LGBTQ+

Oct 17 picket of Fenway Community Health in Boston.
Domestic News

Transgender Uprising in Boston

November 21, 2025 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo, ACT-UP Boston Almost lost in the torrent of Trump/white supremacist attacks on the working class is the crisis facing the transgender community in this country. If you are paying attention, it is […]
The June 5, 1981, CDC first announcement. For the first few years the words “gay cancer” or GRID, “Gay Related Infectious Disease” in the press
Domestic News

For Life and Love – We Are Not Going Back!

June 16, 2025 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo Because of a restraining order issued by a Federal judge, the Trump government has been forced to restore life-saving information about HIV/AIDS to the CDC’s website. Critical facts on HIV prevention, testing, […]
Thousands lost their government and non-government jobs during the “Lavender Scare”
Domestic News

It CAN Happen Here

June 2, 2024 fwstaff
By Gerry Scoppettuolo Gay Pride month 2024 approaches in the United States in a political environment of both militant resistance and deep foreboding. For the past 75 years the queer community has  continuously struggled to […]
Queer Palestinian activists have long fought against the notion that LGBT rights and Palestinian rights are mutually exclusive
International News

Pinkwashing Genocide in Gaza

April 29, 2024 fwstaff
By Marta Ilyich In a photo that has made the rounds in the media in recent months a single man can be seen holding up a rainbow flag. The same phrase is written on it […]
A contingent from the Boston LGBTQ+ community joined in demanding a ceasefire
Domestic News

LGBTQ+ Contingent in Boston Palestine March

December 30, 2023 fwstaff
By Fighting Words Staff Thousands of Boston area protesters filled the downtown area on Sunday, December 17 in support of a ceasefire in Gaza. One of the contingents represented the LGBTQ+ community.
Boston Rejects Zionist Pinkwashing
Domestic News

June 26, 2023 fwstaff
By Boston activists We are writing as queer, trans, Two Spirit, non-binary, Palestinian, Arab, Black, Indigenous, white, Latinx, and Jewish people living in the Boston area on occupied Massachusett, Wampanoag, Nipmuc, and Wabanaki lands. We […]