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A message from GLAD Chief Legal Strategist Michael Johnson

We are at a pivotal time in our movement for LGBTQ rights.  I am inspired and humbled to have joined GLAD as Chief Legal Strategist...

GLAD Legal Briefs: Discussing race, disability, sexual orientation & gender ID in the classroom

Over the past year, we have seen an alarming trend in attempts to censor classroom discussions about race and LGBTQ+ issues, from bans on...

GLAD Legal Briefs: The Supreme Court Bostock ruling transformed health care rights for transgender people, but the fight to end insurance exclusions continues

Amidst the joy in finally having the Supreme Court affirm federal employment nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people in last year’s landmark Bostock v. Clayton...

GLAD Legal Briefs: Urgent action needed for LGBTQ youth in the MA child welfare system

There is increasing understanding among those who advocate for children that structural biases embedded in the child welfare system hurt youth and families, and...

GLAD Legal Briefs: Discrimination in Jury Service and Selection is an LGBTQ Justice Issue

A fundamental premise of our criminal justice system is that defendants have a right to a fair trial, including the right to be heard...

GLAD Legal Briefs: Supporting transgender youth against legislative attacks

This legislative session has brought an onslaught of bills taking aim at transgender young people across the country. Transgender youth, their families, friends and...

GLAD Legal Briefs: Protecting and celebrating our LGBTQ families no matter how we form them

This April marks 20 years since we first filed Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the landmark case that resulted in Massachusetts becoming the...

GLAD Legal Briefs: What’s in store for LGBTQ rights in 2021

A New Year and a New Administration The Trump administration unleashed a wave of attacks in the last four years targeting the entire LGBTQ community...

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