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Allison Rowley recently founded Rowley Wrench, an organization that offers free car-care education workshops.

The Bolton Babe Force, an all-female and nonbinary sports group, wrapped up their mountain biking camp this past July. 

Burlington doesn’t have a dedicated gay bar. Pop-up events like Dyke Night and Queer Country Line Dance fill that gap.

Here are four groups across the state that are fighting for a safer, more just Vermont.

“Story Theater” sees itself as a creative oasis

Protesters described the event as anti-trans and the speakers as unqualified.

“It’s a really gut-wrenching situation for all the parties involved,” said the commission’s executive director.

The salon’s next gender-affirming haircut event is Oct. 6.

Founded in 1989, Outright Vermont is a community based center that supports young people through leadership development.

“What does it hurt to do this? What if you’re a student who, for the first time, is getting a period, and you forgot something?” said the bill sponsor.

On Oct. 13, Colchester High School students flooded the hallways to witness the Grand Bathroom Opening Ceremony.

The Sisterhood of the Dreaded Elevator Pitch is a free, interactive workshop for anyone who identifies as women to help them navigate some of the most intimidating aspects of running a business.

The group’s numbers have expanded to 150 women. “I was all by myself for 30 years, fly fishing,” one co-founder said. No longer.

Colorful flags flew, pop music filled the air and kids leaped through the greenery trying to puncture drifting bubbles as Pride celebrations enveloped Winooski’s Rotary Park in a rainbowy display of community and performances earlier this month.

A small group of folks made a series of weekly trips around the New North End this past winter to remove the stickers — often found on signs or poles — and the effort is set to pick back up this summer.

H.45 proposes a specific protection many might not be familiar with: protection from abusive litigation.

With the rise of politicized medical procedures in recent years, some liberal-majority legislatures like Vermont’s are trying to protect patients who receive reproductive and gender-affirming care — and their providers.

House Democrats’ latest push for a paid leave bill comes with a new addition: It would provide paid time off for people experiencing sexual or domestic violence. 

Almost 70% of registered voters in Winooski cast ballots this election.