James Franco’s Cruising, Wanda Sykes, Neil Patrick Harris & Lana Wachowski
By: Romeo San Vicente*/Special for TRT– James Franco’s Cruising is a thing that’s really happening If you’re a film festival nerd or just really into…
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Nelly Furtado’s 1st Drag Experience, Coming Full-Circle with Her New Album, More
Pop singer on first drag experience, musical ADD and how she’s still like a bird By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special to TRT– There’s a story Nelly Furtado…
Transgender Activist to Give Keynote at HBGC’s LGBTQ Youth Empowerment Conference
BOSTON, Mass. — Janet Mock, People.com Staff Editor and nationally-renown transgender activist, will give the keynote address at the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition’s 2012 LGBTQ Youth Empowerment…
Trans Advocacy Network Launches New Resources for Local Organizations
Boston, MA – The Trans Advocacy Network, a coalition for local and state level transgender advocacy organizations announces the launch of their new website, http://transadvocacynetwork.org/, which…
WAGLY Receives Grant from Foundation for MetroWest
Provided by WAGLY Youth in Philanthropy Program at Concord Carlisle High School Recommended WELLESLEY, Massachusetts – West Suburban Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and…
The Influence of the Media: The New Trans Revolution Will be “Liked”
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– What do you think it will take to break through the media distortion lens that makes folks look at us filtered…
Transgender man Educates, Inspires, Gives back to LGBTQ community
By: Emily Scagel/TRT Assistant Editor– Some transgender people transition quietly, some transition in a grand way but keep some personal details to themselves and yet…
Northampton, Mass. Fourth Annual Miss Trans New England Pageant
Transgender Woman Vie for Crown; Lucky Belcamino, Founder of East Coast Biker Chicks to Host NORTHAMPTON, Mass — On September 1st, 2012 the Northampton Center…
Episcopalians Okay Same-Sex Blessing, Trans Inclusion, Local Angle
State Representative Byron elected vice president of church legislative body By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter– It’s a new day for the Episcopal Church, as clergy…
Baystate Health: Equality Index Leader in LGBT Healthcare 2012, HRC Reports
SPRINGFIELD – Baystate Health has been recognized as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” for the second consecutive year in the Healthcare Equality Index of…
The Transgender Bill, H3810, Takes Effect July 1: What You Need to Know
Courtesy of GLAD On November 23, 2011, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law H3810, An Act Relative to Gender Identity. This law adds “gender identity”…
BookMarks: My Two Moms, Basement of Wolves, Twelve O’Clock Tales
By: Richard Labonte*/Special for TRT– My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family, by Zach Wahls with Bruce Littlefield. Gotham Books,…
If You Don’t Believe in LGBT Rights for All U.S. Citizens, Then You’re Un-American
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist– Congratulations to President Obama, a true American! President Barack Obama has come out in support of same-sex marriage. This is…
Boston Pride Announces 2012 Marshals for Boston Pride Parade
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…
When It’s Time To Change, Then It’s Time To Change And Not Go Back!
By: Lorelei Erisis*/TRT Columnist– Dear Miss Erisis, I am stuck between two conflicting approaches, schools of thought, with regard to the idea of “passing.” I…
The Story of A Little Boy, Born In The ’50s, Who Wanted To Be A Girl, Part II
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist– The little boy knew that he had to keep his mouth shut about wanting to be a girl. He went…
HBGC Event: Black and Latino Gay Men on Pornography
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– It was a hot topic of conversation. And talk about pornography they did as more than 50 people (mostly men of…
GLAD Publishes Groundbreaking Transgender Family Law Book; organizations react
BOSTON, Mass — Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, GLAD, is proud to announce the publication of Transgender Family Law: A Guide to Effective Advocacy,…
Outcry to Free Trans Woman, CeCe McDonald, Grows Nationwide
By: Bet Power*/Special for TRT– On June 5, 2011, a young African American, transgender woman survived a violent attack motivated by racism and transphobia in…
MTPC 3rd Annual Lawyers for Trans Rights Awards Robert A. DeLeo
BOSTON, Mass. — The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition’s 3rd Annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights event was held on Thursday, April 12th at The Estate in…
In the Life Groundbreaking Episode: Journeys of Transgender Children & Their Families
New York, NY – This month, the award-winning newsmagazine In The Life will debut “Becoming Me,” featuring eight families with transgender and gender nonconforming children…
The story of a little boy, born in the ’50s, who wanted to be a girl
By: Deja Nicole Greenlaw*/TRT Columnist– Let me tell you a little story about a boy who was born in the early 1950s. He was born…
Out From Under: ‘Bully’ director and lesbian teen talk controversial documentary
By: Chris Azzopardi*/Special for TRT– Lee Hirsch will never forget the brutality of his middle-school years, when he was the victim of what, in recent…