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Valerie Tebbetts sentenced
Former head of Boston Living Center to serve five years’ probation for embezzlement.
Local News Briefs
Power Lezzie Network to celebrate one-year anniversary, Pie in the Sky fundraiser nets nearly $540k for Community Servings, Preparation begins for P-town Bear Week 2012...
LGBT Aging Project selected as Root Cause Social Innovator
Local org serving LGBT older adults will receive $10k, consulting services, and more.
Barrios to take helm of regional Red Cross office
Former state legislator Jarrett Barrios is stepping up as regional chief executive officer of the American Red Cross.
Massachusetts’ same-sex couples predicted to reach parity in 2013
A report released this week by Williams Institute called "Patterns of Relationship Recognition by Same-Sex Couples in the United States," shows that over 140,000 same-sex couples are in a legally recognized relationship and nearly 50,000 are married.
Wife arrested in lesbian domestic violence homicide
Just after 7 p.m. on March 28, 2010, in Granby, Massachusetts, police responded to a 911 call and discovered Annamarie Cochrane Rintala’s lifeless body in her basement, covered in paint.
GLAD defends its win in "Gill" case
Filing in First Federal Appeals Court moves case closer to hearing date.
Transgender Awareness Week starts Nov. 12
The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC) has announced the third annual Transgender Awareness Week beginning Nov. 12 - 20.
Boston Jewish Film Festival To Begin November 2
The 23rd annual Boston Jewish Film Festival begins Wednesday, Nov. 2 through Sunday, Nov. 13. Several of the films focus on LGBT subjects
Community Briefs :: October 7
The Department of Justice is funding a Boston-area collaborative to tackle the problem of LGBT intimate partner violence, Fenway Health announced Friday, Sept. 30.
MassEquality’s Suffredini named to Equality Federation Board of Directors
Kara Suffredini, Executive Director of MassEquality, was named to the Equality Federation Board of Directors, the organization announced Friday, Sept. 30.
Community News :: September 29
Raven: Dyke Night’s 13th Annual Halloween Costume Ball, will kick off the spookiest season of the year on Saturday, Oct. 29 from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. at the exclusive House of Blues’ Foundation Room (15 Lansdowne St.) in Boston.
Rainbow flag stolen from historic Cambridge church
A rainbow flag that had been hanging outside of Cambridge’s First Parish for a month was stolen last week, the church reported Sept. 20.
Harvard appoints Director of BGLTQ Student Life
Lisa "Lee" Forest receives historic appointment as first head of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender and Queer Student Life on campus.
NH repeal of marriage equality advances
House subcommittee endorses bill that would repeal New Hampshire’s law allowing same-sex marriage, and revert to civil unions; bill largely opposed by residents.
GLAD attorney receives "Best LGBT Lawyer Under 40" Award
The National LGBT Bar Association has named Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) staff attorney Janson Wu to its Class of 2011 Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40.
ACLU responds to Vermont innkeepers who turned away lesbian wedding
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is calling foul on a Vermont inn that last month refused to host the wedding reception for a lesbian couple.
Orgs respond to uptick in local LGBT domestic violence
Alleged murder in Winthrop makes 3rd gay male domestic violence homicide in five months; vigil to be held.
Survivor: MIT grad student remembers "ex-gay" therapy
On eve of a reparative therapy conference in New Hampshire, 23-year-old draws on painful experience to help others.
Mass. HIV/AIDS services face budget cuts
AIDS Action fears the end is near for org’s hotline.