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.
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.
Boston Public Library will host a transgender-focused period pride event next month with support from Mayor Michelle Wu’s LGBTQ office.
Mount Holyoke College had a male transgender athlete on its women’s cross country team this past fall, even after the NCAA changed its transgender athlete policy.
Boston Public Library will host 19 different drag story time events for children and families in June, as part of its recognition of Pride Month.
Parents filed a federal Title IX complaint after they say a transgender student sexually harassed their third-grade daughter in a Rochester, Massachusetts, school bathroom.
The Robbins Library in Arlington hosted an LGBT Pride Prom for kids ages 11-18 featuring a live drag show, drawing criticism from parental rights advocates over the event’s wide age range.
Sudbury residents backed a no-confidence vote against the local school committee after backlash over a transgender bathroom and locker room policy affecting children as young as 4.
A transgender-identifying male athlete won a girls’ outdoor track league championship in Massachusetts
Officials overseeing the new Nashoba Regional High School project changed plans for gender-neutral bathrooms after parents and residents raised concerns about privacy, safety and student supervision.
The U.S. Department of Education has opened a Title IX investigation into Smith College over its policy allowing transgender students who identify as women to enroll at the all-women’s school.
Barre, Vermont, bans public nudity after an inquiry from a transgender nudist taxi driver, ending a long-standing legal norm as other cities adopt similar restrictions.
A City Journal report raises concerns about Massachusetts policy allowing male inmates in a women’s prison and calls for a federal investigation.
