“We are witnessing bare-knuckled legislative attacks on transgender youth
and reproductive freedom in states across the nation.”
The Changing Face of Pride, Joan Ilacqua, Boston Globe, June 9, 2022.
“We believe LGBTQ+ history should be cared for by, and made available to, the LGBTQ+ community.”
“Queer Materials in Queer Hands” panel celebrates the archival inheritance of LGBTQ+ history, Joseph Brant, The Huntington News, October 23, 2023.
“The community … was interested in safety, visibility, overturning laws that harassed gay people —
which [in 1971] included Puritan-era statutes against same-sex activity.”
Pride Marches Back Through Boston After Tumultuous Hiatus, Ryan H. Doan-Nguyen & Jack R. Trapanick, Harvard Crimson, June 25, 2023.
“You don't have to go away to the big city to be part of the queer community.”
Why more Pride parades are popping up in Massachusetts' small cities, Hanna Reele, GBH News, May 31, 2023
“This isn’t a debate — it’s an attack on the existence of trans and queer people.”
Long Live Boston’s Drag Brunch, Nathan Tavares, Eater, April 14, 2023.
“I think it's terrible in this political climate that there is not one organization that is bringing queer people together to be able to rally around rights for trans people, for trans youth in particular, for education on LGBTQ history and culture, for reproductive rights. I think that's a tragedy.”
A walk down the block: Stepping into the Boston Pride past and present in the South End, Paris Alston, GBH News, June 8, 2022.
“We were like low-rent Kennedys in Hyannis.”
Joan Ilacqua likes to mix history and cocktails (and mouse ears) on vacation, Juliet Pennington, Boston Globe, August 27, 2020.