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...
Boston Mayor Wu announces new Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced the creation of a new Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement yesterday to "empower, protect and promote the rights, dignity and advancement of Boston's LGBTQ+ residents," state a May...
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 teaching the history...
There’s no place like (Mount Pleasant) home for seven LGBT seniors
The concerns for losing one’s independence later in life are pretty universal for older adults, but those who are LGBTQ hold even greater worries. At the top...
South Coast LGBTQ+ Network to put whole community under one roof
For Jackson, a transgender teenager from Westport, Massachusetts, just thinking about the South Coast LGBTQ+ Network's community center slated to open its doors toward the end of this...
GLAD Legal Briefs: The Supreme Court Bostock ruling transformed health care rights for transgender...
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 County ruling, many...
We’re still here: Long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS still fighting for their rights
Throughout history, a number of major events have defined and profoundly shaped the LGBTQ community. Some of these landmark events are positive, such as the 2016 Supreme...
‘Scaled down’ First Event to return to Boston Park Plaza, January 14–15
Presented by the Trans Club of New England, First Event is one of the largest and longest-running transgender conferences in the world. After taking a break in 2021, the conference is returning...
‘Queers of Greater Portland’ connects LGBTQ community of Southern Maine
American Sign Language interpreter and photographer Kyle Warnock reinvented his career during last year's pandemic lockdown to create the website "Queers of Greater Portland," which documents and connects LGBTQ people in Southern...
First residents move into new home for LGBT asylum seekers in Worcester, MA
The Worcester, Mass.–based LGBT Asylum Task Force opened the doors of its new triple-decker residence over Thanksgiving weekend, and the first residents moved in. Asylum seekers in the US are not allowed...
