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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.
People dance at a Pride month celebration hosted by Boston Pride For The People in June 2023. As Boston residents prepare for the city’s Pride month events, they also acknowledge the performative allyship of companies and organizations. TAYLOR COESTER/DFP FILE

Boston celebrates Pride month while weary of corporate support

Charlie Johnson June 14, 2024
As Boston recognizes Pride month in June, there is a cautious eye on how companies and organizations display support for the celebrations.
Lavanda logo. Lavanda is an LGBTQ+ music and arts organization started by Berklee College of Music students, and it will host a pride festival called Camp Fest on June 28 in Boston Common. COURTESY OF LAVANDA

Boston student arts organization Lavanda to host first-ever pride festival

Samantha Genzer June 1, 2024
Lavanda, an LGBTQ+ music and arts organization started by Berklee College of Music students, will host its first-ever pride festival, Camp Fest, on June 28 at the Parkman Backstand in Boston Common.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Boston University opens LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center

Samantha Genzer December 8, 2023
Boston University soft launched the LGBTQIA+ Student Resource Center on Wednesday, after the student task force recommended creating a professionally staffed resource center for students.
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.
Petition created by Boston University student Alex P. after the University did not allow them to change their legal sex to “X” in BU records. Other transgender and nonbinary BU students have also experienced difficulties with University sex identification rules. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Transgender, nonbinary students report difficulty changing legal sex — Part 2

Emily Stevenson August 31, 2021
Student Information System update to come in Fall 2023 will allow more flexibility.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Letter from the Editor: Pride beyond June

Lily Kepner July 2, 2021
Today, we leave June behind. But that does not mean Pride has to stay behind with it.
East to West: June 28, 2021

East to West: June 28, 2021

Veronica Thompson June 28, 2021

Click here to stream this episode of “East to West” on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your streaming platform of your choice. FEATURING: Veronica Thompson, Justin Tang, Katrina Liu WRITTEN...

Spotify playlist of five songs by LGBTQ+ artists

Song Spotlights: Pride Edition

Katrina Liu June 25, 2021
As a music lover, it only felt right to highlight songs by queer artists for Pride Month.
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...

Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: Supporting marginalized communities shouldn’t be constrained to a single month or day

Editors March 9, 2021
If we can pursue justice and have these discussions — even performatively — for a month, why can’t we have them for a year or a lifetime?
Rep. Sarah Peake testifies at a House of Representatives hearing on a bill that would ban LGBTQ conversion therapy in Massachusetts Wednesday. The bill was passed with 137 votes for and 14 against. PHOTO BY HANNAH SCHOENBAUM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

House votes to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy for Bay State minors

Hannah Schoenbaum June 28, 2018
The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would ban LGBTQ conversion therapy for minors in the Commonwealth.
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