MTPC Celebrates 20th Anniversary Virtually BOSTON—The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) celebrates its 20th Anniversary with the 11th Annual Professionals for Trans Rights (PTR) business…
By: Tre’Andre Valentine*/Special to TRT— It’s 2019, but gender classification technologies are stuck in the 1890s. In May, San Francisco became the first city in…
In-depth and exclusive Rainbow Times’ Q&A with the hikers available here. BOSTON—Local transgender rights advocates announce dates for their historic #Hike4Rights project this summer. Beginning…
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…
Transgender women of color, crime reporting, political climate among challenges faced by the community By: Jenna Spinelle/TRT Reporter— Ciara McElveen. Keke Collier. Brenda Bostick. Chay…
Transgender students harmed by Trump administration in new plan BOSTON, Mass.—On Wednesday, February 22, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind Obama-era guidelines that barred…
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…
Courtesy of The Fenway Institute The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published new guidelines for emergency homeless shelters that explicitly state…
By: Sara Brown/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Transgender rights advocates need your testimony and attendance to Freedom Massachusetts’ public hearing on October 6 to push legislation forward…
By: Sara Brown/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Several Democrats in the House and Senate recently created a bill that would give more legal protection to LGBTQ…
By: Sara Brown/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Revolutionary medical guidelines on how to care for the LGBT community were released by the Association of American Medical…
BOSTON, Mass.—November is Transgender Awareness Month. This is a time for individuals and communities to celebrate the diversity of the transgender community, acknowledge the meaningful…
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— One of the advantages to having a column of my own, especially as an activist, is having a little soapbox to…
BOSTON, Mass.—BodyImage4Justice (BI4J) and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) are proud to announce a new community celebration that expands the annual observance of Transgender…
SALEM, Mass. – The Massachusetts Transgender Equal Rights Coalition (MATERC) is pleased to report the passage of a transgender inclusive non-discrimination ordinance in Salem, Massachusetts. The ordinance…
BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition is pleased to report that effective June 13 the Social Security Administration no longer requires an individual to undergo…
BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is pleased to announce its fourth annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights (LTR) event on Thursday, April 4…
Dollars contributed to MassEquality are dollars well spent BOSTON, Massachusetts—MassEquality announce on January 4th that it made Philanthropedia’s list of top nonprofits working locally to advance…
BOSTON, Massachusetts — In honor of Transgender Awareness Week, the LifeSkills project of The Fenway Institute and the Boundless and Living Well series at Fenway Health hosted the debut screening of Fenway’s …
Community Speak-Out, Candlelight Vigil, Hosted Reception BOSTON, Mass. — Each November, the worldwide transgender community turns its attention to its family, friends and loved ones lost…
Boston, MA – The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) is excited to announce the release of three new stories as part of their multi-media public…
Por: Wilfred Labiosa*/Columnista de TRT– ¡El mes de Orgullo ya esta aquí! Desde Junio del 2011 hasta ahora han pasado tantas cosas en nuestra comunidad…
Boston– May 3, 2012 –Boston Pride is pleased to announce that Mix 104.1’s Fast Freddy and the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition have been named Grand…