Rhode Island Governor Raimondo signs major equal parentage bill into law
At a State House ceremony on the south lawn, Governor Gina Raimondo signed the Rhode Island Uniform Parentage Act into law on July 21. The legislation updates the state’s parenting laws for...
Bay State AG Healey leads ‘almost half the US’ in suit against Trump admin...
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and two other AGS are leading a coalition of 23 state attorney generals — or "almost half of America," as PinkNews put it — in a lawsuit against...
Rhode Island house and senate pass major LGBTQ parenting legislation
Both Rhode Island's Senate and House passed legislation late last week to update the state's parenting laws for the first time in 40 years, simplifying same-sex couple's and others' path to parenting....
Fenway Health joins federal case against discriminatory health care rule
Boston-based Fenway Health has joined a broad coalition of health care providers, LGBTQIA+ advocacy groups, and patients as a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed today challenging the legality of a new rule...
Federal discrimination case filed by fired trans Dunkin’ Donuts worker
A federal civil rights discrimination lawsuit alleging harassment and job termination based on gender ID has been filed by a transgender man against a Dunkin' Donuts franchisee. The alleged incidents started at...
GLAD’s virtual summer fête to honor Stonewall Uprising vet, plus a silent auction and...
One of the favorite fund-raising fêtes of the summer, the GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) may be moving online this year due to COVID-19, but its festivities promise to be fun,...
GLAD calls SCOTUS ruling on LGBTQ workplace protections a decisive win
Mary Bonauto, civil rights project director at the Boston-based GLBTQ Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), hailed as definitive and historic Monday's US Supreme Court decision affirming protections for all LGBTQ people in the...
Two lawsuits underway against Trump admin’s revoking of LGBTQ protections in the Affordable Care...
Despite a ruling finalized late this past Friday by the US Department of Health and Human Service to revoke sexual orientation and gender ID protections from the Affordable Care Act, two lawsuits...
Department of Education weighs in against Connecticut trans athletes competing in high school sports
The Associated Press reported yesterday that a 45-page letter from US Department of Education's civil rights office finds that "Connecticut’s policy allowing transgender girls to compete as girls in high school sports...
Navy grants first waiver of transgender ban in US to sailor stationed in Mass.
A transgender military service person station in Massachusetts and serving in the US Navy has become the first in the nation to receive a waiver to continue serving since the military enacted...
