Transgender Massachusetts teen brutally attacked in possible hate crime
Jayden Tkaczyk, 16, believes he was targeted for being transgender.
September 6, 2024
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Boston Red Sox All Star Jarren Duran suspended two games for homophobic slur
Live TV microphones captured Duran using the slur in response to a heckler who disparaged his ability to hit the ball.
August 13, 2024
Buttigieg tells Maddow that Harris will ‘make a choice that makes sense to her’ when it comes to VP pick
Rachel Maddow asked him whether he would be open to serving as vice president.
July 23, 2024
Lesbian lawmaker Angie Craig calls for Joe Biden to step down from presidential race
Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig is the fifth Democratic — and first LGBTQ+ — lawmaker calling for the president to stand down and allow somebody else to challenge Donald Trump.
July 6, 2024
35+ sizzling pics from Provincetown Pride 2024
This year’s 7th annual festival teamed with Nigerian activist Matthew Blaise to present Reimagining Queer Africa.
June 11, 2024
Massachusetts school can in fact ban 'two genders' T-shirt, federal appeals court rules
Protecting LGBTQ+ students from discrimination overrides free speech considerations, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
June 10, 2024
Harvard marks Pride Month with new LGBTQ+ Health Center of Excellence
The prestigious institution will launch a center dedicated to advancing health equity for LGBTQ+ people.
May 31, 2024
Richard Dreyfuss mum after transphobic, ‘racist, homophobic, misogynistic’ rant at Jaws screening
The theater that hosted the screening has apologized.
May 28, 2024
Here are the states that have laws protecting abortion and gender-affirming care
These states have taken the step to protect bodily autonomy.
May 27, 2024
The country did a complete 180 on a once-divisive issue starting 20 years ago
The vast majority of Americans opposed same-sex marriage on May 17, 2004, when the first same-sex couples took their vows after a court decision in Massachusetts. Well, times have changed.
May 17, 2024
Here are all the ways marriage equality has been 'unambiguously positive' for America
The study from the RAND Corp. comes 20 years after the first legal marriages for same-sex couples took place in Massachusetts.
May 17, 2024
Billie Jean King says a Massachusetts challenge to a kids book about her is ‘so very sad’
A mother has asked her child’s school to remove the book because it mentions LGBTQ+ people and divorce. The lesbian tennis legend had thoughts.
May 16, 2024
Nonbinary 17-year-old killed two years after being reported missing
River Nevaeh Goddard was reported missing in April 2022, when they were 15 years old.
April 22, 2024
CVS and Walgreens will start dispensing abortion pill mifepristone. Here's when and where
Both pharmacy chains already dispense misoprostol, the other medication involved in medication abortion regimens.
March 4, 2024
More than 60 religious institutions have been targeted for supporting LGBTQ+ rights: report
At least 66 incidents occurred between June 2022 and January 2024 in which a religious institution was targeted for its perceived support of LGBTQ+ people.
February 25, 2024
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey nominates former partner for high court, raises GOP ire
Healey has nominated Gabrielle Wolohojian to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
February 9, 2024
Pioneering LGBTQ+ activist Ann Maguire has died at 80
Maguire cohosted a gay talk show in Boston in the 1970s and helped elect the nation's first out state legislator, Elaine Noble of Massachusetts.
January 29, 2024
Massachusetts governor seeks IVF coverage for veterans in same-sex relationships
Maura Healey, one of the first out lesbian governors in the nation, wants to equalize coverage of assisted reproduction and provide other new benefits to Massachusetts veterans.
January 4, 2024
Massachusetts Police Officer Searches Middle School Classroom For LGBTQ+ Book, 'Concerning' Video Shows
A police officer entered a middle school classroom to search for an "inappropriate" book. And no, it wasn't 1984.
December 21, 2023
Texas Man Pleads Guilty to Threatening Doctor Providing Gender-Affirming Care to Youth
The Boston hospital has said its staff has been subjected to a number of threats over disinformation about gender-affirming care in the past year.
December 15, 2023
Ayanna Pressley Introduces Bill to Counter Book Bans Nationwide
In a bold response to the surge of book bans across the U.S., Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley is championing legislation to protect diverse literature in schools and libraries.
December 14, 2023