Tag: LGBTQ
PC students, staff accuse college of LGBTQ+ discrimination; college to release...
PROVIDENCE – More than 600 Providence College students, faculty, staff, department heads and alumni signed a formal letter sent to The Rev. Kenneth R....
RIF awards $250K in grants to help house residents, support LGBTQ+...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Foundation recently distributed $250,000 in total grants to various nonprofit organizations both helping local residents stay warm during the...
Blue Cross earns top score in Corporate Equality Index
PROVIDENCE – Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island has received a score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2023-24 Corporate...
LGBTQ+ people face unique obstacles in retirement
While preparing for retirement can be difficult for anyone, LGBTQ+ Americans face unique challenges that can cast a shadow over their golden years. For...
Stop & Shop, Youth Pride cut ribbon on new food pantry
PROVIDENCE – Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. and Youth Pride Inc. on June 13 cut the ribbon on a new food pantry to help...
R.I. digital career platform selected as finalist in U.S. Department of...
PROVIDENCE – The founders of Wingspans operate on a simple mantra: “If you can see if, you can be it.”
To promote this concept, the...
Five Questions With: Rachel Miller
Rachel Miller | President, Providence City Council
1. You identify as a queer woman and are the first LGBTQ council president in city history. What...
Holistic physical therapist takes root in Providence
For Amy E. Smith, physical therapy is about much more than getting over a physical injury. It’s about fostering a relationship with the client,...
Five Questions With: Stephen D. Zubiago
Stephen D. Zubiago | CEO and managing partner, Nixon Peabody LLP
1. In your new role as CEO and managing partner of Nixon Peabody,...
Lotus Noire provides ‘culturally competent’ medical services
Temperance Taylor’s mission stems from problems she has seen and experienced in medical treatment as a Black single mom and family nurse practitioner.
Taylor recalled...