Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has joined with lawmakers and other members of the LGBTQ+ community to mark Pride Month. Healey, America’s first lesbian governor, oversaw the raising of the Pride flag on the Statehouse lawn on Wednesday.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey , left, joins with lawmakers and members of the LGBTQ community Wednesday, June 5, 2024, to mark Pride Month in front of the State House in Boston. Healey, one of America’s first two openly lesbian elected governors, took the opportunity to oversee the raising of the Pride flag on the Statehouse lawn. The ceremony marked the 20th anniversary of the legalization of same-sex marriage in Massachusetts , the first state to allow the unions. Massachusetts Gov.
“We are facing a situation where too many are looking to take away important, hard-won rights and freedoms,” said Healey, the state’s former attorney general. “These are freedoms. Equal treatment under the law is something that is in our United States Constitution.”Hospital operator Steward Health Care files for bankruptcy protection
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