The Honorable Eric H. Holder Jr, 82nd Attorney General of United States, accepted GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders’ Spirit of Justice Award at GLAD’s annual fundraising gala in Boston, where Holder urged the crowd of 1,000 advocates to “keep standing up, keep speaking out, keep resisting.” The annual event this year raised $890,000 to support GLAD’s work fighting for LGBTQ equality through litigation, legislation and education. Attendees also heard from Dylan Kohere, an 18-year-old freshman at University of New Haven who has been barred from enrolling in ROTC because of President Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the military. Kohere is a plaintiff in GLAD’s lawsuit, Doe v. Trump, that challenges the ban. In early November, a federal district court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs and enjoined the ban.
