Provincetown hosts the 7th annual Women of Color & Friends (WOC) Weekend, May 17-19. This one-of-a-kind, three-day event brings lesbians of color, their friends and supporters together from across the country.

For the last seven years, Michael Fitta has raised money for the AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run in honor of his older cousin Jack who died of AIDS in 1985. Jack was just 40 years old and living in San Francisco when he succumbed, officially, to pneumonia.

On May 3, the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and other child welfare organizations filed an amicus curiae brief with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in support of a transgender girl who experienced discrimination and harassment at her Orono school.

Celebrity Chef Taste Around, featuring Boston's exceptional chefs and hosted by Jody Adams of Rialto and TRADE.

The West Suburban Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth (WAGLY), founded in March 2011, has received a grant from Foundation for MetroWest to support its Umbrella program for transgender and gender-nonconfirming youth. The award was based on the recommendation of students in the Foundation for MetroWest Youth in Philanthropy Program at Concord Academy and was approved by the Foundation?s Board of Trustees. Youth in Philanthropy is a hands-on program that teaches students the fundamentals of grant making, giving back to the community, and the nonprofit world.

Massachusetts advocate Neal Minahan joine Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) at a meeting of the Democratic Steering Committee, which will focus on LGBT issues, Wednesday, April 10, in Washington, DC.

In celebration of Women's History Month and the launch of HUES programming in March, HBGC has released "Ladies First" a video highlighting the poise, power, pains and pleasures of contemporary LGBTQ women of color.

MassEquality announces today that it has named Rachel Wisch as its new Director of Communications.

Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University presents Barney Frank with their annual Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award, proceedings moderated by Peter Meade. Friday, April 26, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Admission is free and open to all.

The Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition is pleased to announce its fourth annual Lawyers for Transgender Rights event on Thursday, April 4 at 6 p.m. at The Estate in Boston.