Massachusetts
Issues
- Marriage
Marriage for same-sex couples is legal - Domestic Violence
Has domestic violence laws that are gender neutral and include household members and dating partners - Second-Parent Adoption
Appellate courts have ruled that the state adoption law permits second-parent adoption - Hate Crimes
Has hate crime laws that include crimes based on sexual orientation - State Nondiscrimination Laws
1989 - Laws banning discrimination based on sexual orientation
Statewide LGBT Organizations
LGBT Political Alliance of Western Massachusetts
http://www.wmassalliance.org
Massachusetts Gay & Lesbian Political Caucus
http://www.mglpc.org
MassEquality
http://www.massequality.org
The Freedom to Marry Coalition of Massachusetts
http://www.equalmarriage.org
Transgender
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
http://www.masstpc.org
Bisexual
Bisexual Resource Center (BRC)
http://www.biresource.org
People of Color
China Rainbow Network (CRN)
http://www.chinarainbownet.org
Massachusetts Area South Asian Lambda Association (MASALA)
http://www.bostonmasala.org
Queer Asian Pacific Alliance (QAPA)
http://www.qapa.org
LGBT Youth
Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
http://www.bagly.org
Boston GLASS Community Center
http://www.bostonglass.org
Lawrence Teen Coalition
http://www.glcac.org/TeenCoalition
Project 10 East
http://www.project10east.org
The Home for Little Wanderers
http://www.thehome.org
Wayside Youth & Family Support Network
http://www.waysideyouth.org
Anti-Violence Programs
Fenway Community Health Center
http://www.fenwayhealth.org
The Network/La Red
http://www.thenetworklared.org
Campus Resources
Massachusetts Institute of Technology - LGBT@MIT
http://web.mit.edu/lbgt
Suffolk University - Diversity Services
http://www.suffolk.edu/campuslife/safezone.html
Tufts University - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Transgender Center
http://ase.tufts.edu/lgbt
University of Massachusetts Amherst - The Stonewall Center
http://www.umass.edu/stonewall
Williams College - Queer Student Union
http://wso.williams.edu/orgs/qsu
Health and HIV/AIDS
Health Care of Southeastern Massachusetts
http://www.hcsm.org
