GLAD is Now GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders
BOSTON—Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), the precedent-setting legal organization that has fought for LGBTQ and HIV rights for nearly 40 years, is announcing…
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LGBT, Racial Equality & Health Groups File Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court
Brief Challenges Texas Abortion Restrictions Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and a coalition of 13 other LGBT, racial justice, and health equity organizations…
Updated:Barnstable Sued for Blocking Legal, Life-Saving Needle Distribution Program
UPDATE (original report below): Today after a hearing, the Barnstable Superior Court (MA) enabled the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod (ASGCC) to continue its…
ME High Court Cites Obergefell in Confirming State Anti-Marriage Law Has No Effect
Stating there is no “sufficient … doubt” about the validity of a same-sex couple’s marriage from the date of its celebration, the Maine Supreme Judicial…
Mutual of Omaha Denies Gay Man on Truvada Care Insurance
GLAD Files First-of-its-Kind Lawsuit Against the insurance company BOSTON, Mass.—Today, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed a claim with the Massachusetts Commission Against…
Lawmakers, Leaders Back Equality Act, To Offer More Legal Protections
By: Sara Brown/TRT Assistant Editor— BOSTON, Mass.—Several Democrats in the House and Senate recently created a bill that would give more legal protection to LGBTQ…
Mass. Updates Process for Changing Gender Markers on Birth Certificates
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has modernized the standard and process for changing gender markers on birth certificates. As a result, proof of surgery is no…
Mass. Lags Behind Transgender Protections; Freedom Massachusetts Launches
By: Christine Nicco/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—Freedom Massachusetts, a bipartisan campaign working to ensure all people are treated fairly and equally under the law, has launched…
GLAD Calls for End to Conversion Therapy in Massachusetts
BOSTON, Mass.—Bennett Klein, Senior Attorney for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) testified today in favor of banning the destructive practice of so-called “conversion…
DOJ Declines to Weigh in on Exclusion of Transgender People from ADA Protections
Yesterday in a Statement of Interest filed in the case Blatt v. Cabela’s Retail, the Department of Justice (DOJ) declined to weigh in on the constitutionality of an…
Married Same-Sex Couples File Preliminary Injunction against Social Security in Class Action Lawsuit
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), Justice in Aging, and Foley Hoag LLP filed a motion for a preliminary injunction against the Social Security…
GLAD is Wicked Proud of Its History
BOSTON, Mass.—To celebrate the 2015 Pride season, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has produced an interactive timeline of its history at www.glad.org/about/history. “The timeline…
Hartford Public Schools to Train Principals On LGBTQQ Issues in the 2015-2016 School Year
HARTFORD, Conn.—In the 2015-2016 school year, Hartford Public Schools, in collaboration with the LGBTQQ community (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning), will train its principals on…
SCOTUS Expected to Decide on Nationwide Marriage Equality, Late in June
By: Sara Brown/TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has a chance to rule state bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, making…
LGBTQ Discrimination in the Workplace: Local Orgs. Provide Support
By: Clara Lefton/TRT Reporter— CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people has been a hot topic in the media recently after Indiana…
Legal Teams Submit Proposal to U.S. Supreme Court Regarding Oral Argument in Marriage Cases
WASHINGTON, DC—Today counsel representing all plaintiffs from the Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee marriage lawsuits submitted a proposal to the U.S. Supreme Court requesting that…
Social Security Sued for Discriminating Against Married Same-Sex Couples
BOSTON, Mass.—Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), Justice in Aging, and Foley Hoag LLP today filed a class action lawsuit, Held v. Colvin, against the Social…
Opening Brief Filed Today with SCOTUS in Marriage Equality Case of Michigan Nurses
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Lawyers for Michigan nurses April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, who seek to marry in their home state of Michigan, today filed their opening brief…
Op-Ed: MassEquality’s Commitment is to a Grander Vision
By: Various Community Organization Leaders*— [Bay Window’s editor] Sue O’Connell’s editorial on December 17, “Is it Time for MassEquality to Retire?” asks the wrong question….
GLAD Appoints Janson Wu, as its New ED
BOSTON, Mass.—Janson Wu, Deputy Director and Senior Staff Attorney for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), has been appointed the organization’s new executive director….
New Regulations Make it Easier to Change Gender Designations on RI Birth Certificates
PROVIDENCE, RI—New vital records regulations, filed Wednesday, October 22, will modernize Rhode Island’s birth certificate policies to allow transgender people to obtain accurate gender designations…
Rhode Island: GLAD Sues SSA for Denying Survivor Benefits to Disabled Lesbian Widow
BOSTON, Mass.—Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed suit today against the Social Security Administration (SSA) in U.S. District Court for the District of…
Walmart Denies Lesbian Employee Spousal Health Coverage; GLAD Sues on Her Behalf
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has filed a charge of discrimination against Walmart with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) on behalf of…