News and analysis on gender identity, including legislation, court decisions, education, sports, parental rights, medical policy, religious freedom, and the cultural and political debates surrounding the issue.
Swampscott replaced two rainbow crosswalks with black and white markings, upsetting some residents. Town officials say the change wasn't political.
Correction officers joined women’s groups outside MCI-Framingham to protest housing men who identify as women in the women’s prison.
The Massachusetts Teachers Association plans a drag show, lobbying training and workshops on transgender students at its first LGBTQ conference.
The Healey administration is promoting LGBTQ Rainbow Clubs for elementary students and offering schools help with running them.
Massachusetts set aside $25,000 for repairs at J.S. Bryant School, which promotes “queering education” and says districts can cover student tuition.
Women’s groups will rally outside MCI-Framingham on October 9 to oppose housing men who identify as women in the women’s prison, including a convicted murderer.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s LGBTQ office awarded $7,000 to help fund the Trans Period Pride event held in June, city records show.
A male freshman who identifies as a transgender girl has scored at least five goals for South Portland High School’s girls varsity soccer team this season.
The Trump administration has launched an investigation into Northborough-Southborough schools over allegations that Algonquin Regional High School helped socially transition a student without her parents’ knowledge or consent.
State Rep. John Gaskey says he is preparing legislation to protect parental rights after a Catholic family said Massachusetts took custody of their daughter.
A Catholic Massachusetts family says DCF took custody of their teenage daughter after they refused to treat her as a boy. The family is now fighting the state over testosterone treatment.
A Massachusetts girls’ cross-country team with a transgender runner enters the 2026 season ranked No. 3 in the state after winning its first sectional title last year.
A parent is calling attention to a large LGBTQ Pride mural on a wall at King Philip Regional Middle School in Norfolk.
A 9-year-old Massachusetts girl wrote to President Donald Trump after she says a boy who identifies as a girl opened her bathroom stall at school.
Gov. Maura Healey signed a new Massachusetts law limiting when schools can remove library books and requiring a formal process for parental challenges.
The Boston Public Library held its 19th drag queen story time for young children of 2026 on Monday after rescheduling a South Boston branch event from Pride Month to August.
Federal officials found Burlington Public Schools violated parental-rights law by giving a graphic survey about sex, drugs, and gender identity to students whose parents opted them out.
Several Massachusetts businesses and groups offer lower prices or free paid services based on transgender identity.
A children’s book about so-called gender-affirming care for readers as young as 5 is available at public libraries across Massachusetts, including Sturbridge, 24 Boston Public Library branches, and many other municipalities.
OUT MetroWest plans to pay white LGBTQ youth $20 and BIPOC LGBTQ youth $25 to take part in the same marketing photo shoot.
They/them candidate Evan MacKay challenged state Rep. Marjorie Decker during a heated Cambridge Democratic primary debate.
Massachusetts lawmakers have now directed at least $8.5 million to a state fund that can pay for so-called gender-affirming care for adults and minors, providers' malpractice insurance, and LGBTQ health research.
NCAA President Charlie Baker says the NCAA will keep letting male transgender athletes practice with women’s teams and receive team benefits after the Supreme Court ruling.
Several Massachusetts Democrats running for office this year identify as nonbinary or transgender and use they/them pronouns
Gov. Maura Healey refused to say whether she agrees with the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling upholding transgender athlete restrictions.
The media keeps calling former Democratic New Hampshire state Rep. Stacie Laughton a woman. Reality tells a different story.
Sixth-grade students at Oak Ridge School in Sandwich learn through the Genderbread Person lesson that gender exists on a spectrum and is separate from biological sex, according to curriculum materials highlighted by the Massachusetts Family Institute.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said the federal government should fund so-called gender-affirming care for “young people,” not President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom.
Organizers announced that Trans Period Pride will move to a downtown city-owned office building after Boston Public Library canceled the event.
Public libraries outside in Massachusetts hosted Drag Story Time events for children and families during Pride Month.
Chelsea High junior Lilly Serrano finished eighth in the girls' 200-meter dash at the MIAA Meet of Champions after winning bronze at the Division 4 state meet.
Mass NOW says its Trans Period Pride event will still happen after Boston Public Library canceled the event listing.
Boston Public Library canceled a transgender period pride event after it drew backlash online.
A Chelsea High junior male transgender athlete placed third in the girls’ 200-meter at the MIAA Division 4 Outdoor Track and Field State Championship meet.
A Catholic priest argues that Pride Month reflects the broader Sexual Revolution and says Christian chastity offers a better path to human flourishing.
Dover’s Chickering Elementary School plans to hold a Rainbow Club Pride Day event Monday morning for students in grades 1 through 5, with music, bubbles and colorful outfits.
