded an announcement by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Friday that the federal government will recognize marriage…
Traveling to Russia? State Dept. Issues Warning
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The U.S. State Department issued a travel advisory Saturday for citizens traveling to Russia for the Winter Olympics next month,…
Changes Underway to Boston’s Latin@ Pride Celebration, Oldest in the U.S.
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Boston’s Latin@ Pride celebration—which has been honored to coincide with Hispanic Heritage Month in September in past years—undergoes changes…
Part II: The Salvation Army Fiasco, Clarified
By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— Many thanks to each of you who participated in our online discussion pertaining to my last editorial regarding Salvation Army and its…
LGBT Inclusive Groups Still Seek to March in South Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
By: Chuck Colbert*/ TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—When Irish eyes are smiling, the world is bright and gay, or so go lyrics of the popular song….
The OutField: Tom Daley Dives Into the LGBT Twittersphere
By: Dan Woog*/Special to TRT— Another day. Another Olympic diver. Another coming-out story. Tom Daley’s recent video was remarkable for its unremarkableness. He never used…
MassEquality Selects House Speaker DeLeo for Political Icon Award
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—There is good reason to commemorate ten years of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts. The statewide, grassroots organization largely responsible for…
Fenway Programs: Offer Broad Range of LGBT Healthcare Services
By: Brook Rosini/Special to The Rainbow Times— BOSTON, Mass.—For TRT’s health issue, we spoke with Chris Vivieros at Fenway Health to put together a guide…
Utah AG: Same-Sex Marriages Don’t Count
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes issued a statement Wednesday afternoon saying that he was “unable to reach a legal…
New Year’s Resolution: Wiping out HIV
By: Rebecca Haag*— “It’s possible for us to end the AIDS epidemic in Massachusetts.” I spoke those words in a news story last June, and…
U.S. Supreme Court Grants Utah Stay
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— The full U.S. Supreme Court has granted Utah a stay on a district court decision that has allowed same-sex couples…
Justice Sotomayor Ponders Utah (Updated)
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is pondering whether to grant a stay of a federal district court’s order that…
Three Marriage Equality Cases Move Forward
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— Federal judges in three states advanced marriage equality lawsuits Monday. One of two lawsuits challenging Virginia’s ban on recognizing the…
Breaking: Federal Judge Strikes Utah Marriage Ban – Updated
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— A federal judge in Utah issued a decision Friday striking down that state’s ban on same-sex marriage, and same-sex couples…
NM County Officials Resign Over Marriage Equality
NEW MEXICO, NM—Two officials, a county clerk and her chief deputy, responsible for issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples resigned their positions this morning, the…
Melissa Etheridge’s Remix: “Uprising of Love” Honors & Supports the Safety & Dignity of LGBT Russians
Original Single Available on iTunes in January with ALL PROCEEDS Going Toward the Russia Freedom Fund NEW YORK, N.Y. – Grammy Award winner Melissa Etheridge has written and…
NM Supreme Court: Marriage Equality A Reality for Same-Sex Couples (Updated)
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— For the eighth time this year, a state has declared that same-sex couples have the right to marry. On Thursday,…
LGBT Affordable Housing in Philadelphia Certified to Accept Residence
John C. Anderson Apartments Move-In Scheduled for January 2014, with Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony in February 2014 PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – The John C. Anderson Apartments — the nation’s pioneering LGBT-friendly, low-income senior housing…
HRC & NAACP to A+E: Apology Needed for ‘Duck Dynasty’ Star’s Racist, Homophobic Rant
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…
MassEquality PAC Endorses Maura Healey for State Attorney General
Prosecutorial experience and leadership on LGBTQ issues cited as driving force behind endorsement BOSTON, Mass. ─ MassEquality Political Action Committee (PAC) the political arm of…
Pressure Builds for IKEA to Stand with LGBTQ Russians
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…