Navigating the world of work can be enormously challenging for members of the transgender community, and changing jobs is especially tricky. Nationwide, transgender people are twice as likely to be unemployed as cisgender adults (whose gender identity corresponds with their sex assigned at birth), and they make a third less money, with a much smaller...Read More
January 2023. While the COVID-19 pandemic delayed plans into the western part until this past year, the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce’s membership base now exceeds 450 members — 150 of which are based in western Massachusetts, according to Grace Moreno, executive director of the chamber. In the coming year, she has a goal to...Read More
November 2023. Easthampton is now home to the Western Massachusetts branch of the LGBT Chamber of Commerce. The new office opened Thursday. The LGBT Chamber of Commerce extends statewide chamber services to LGBTQ+ businesses in Massachusetts.Read More
October 2022. A community conversation centered on supporting LGBTQ+ businesses was held in Easthampton Wednesday evening. The event was put on by Commonwealth Corporation. Attendees told 22News they wanted to get advice from business leaders within this community, in an effort to grow their establishments.Read More
June 2022. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade sent shockwaves through the LGBTQ community that other rights — like gay marriage — could be the next to go. Grace Moreno, CEO of the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce, said it’s clear to her the court might rollback of legal protections for gay...Read More
