LGBTQ-Inclusive Ordinances Pass In NC
LGBTQ-Inclusive protections for people in Asheville, Durham, Greensboro, and Buncombe County are now officially in place and protecting the community from discrimination in private employment…
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Historic House Vote For The Federal Equality Act; Congressman Seth Moulton Absent
For the first time, a chamber of Congress passes a bill ensuring protections for LGBTQ people in virtually all areas of life; Mass. Congressman Seth…
New Study Dispels Misconceptions Around Public Safety, Boosts Yes on 3 Campaign
Williams Institute study illustrates lack of public safety concerns around equitable access to public spaces for transgender people; Yes on 3 Campaign charges ahead By:…
Vote Yes On Question 3 To End Discrimination In Massachusetts
Religious extremists who will never want to end discrimination in Massachusetts will go after anyone, not just transgender people By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist— In…
New Trans Military Ban Filing Would Accelerate Ruling to Permanently Stop the Trump Ban
GLAD says, “The government’s own documents, newly obtained by discovery, show the March 23 ‘Mattis Plan’ is the same unconstitutional, categorical ban… President Trump announced on…
MassEquality & Freedom Mass On AG, MCAD Guidance Related to Transgender Rights Law
BOSTON, Mass.—In response to the release of official guidance by Attorney General Maura Healey’s office and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) on implementing Massachusetts’ new…
Kennedy, Scott Introduce Amendment to Religious Freedom Restoration Act
WASHINGTON—Joined by leaders from the civil rights, social justice and faith communities, Congressman Joe Kennedy III (MA-04) and Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), Ranking Member of…
Ask a Trans Woman: A Single Act of Discrimination Changed it All for Me
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist— This month’s column is something a little different. It is the text of a speech I delivered at the Massachusetts State…
Key Businesses Support New Campaign to Secure Nondiscrimination Protections
Freedom Massachusetts launches bipartisan campaign to win passage of public accommodations protections for transgender Bay Stater BOSTON, Mass.—Some of the region’s and nation’s biggest businesses…
MA Commission on LGBTQ Youth’s Annual Recommendations; Prioritizing Expansion of Public Accommodation Protections
By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Assistant Editor— The Massachusetts Commission on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Youth released a report in March recommending policy changes…
Coakley & Baker: Their Real Stance on Transgender Equal Protections
By: Nicole Lashomb, Editor-in-Chief— With Election Day just weeks away, The Rainbow Times reached out to the Massachusetts candidates of possibly the most highly contested…
MassEquality Executive Director Kara Coredini to Step Down December 31
BOSTON, Mass.—After more than four years as Executive Director, Kara Coredini will be leaving MassEquality at the end of this year. Her last day will…
Fenway & MTPC Release Project VOICE Report on Transgender Discrimination
Report finds that transgender-related discrimination harms health BOSTON, Mass.—Nearly two-thirds of transgender Massachusetts residents have experienced discrimination in a public accommodation setting in the past…
Judiciary Committee to Hear Testimony on Transgender Equal Access Bill
Massachusetts remains only state with a transgender non-discrimination law that does not include public accommodations BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts legislature’s Joint Committee on the…