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People gather and walk during the Pride parade’s celebration on June 8. CLARE ONG/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: Boston celebrates Pride Month

Rachel Feinstein June 18, 2024
Boston Pride for the People hosted its Pride Parade and Festival on June 8.
A parade participant waves a ribbon during the parade. TAYLOR COESTER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

GALLERY: Pride parade, festivals return to Boston after 3 years

Daily Free Press Staff June 14, 2023
Boston Pride For The People hosted the city’s first pride celebration in three years on June 10, 2023. Thousands of people showed up for festivities including a parade and two festivals — one family-friendly and one for ages 21 and over.
Two pride parade attendees stand on a column on June 10, 2023.

‘Empowering’ — Boston’s celebration of pride returns after three-year hiatus

Matthew Eadie June 12, 2023
Boston erupted in a celebration of pride on Saturday as thousands flocked to the streets for the city’s first Pride parade and festival after a three-year hiatus.
GALLERY: 2021 March and Vigil for Black Trans Lives

GALLERY: 2021 March and Vigil for Black Trans Lives

Jasmine Li June 14, 2021

In the second annual march and vigil organized by Trans Resistance MA, demonstrators marched from Nubian Square to Franklin Park Playstead Saturday for Black transgender lives. Participants gathered afterward...

Miss Major Griffin-Gracy at a parade

Forgotten stories: The critical role of Black trans women in the civil rights movement

Rachel Do February 18, 2021
The often overlooked role of Black trans women in the civil rights movement was integral to the movement's success, creating a legacy a Boston activist and the assistant to the director at BU’s Center for Antiracist Research argue must be remembered.
Former Terrier Mary Parker, shown in a 2016 game, currently plays for the Boston Pride. She earned 24 goals and 18 assists in 33 games with the Terriers. PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/ DFP FILE

Women’s Hockey Alumni Reflect on Time at BU and in NWHL

Carolyn Mooney January 30, 2020

The option to play hockey professionally after college has historically been an opportunity for men who are lucky to be skilled enough for quite some time now. For women, however, the idea of playing...

Dbar in Dorchester was one of two gay bars in the area that received threatening calls from a 16-year-old male Nov. 9. FELIX PHILLIPS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Threats made to Boston gay bars lead locals to consider safety of LGBTQ community

Kylie McDaneld November 27, 2018
A 16-year-old New Hampshire teen was arrested Friday in connection to a series of threatening phone calls made to two gay bars in the Boston area Nov. 9, according to the Boston Police Department, leading some Bostonians to question the safety of LGBTQ residents.
At the end of the 2016-17 season, Charlie McAvoy made the jump from BU to the Bruins. PHOTO BY JUSTIN HAWK/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Welcome to the hub: Boston sports

Lily Betts June 5, 2018
It has never been better to be a Boston sports fan, and getting in on the action is as easy as train ride for BU students.
Team USA will look to win gold in the upcoming Olympic Games. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Battle of the Border off to an intense start after Olympic tour opener

Lily Betts October 26, 2017

Two of the most dominant women’s hockey teams in the world kicked off the next leg of their historic rivalry to the deafening roars of a sold-out Agganis Arena Wednesday night. In preparation...

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EDITORIAL: St. Patrick’s Day Parade needs to adapt to social change

Editors March 12, 2017

Three years ago, Boston made history by allowing a group honoring gay and transgender military veterans to march in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston. The group, OUTVETS, went on to...

Stick to Sports: The future of the NWHL and women’s pro hockey

Stick to Sports: The future of the NWHL and women’s pro hockey

Marisa Ingemi December 1, 2016

For people who only watch the four major sports leagues, they might be unfamiliar with how it feels to have a league where players are under constant threat of being relocated or teams may get dissolved...

Stick to Sports: Boston Pride, Beantown’s best-kept hockey secret

Stick to Sports: Boston Pride, Beantown’s best-kept hockey secret

Marisa Ingemi November 18, 2016

One of the best hockey teams in the world plays in Boston, and no, I’m not talking about the Bruins, who drive hockey coverage in this market and have started off the NHL season better than many...

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