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April 1st, 2025

Five Mass. cities designated as `sanctuaries,’ for transgender population

By Susan Gonsalves

In March, Cambridge, Pittsfield and Boston became the latest communities to designate themselves as...

January 3rd, 2025

What steps can therapists take when treating all genders? 

By Catherine Robertson Souter

As the debate around transgender rights in the United States grows more heated, an elevated need for...

February 4th, 2023

CT deemed too restrictive on patients seeking gender-affirming surgery

By Eileen Weber

Based on a 2022 study from the Williams Institute at UCLA, more than 1.6 million people in the U.S. over...

October 6th, 2022

Feminist theory: An intersectional model that promotes equality

By Phyllis Hanlon

The origins of feminist theory can be traced back to the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft, particularly...

June 26th, 2021

Transhealth Northampton: Bringing gender-diverse care to Western Massachusetts

By Phyllis Hanlon

In 2018, the Fenway Institute, Cooley Dickinson Health Care and Harvard Medical School conducted a planning study, the PATH Project (Plan and Act for Transgender Health), which...

April 12th, 2021

APA resolution opposes gender identity change efforts

By Phyllis Hanlon

In 1997 and 2009, the American Psychological Association (APA) issued resolutions that focused on sexual orientation change efforts. Earlier this month, the APA again adopted a...

May 29th, 2019

Massachusetts bans conversion therapy for minors

By Eileen Weber

Massachusetts became the 16th state to ban conversion therapy, a method attempting to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity by treating it as if it’s a...