Trump’s Decision to End DACA Could Put 75K LGBT Young People’s Lives At Risk, Reactions
“This administration just turned the lives of tens of thousands of our community members upside down” WASHINGTON—With the stroke of a pen filled with cruelty,…
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Getting to Zero Coalition: Boston Pledges to End HIV by 2020
The Getting To Zero Coalition is made up of 35 community-based organizations and health centers statewide working to eliminate the transmission of HIV. Before signing the…
UMass Amherst Quidditch Team Offers Welcoming Environment to LGBTQ Students, Youth
By: Sandra Dias/TRT Reporter— AMHERST—At big universities such as the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst), high-profile sports such as football and basketball get all the…
Policymakers, Advocates Continue Fight for Funding of LGBTQ Youth Programs and services
LGBTQ Youth Programs in Massachusetts dwindle By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter— Funding in the amount of $500,000 that was earmarked for LGBTQ organizations providing youth services…
Oklahoma Gay Man’s Home Burned to Ground, History of Racism & Homophobic Attacks
OKLAHOMA CITY—This week, Randy Gamel-Medler, an Oklahoma gay man, filed a federal equal protection lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of…
¡Soy Graysen! Finalmente Salgo del Clóset
Por: Graysen M. Ocasio*/Publicador de TRT— La semana pasada, luego de haber vivido una vida en tinieblas (llena de ansiedad, incertidumbre y dolor), decidí salir…
Ask A Trans Woman: A Path Forward Through Dark and Dangerous Times, MAGA
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— We live in scary times. But, I don’t need to tell you that. I’m sure you know. We have, as trans…
Transphobia: It’s Internal, External, and Needs to be Addressed
Recent Trump actions against the transgender community and transphobia hurt this community By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— One of the major issues that trans people…
Alert: Fenway Health Statement on Senate Vote to Proceed on Vote on Health Care Bill
BOSTON—Today, the United States Senate voted to proceed with debate on a bill to either repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or one that would…
Grappling with God: The Never-Ending Struggle to Make Sense of the Senseless
By: Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— A little over two years ago, an Arizona mother was taking her twin 18-month-old sons on a walk near a…
Op-Ed: Society Must Come to Terms With Bisexual Male Identity
Erasure of the experiences and desires of bisexual men contributes to toxic social norms around masculinity By: Jason Graves/TRT Guest Columnist— As a bisexual male…
The Future Is Nico Tortorella’s: Actor Embraces Polyamory and Being a ‘Proud’ Bisexual
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT— When it comes to Hollywood interviews, they’re “just so f@#king straightforward and boring and everybody asks the same questions and…
Ask A Trans Woman: Makeup, Femininity & Identity—A Complicated Social Issue Facing Women
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— These are serious times, and I’ve written about some pretty serious topics recently. These things are important to write and talk…
MA Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of Transgender Nondiscrimination Law Signing
BOSTON—This Saturday, July 8, marks the one-year anniversary that Governor Charlie Baker signed into law the update to Massachusetts’ nondiscrimination law to include protections for transgender…
RI Senate Approves Bill Banning Conversion Therapy for Minors
Bill prohibits licensed mental health providers from using the conversion therapy practice on children and adolescents PROVIDENCE, RI—The Rhode Island Senate last week voted 31…
Fenway: Under Senate Plan Among 22 Million Would Lose Health Insurance
LGBT & PLWH Disproportionately Affected by It BOSTON—The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), a U.S. Senate bill to…
Supreme Court Reverses Arkansas’ Attempt to Defy Obergefell on Marriage Equality Decision Anniversary
Arkansas couples challenged Arkansas’ “blatant refusal” to list same-sex spouses on their children’s birth certificates; marriage equality wins again SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Today, the U.S. Supreme…
Boston Pride Under Fire as Accusations of Transphobia, Racism, Censorship Loom
By: Al Gentile/TRT Reporter & Mike Givens/TRT Assistant Editor— On Saturday, June 10, at the corner of Fairfield and Boylston streets in Boston, more than…
U.S. Senate Version of Health Bill Will Likely Harm People With HIV
By: Eric Brush*— As this column was being finished, the U.S. Senate was still working on its version of a bill that would replace the…
Former US Atty. General Eric Holder to Receive GLAD’s 2017 Spirit of Justice Award
The Honorable Eric H. Holder Jr., whose tenure as U.S. Attorney General under President Barack Obama marked huge advances in LGBTQ rights, will be the…
AG Healey Awards Grants: Expand Opportunity for Women, Minority Workers in Construction Industry
Program Will Award Total of $90,000 in Grant Funding to Eligible Applicants BOSTON–Attorney General Maura Healey today announced that her office is awarding $90,000 in…
BGMC on Boston Foundation for Equality Fund’s Award
Editor’s Note: On June 8, Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (BGMC) Executive Director Craig Coogan spoke at a reception at The Boston Foundation for Equality Fund…
NE Pride Guide—The Perils of Whitewashing: Importance of Nuanced Dialogue in the Aftermath of Pulse Orlando
By: Javier Fernandez*/TRT Guest Columnist— In the early morning hours of June 12, 2016, the nation awoke to the tragic news of the Pulse Orlando…