At their 22nd Annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner on October 21, the Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will honor civil rights leader Kylar Broadus, Esq. with its 2021 Spirit of Justice award. The event will be held at Boston’s Park Plaza Hotel this year; for details, visit the event’s web page.
Notes GLAD in a recent press release:
Kylar Broadus is a trailblazing transgender rights pioneer. A Black trans man, attorney, author, professor, and founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition, his legal expertise and advocacy have advanced civil rights for transgender people over decades.
Kylar, who currently sits on the board of the National Black Justice Coalition, has made substantial contributions to the work of nearly every national LGBTQ rights organization, including GLAD, and has consulted on major federal civil rights legislation, including the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Act and the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (now the Equality Act), for which he was the first out transgender person to testify before the U.S. Senate in 2012.
Join GLAD in honoring Kylar’s powerful work for the transgender community: Get your tickets today.
Through strategic litigation, public policy advocacy and education, GLAD works in New England and nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status and sexual orientation.
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