MassEquality Announces 2018 Icon Award Winners
Attorney General Maura Healey and The Network/La Red to be honored for their contributions to the LGBTQ community at the 2018 Beacons of Light event….
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NHLA Seeks LGBTQ Community Input To Enhance Its Federal Latinx Advocacy Priorities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a coalition of 45 of the nation’s preeminent Latino advocacy organizations, is launching an online survey…
23rd Annual Taste of the South End Brings Celebrated Chefs Together for AIDS Action Benefit
Delicious Samplings from more than 40 Celebrated Chefs in Boston’s Hottest Culinary Destination BOSTON—AIDS Action Committee recently announced that the 23rd annual Taste of the…
Supreme Court Ruling: Same and Different Sex Parents Must Be Treated Equally
Victory for the LGBT Community; NCLR says, “States across the country should take careful note…discrimination against married same-sex couples will not be tolerated” WASHINGTON—The Supreme…
Equality Florida To Rick Scott: “Enough Broken Promises, Stand Against The NRA!”
After the Pulse nightclub shooting in June of 2016, Rick Scott made a number of promises to our LGBTQ community and to Florida citizens to…
Bisexual Resource Center Celebrates 5th Annual Bisexual Health Awareness Month in March
Fifth year of social media campaign to improve health of bi+ community will reflect on past progress and identify actions to shape the future BOSTON–…
Racial Equity is Vital to Eradicating HIV/AIDS in 2018 & Beyond
By: JP Delgado Galdamez*/TRT Guest Columnist— In honor of National Black HIV Awareness Day on February 7, The Rainbow Times’ columnist and activist JP Delgado Galdamez…
Trump’s FY2019 Budget Would Sharply Reduce Funding For HIV, Put Other Healthcare Funding At Risk
Disastrous consequences for many if funding for HIV is reduced as Trump’s proposed budget shows BOSTON—This week, President Trump released a proposed budget that, if…
AIDS Project RI Announces Run/Walk for Life Event
PROVIDENCE—AIDS Project Rhode Island (APRI) is excited to announce that our annual AIDS Walk for Life event will, for the first time, also include a…
Transgender Woman in Men’s Prison Seeks Preliminary Relief
BOSTON—Lawyers for a transgender woman incarcerated in a Massachusetts men’s prison filed a motion for preliminary injunction on Friday, seeking her immediate transfer to a women’s facility….
A Star is Born: Miz Diamond Wigfall Charts a Course From Salem, Mass. to NYC
By: Mike Givens*/TRT Assistant Editor— It’s the 2017 New York City Pride Festival—one of the most attended Pride celebrations in the country—and two scantily-clad young…
Pop-Up ID Project Provides Assistance For Name, Gender Marker Changes
Massachusetts residents look to Oregon as a model for providing non-binary people options to update their pronouns on official documents; gender marker changes encompass various…
Building an Inclusive LGBTQ Justice Movement: From Visibility to Accessibility
By: JP Delgado Galdamez/TRT Guest Columnist— Alex* is a writer, identifies as transgender, is disabled** and was recently forced to do their therapy appointments over…
Project LIFE: Offers Vital HIV/AIDS Support, Services in Western Massachusetts
Spanish speakers can find support in this Western Massachusetts newly-formed organization By: Nick Collins/TRT Intern and Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— HOLYOKE, Mass.—The day Paolo Salvador found…
7 Easy Cleaning Tactics to Keep Your Home Looking Like Gay People Live There
Cleaning Tactics or Tips as a Model for your Gay Crib By: Mikey Rox*/Special to TRT— Whether you have kids, pets or just a messy…
UPDATED: NE LGBTQ Community Continues to Mourn Tragic Death of W Mass. Trans Activist
Christa Leigh Steele-Knudslien is first reported trans murder victim of 2018 in the United States By: Nick Collins and Mike Givens/TRT Intern and TRT Assistant…
GLAD Calls on Massachusetts to End Delay in Granting Full Legal Parentage to Unmarried, Same-Sex Parents
BOSTON—One year after the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a decision in Partanen v. Gallagher establishing that children born to unmarried same-sex couples stand on equal…
Boston Gay Men’s Chorus and Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus Face Off in Super Bowl Challenge
BOSTON—Today, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus issued a Super Bowl challenge to the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus. If the New England Patriots defeat the Philadelphia…
TRT Exclusive—Fenway Forward: LGBTQ Health Center Moves on After Sexual Harassment, Bullying Controversy
By: Al Gentile and Mike Givens/TRT Reporter & TRT Assistant Editor, Respectively— For 46 years, Fenway Health (FH) has served as a landmark healthcare resource…
During 1st Year in Office Trump Compiles Strikingly Anti-LGBT Record of Executive Branch Actions
BOSTON, Mass.―Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief demonstrating that in his first year in office, President Donald Trump has compiled a strikingly anti-LGBT…
TRT Exclusive—Pride & Prejudice: Queer Caribbean Expatriates on Culture, Discrimination & Life Away From Home
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— In part one of this series, The Rainbow Times introduced our readership to LGBTQ Caribbean expatriates living and working in Massachusetts….
Year-End NYT Interview Implicates Trump Further, Dissociated From Reality
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— Through trial and triumphs, 2017 brought us highs and lows like never experienced in U.S. modern history, starting with the presidential inauguration…
In 2018, Let’s Choose Not to Be Victims, but Fighters against evil, KKK
By: Mike Givens*/TRT Assistant Editor— It was 1968, and the six of them lived in a small house in southeastern Virginia. Tom, 31, and Elizabeth,…