Juniper Brown is a 20-year-old pre-veterinary medicine student and drag queen performing under the name Lady Guinea Pinks. They have long been engaged in queer advocacy while also serving as a Young ...

From Boston Common to nearby suburbs, here’s where and when rallies are scheduled for March 28’s “No Kings” protests. Deb Colburn, center, joined the crowd in cheering for U.S. Senators Elizabeth ...

Amid singing the remix of reprises from the show (in addition to his own song, "Purse First," which was added when he stepped into the role), Bob The Drag Queen got very emotional. He told his ...

This past winter has kept Bostonians busy with their snow shovels, as two major storms in January and February blanketed the city in heavy snow. With 62.5 inches so far, it has been Boston's snowiest ...

Ariel Messman-Rucker is an Oakland-born journalist who now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. When she’s not writing about politics and queer pop culture, she can be found reading, hiking, or ...

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Viola M. (Goudreau) Jacques, 97, died peacefully on Thursday, February 19, 2026, in Leominster Hospital, surrounded by her family. Viola was born in Fitchburg on May 11, 1928, a daughter of the late ...

The Blizzard of 2026 left more than three feet of snow in parts of Massachusetts Monday and caused widespread power outages. Southeastern Massachusetts was hit the hardest. Snow was falling there at a ...

Maxi Shield, widely recognized for competing on “RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under,” has died at 51. The announcement came from fellow drag queen and friend Vanity, who wrote on Instagram, “It’s with the ...

Set in rural Ireland, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, a riveting Drama Desk and Tony Award winning play is a brilliant black comedy by award winning Irish playwright Martin McDonagh about the intensely ...

For drag queen Coco Bardot, this year’s Black History Month started early. “My first event was on the 29th, because we were like, ‘Let’s just go ahead and start it early!’ We’re gonna co-opt January,” ...

This week, we wrapped up Season 18’s Rate-A-Queen talent show. Some queens showed that savvy strategy can outweigh a mid performance, but others *cough* Jane Don’t *cough* proved that reality TV ...