transgender rights

The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council has unanimously accepted a resolution declaring the community a sanctuary city for trans and gender diverse people.

An interview with North Adams, Massachusetts city council vice president Ashley Shade.

In 2012 and 2016, I joined with my colleagues to expand protections under Massachusetts hate crimes laws to our transgender neighbors, friends, co-workers…

Living life as a trans-gendered adult carries its own set of issues and challenges, and society seems to slowly be opening up to accommodate and even…

Siena College assistant professor of political science Dr. Daniel Lewis has written a new book on transgender people. “The Remarkable Rise Of Transgender…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, in his first remarks since President Trump announced in a tweet that he was banning transgender people from the military,…

Adding its voice to what has become a national debate in the past few months, Massachusetts recently passed a public accommodations law guaranteeing equal…

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on Friday signed into law a bill allowing transgender people to use restrooms and locker rooms that correspond with…

The Massachusetts Senate is planning to debate a bill aimed at strengthening legal protections for transgender individuals.The bill would ban…

I lost a friend last week. I didn’t lose her in the physical sense. She didn’t pass away or move to the other side of the globe. Rather, after a…