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…
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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 LGBT Advocacy Groups Issue Guide to Same-Sex Couples After Historic Ruling on DOMA
In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision to strike down Section 3 of the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 11 national…
Lee Swislow to Retire as Executive Director of GLAD
Successful Tenure Tees Up Future for LGBT Litigation Group BOSTON, Mass. — Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders announced today that Lee Swislow, Executive Director since…
GLAD & 34 LGBT & HIV Groups Mark Pride Month with Joint Statement on HIV/AIDS
Executive Directors Urge Broader LGBT Movement to Re-engage in Fight to End the Epidemic BOSTON, Mass. — As Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month…
First National Give OUT Day Benefits Local Nonprofits
Nine local LGBTQ organizations raised money and awareness By: Lauren Walleser/TRT Reporter— Give OUT Day—the first national initiative to mobilize donors across the country to…
Nine Boston Nonprofits Participate in 1st Ever National Giving Day Campaign for LGBTQ Community
BOSTON, Mass. – Nine local nonprofit organizations will participate in Give OUT Day, the very first national initiative to mobilize thousands of donors across the…
GLAD Applauds R.I. Senate Committee Vote on Marriage for Same-sex Couples
Ocean State poised to become 10th marriage equality state, final New England state BOSTON, Mass. — Today, in a bipartisan vote of 7 to 4, Rhode Island’s…
LGBT Groups Challenge Medicare’s Refusal to Provide Healthcare to Transgender Patients
Last week, several national LGBT groups and a cooperating attorney filed an administrative challenge to Medicare’s ban on medically necessary healthcare for transgender patients. Medicare,…
High Court on DOMA: Exclusion and Animus, Blame on Obama
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Today’s argument in the U.S. Supreme Court over the Defense of Marriage Act sounded at times as if President Obama…
Discrimination the “Very Purpose” of DOMA, Glad & Lambda Legal Argue in Brief
Washington, DC – Lambda Legal and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in U.S. v. Windsor urging the U.S. Supreme Court…
Prop 8 Violates Constitution: Lambda Legal & GLAD Argue in Supreme Court Brief
“In effect, Prop 8 turned the state’s equal protection clause into a clause mandating unequal protection.” WASHINGTON, DC, – Lambda Legal and Gay & Lesbian Advocates &…
New Guidance for Transgender Non-Discrimination Law in Schools
BOSTON, Mass. — The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) on Feb. 15 issued comprehensive guidelines that aim to ensure Massachusetts public schools comply…
Boston and French Locals Say “Oui for Equality”
Rally held to support marriage equality and same-sex adoption in France By: Lauren Walleser/ TRT Reporter– Local LGBT and French organizations recently braved the bitter…
Boston Pride and GLAD Support ‘Oui For Equality’ Rally
LGBT organizations lend their support to French expatriates for Marriage Equality in France BOSTON, Massachusetts — Local Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community organizations Boston…
GLAD to Appeal Ruling in Case of Transgender Girl Discriminated Against at School
BOSTON, Massachusetts — Today, a Maine trial court judge dismissed the case of a transgender girl who experienced discrimination and harassment at her Orono school….
At Long Last: GLAD Celebrates Maine Marriage Victory
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is celebrating today’s ballot vote in favor of marriage equality for same-sex couples in Maine , with the passage of…
RI Ruling on Taxes Will Bring Relief to Same-Sex Bereaved Spouses
GLAD Applauds Division of Taxation Decision BOSTON, Mass. — In a move sparked by a request for declaratory ruling by Lise Iwon in regard to…
GLAD Asks High Court to Hear Pedersen DOMA Challenge
BOSTON, Mass. — Today, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) asked the Supreme Court to review Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management, a lawsuit challenging…
GLAD Hosts 30th Annual Summer Party in Provincetown with Celebrity Kate Clinton
PROVINCETOWN, Mass. – Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders will host its 30th annual Summer Party on Saturday, July 21 from 4:00 pm – 7:00 p.m….
Reverend Irene Monroe to Receive GLAD’s 2012 Spirit of Justice Award
Reverend Irene Monroe — nationally renowned African American lesbian activist, scholar and public theologian — will receive this year’s Spirit of Justice Award from Gay…
CT High Courts Says Employers Can be Liable for Anti-Gay Harassment
GLAD & CELA Applaud Ruling Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) applaud a May 4 ruling from…
First Argument Against DOMA at U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit
By: Lisa Keen & Chuck Colbert/Keen News Service– The seventh-floor courtroom of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston was…