BOSTON – As Congress debates passing a landmark bill to bar discrimination based on gender identity, Massachusetts lawmakers are looking to expand...
EASTHAMPTON — Last May, the LGBTQ pride flag flew for the first time outside 50 Payson Ave., the seat of the city’s government, for a week. Now...
SOUTH DEERFIELD — JJ White acknowledges that his new business is not for everyone, but he invites people to stop by and see for themselves.White...
NORTHAMPTON — When Diva’s Nightclub closed in 2016 after a 16-year run, the city was left without a gay venue.But that’s no longer the case. In...
NORTHAMPTON — For years, Dr. Emily Lash has provided care to patients from birth to old age — with her skills as a prenatal, delivery, newborn...
NORTHAMPTON — Randy Barrios and Liz Mazzei use the words “shy” and “introverted” to describe themselves, but when the two drag performers are on...
NEW YORK — More than 200 corporations, including many of America’s best-known companies, are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that federal...
HADLEY — When 18-year-old Anna Stanforth was in the ninth grade, her classmates and friends started asking her a lot of questions about sex. For...
NORTHAMPTON — June is Pride Month, and it’s also a season of change for Noho Pride, which is currently searching for a new spokesperson.J.M...
It was an otherwise unexceptional May morning in Nonotuck Park — sunny, birds chirping, people strolling — except for one parking lot near a...
NORTHAMPTON — The legend of “Lesbianville” can be traced back to two local women, an engagement announcement in this newspaper...
When Ben Power Alwin, curator of the Sexual Minorities Archives, moved to the Pioneer Valley in 1979, people would tell him the story of...