Topic: Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that bars discrimination in the workplace against transgender peopleThe Massachusetts Senate on Wednesday approved a bill that bars discrimination in the workplace against transgender people, Springfield's CBS affiliate WSHM reported. Senators approved the bill ...

The Massachusetts House on Tuesday approved a bill that bars discrimination in the workplace against transgender peopleThe Massachusetts House late on Tuesday approved a bill that bars discrimination in the workplace against transgender people, the AP reported. After an hour-long debate, lawmakers ...

Senator Scott Brown is the only member of the Massachusetts congressional delegation missing from an It Gets Better videoSenator Scott Brown is the only member of the Massachusetts congressional delegation missing from an It Gets Better video released on Wednesday. A spokesman ...

ABC's Wednesday night comedy 'Happy Endings' premiered with a gay marriage law blunderABC's Wednesday night comedy Happy Endings premiered with a gay marriage law blunder. The sitcom has been compared to a modern version of NBC's long-running comedy Friends. Modern in the ...

A majority of people in 17 states now support giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marryA majority of people in 17 states now support giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. According to a special reported titled Polling ...

I spent most of my life growing up in a small town in Massachusetts. It was a town once built on industry, the home of one of the first factories in the US, the final resting place of the industrialist Samuel Slater. ...

While Florida expressly bans gay and lesbian people from adopting children, most other states simply have no clear law against gay adoption. In 2000, Utah passed legislation to prohibit any unmarried person from adopting children. Florida prohibits a person to adopt their ...

Jarrett Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, announced Thursday that he's divorcing from Douglas HattawayJarrett Barrios, president of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), announced Thursday that he's divorcing from Douglas Hattaway. The two men were ...

Jarrett Barrios: I came out - I first came out to friends when I was 15, in my junior year in high school. Jarrett Barrios: Well, I grew up in a Latino family. Question: Do you feel, living in Massachusetts, that you ...

Obama administration defends its right to define marriage before a federal judge considering the constitutionality of DOMAThe Obama administration Wednesday defended its right to define marriage as a heterosexual union before a federal judge considering the constitutionality of the Defense Of Marriage ...