GLAD Urges 1st Circuit to Affirm Medically Necessary Care for Transgender Prisoner
BOSTON, Mass.—Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, GLAD, submitted a brief today to the First Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Kosilek v. Spencer,…
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GLAD Applauds Portsmouth Discrimination Protections for Transgender Citizens
PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire —Last night, by a vote of 9-0, Portsmouth’s City Council passed a resolution directing the city manager to adopt a non-discrimination policy to…
BCC CEO, Elyse Cherry, to Receive Fenway’s Love Award
BOSTON, Mass.—Fenway Health is proud to present Elyse Cherry, co-founder and CEO of Boston Community Capital (BCC), with the Dr. Susan M. Love Award, according…
Exclusive to TRT: LGBT Groups & Veterans to Walk in Peace Parade
Mayor Marty Walsh will not participate in the traditional St. Patrick’s Parade due to its exclusionary practices BOSTON, Mass. — February 14, 2014 — Lesbian,…
Holder Gay Marriage Benefits Announcement Scrutinized
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told a Human Rights Campaign audience in New York Saturday that, beginning Monday, he “will…
Major Transgender Victory in Maine
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— In an historic first, a state high court ruled yesterday that a male-to-female transgender student who was accepted by school…
Federal Appeals Court Rules for GID
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service—A federal appeals court Friday affirmed a district judge’s order that a state prison violated the constitutional rights of a prisoner…
LGBT Legal Activists Praise Holder Announcement
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— LGBT legal activists applauded an announcement by U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Friday that the federal government will recognize marriage…
GLAD Lauds CT Insurance Dept. Bulletin on Health Coverage for Transgender Patients
BOSTON, Mass.—Today, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders praised the Connecticut Insurance Department for issuing a bulletin directing all health insurers operating in the state…
GLAD’s Mary Bonauto Speaking About Ten Years of Goodridge
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter— BOSTON, Mass.—On the same day the governor signed legislation making same-sex marriages legal in Illinois and the Catholic bishop of…
Tenth Anniversary of Goodridge – The Rocky Start of It All
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service— It was not the start of the marriage equality movement, but it has proven to be its watershed moment: November…
GLAD Honors SJC Chief Justice Margaret Marshall
By: Chuck Colbert /TRT Reporter— November marks the tenth anniversary of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruling that made the state the first in…
Gay Domestic Violence Survivor, Denied Reconstructive Surgery, Charges Org. with Discrimination
GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders File Briefs in MCAD Hearing BOSTON, Mass.—The GLBTQ Domestic Violence Project (GLBTQ-DVP) and Gay &…
LGBTQ History Month & Coming Out Day: Some of Our Leaders’ Insights
How they view our realities and what they’re doing to move the struggles forward By: Nicole Lashomb/TRT Editor-in-Chief— The Rainbow Times asked questions to many…
GLAD Joins Other Orgs. in Marking National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
BOSTON, Mass.—On September 27 in support of National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has joined hundreds of organizations and individuals in…
New Website Offers Legal Information to LGBTQ & HIV Positive Youth in New England
BOSTON, Mass.—Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has launched a new website to empower young LGBTQ and HIV positive people in New England with…
GLAD Introduces GLAD Answers, Information & Referral Service for LGBTQs
BOSTON, Mass.—Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders today unveiled “GLAD Answers,” an updated version of its venerable Legal InfoLine. GLAD Answers is an information and…
GLAD Expands Transgender Rights Project
Adds Staff Attorney Zack M. Paakkonen BOSTON, Mass.—Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is pleased to announce the addition of Staff Attorney Zack M. Paakkonen,…
GLAD Cheers Implementation of Marriage Equality in Rhode Island
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — With Rhode Island’s marriage equality law set to take effect Aug. 1, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) extended congratulations to the same-sex…
Immigration after DOMA: A Forum for the LGBT Community
BOSTON, Mass.—No one may have been waiting more anxiously for the end of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) than bi-national, same-sex couples. DOMA made…
GLAD’s Spirit of Justice Award Dinner Honors Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall
The Award Event Marks 10th Anniversary of Goodridge Decision BOSTON, Mass.—Ten years after the Supreme Judicial Court’s decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health…
National Reactions to DOMA & Prop 8 Decisions – Updated
The Supreme Court of the United States has spoken. The people and our LGBT leaders and allies are now speaking back. Their reactions below show…
Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decision Rally or Vigil: Nationwide Rallies Also Planned
[Nationwide, members of the LGBTQ community and their allies will be rallying after the U.S. Supreme Court announces its decision of DOMA and Proposition 8…