Don Lemon & His Book About Racism
“This is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism” by Don Lemon … His Experiences As a Minority Several Times c.2021, Little,…
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HRC’s Star-Studded Americans For The Equality Act In Action, More Power Supporters
HRC announced the launch of a star-studded Americans for the Equality Act public awareness and advertising campaign filmed by award-winning directors Dustin Lance Black and Paris…
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…
Creep of the Week: Ben Carson is a Homophobe
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special to TRT— Dear LGBT Community, This is a cease and desist letter regarding the accusation that Ben Carson is a homophobe. Stop…
Anti-Trans Hatred, Prejudice & Trans Suicides: How We Can Stop Them
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— It’s November and once again it is time for the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, TDOR, the day where we…
Trans Community & Allies to Honor Transgender Lives During TDOR 2015
By: Sara Brown/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Every November, the transgender community focuses on the family, friends and loved ones they have lost to violence and…
What We’re Looking for Over the Next Five Years of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
By: Sean Cahill* One of my proudest moments in 25 years of LGBT and HIV/AIDS activism came in July, 2010, when I joined other HIV/AIDS…
Gay-Focused Drama Featured in Boston’s Limelight with After All the Terrible Things I do
Performances continue throughout Pride month until June 21 By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass—It isn’t often that an LGBT-themed theater performance steals the limelight. However,…
Boston-Based Unity Pride Reacts to Ferguson, NYC: #BlackLivesMatter
BOSTON, Mass.—In the span of less than two weeks, two grand juries—one located in Ferguson, Missouri and one in Staten Island, New York—voted against indicting…
NCLR Statement on Staten Island Grand Jury’s Decision Not to Indict Eric Garner’s Killer
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.—Today, a Grand Jury in Staten Island decided not to bring charges against Daniel Pantaleo, the NYPD officer that killed Eric Garner. “We…
In Defense & Celebration of Femininity: Getting Beyond Judgments, Even Within the Queer Community
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This month I decided to write about the idea of femininity, specifically as it relates to me, but also in the…
GLSEN Calls on iHeartMedia CEO to Speak Out Against Sean Hannity’s Anti-LGBT Comments
NEW YORK, NY– GLSEN (the Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network) today called on iHeartMedia CEO Robert Pittman to speak out against comments made earlier this week…
LGBTs push to expand Civil Rights Act
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—Earlier this summer marked the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which President Lyndon B. Johnson signed…
Statement by President Obama & Secretary of State Kerry on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia
Statement by U.S. President Barack Obama Tomorrow, as we commemorate the 10th annual International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, we recommit ourselves to the fundamental belief…
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…
Thinking Out Loud: I am More Than Just Gay
The delicate balancing act of showing people that my life isn’t totally defined by my sexual orientation By: Abby Dees*/Special to TRT— I often joke…
From the Editor’s Desk: Privilege and the Inconvenient Truth
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief— ¡“Buenos Dias! ¿Dormiste bien”?, are two simple phrases frequently used to start my day, my day as a bi-cultural and bilingual white woman…
Racism Prevails: No Justice for Trayvon Martin
By: Nicole Lashomb/Editor-in-Chief— And the verdict is in. Not guilty. As I watch the news coverage on the George Zimmerman trial on CNN, I am…
On Moving Forward: Exploring This Year’s Boston Pride Theme
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— The Boston Pride theme for 2013 is “Moving forward … Proud, Strong, United!” This signifies the struggle that LGBT people…
Human Rights Campaign Honors Transgender Day of Remembrance
Commemoration comes as the nation moves forward on LGBT equality, but anti-transgender violence remains at alarming rates WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s…
An LGBTQ-Discrimination Going-out-of-Business Sale
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– It’s just that time of year. Trees are budding, birds are singing and LGBTQ people are pulling out their best rainbow-colored…
Good Theology Must Keep Religion From Sliding Into Superstition & Persecution
By Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist– Rev. Dr. Patrick S. Cheng, lawyer, theologian, and seminary professor has a powerful intellectual acumen that brings a new revelation…
A small victory for the Transgender Community
Erica Kay’s overturned grand theft conviction finally officially closed On Wednesday, November 23, 2011, historical transgender personality and activist Erica Kay was scheduled to make…