EDGE on the Net

On Apr. 11, the GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project honored three trailblazers of social justice in Massachusetts, including Lt. Governor Timothy Murray.

On March 22-23, the Hispanic Black Gay Coalition and TOD@S came together in a safe environment to discuss and address the taboos and stigma related to mental health and illness that have persisted in Black and Latino communities.

Atlanta’s "Blues for Willadean" screening brought the Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence to raise funds and awareness around issues of LGBT domestic violence.

The first domestic violence-related homicide trial of a Western Massachusetts lesbian who killed her wife is piquing media interest, not just because it features a female murderer, but also because of the lack of knowledge of domestic violence among gays.

Boston’s GMDVP has changed its name to the GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project, but continues to help the community, most recently via an icy plunge in the Boston harbor, all to raise funds for their programs.

House Republicans raised the white flag Thursday on extending domestic violence protections to gays, lesbians and transsexuals after months of resisting an expansion of the Violence Against Women Act.

A 24-year-old man from Florida apparently hit his boyfriend in the face with a plate because he listens to nothing but Alanis Morrissette.

By a robust bipartisan majority, the Senate voted Tuesday to renew the Violence Against Women Act with new assurances that gays and lesbians, immigrants and Native American women will have equal access to the act’s anti-domestic violence programs.

Senate Democrats, bolstered by Republican support, on Monday launched a new attempt to broaden a law protecting women from domestic abuse by expanding its provisions to cover gays, lesbians and Native Americans.

On New Year’s Day, Houston lesbian Belinda Espinoza shot her partner of three years, Ana Flores, and then turned the weapon on herself, in a case that highlights the issue of domestic violence in the LGBT community.