Despite long anti-LGBTQ voting record as state senator, McCaffrey appointed RI district court judge
The former Senate majority leader, who has opposed every bill to protect LGBT Rights since 1995—including the anti-sodomy laws, marriage equality along with hate crime and reproductive rights legislation—has been given a...
ME anti-trans student referendum may have enough signatures for ballot vote
The group behind an effort to ban transgender students from sports teams and private spaces in Maine claims they've gathered more than the 82K signatures required to get a statewide ballot question...
Feds now investigating transgender cheerleader on co-ed team in Maine
The US Department of Education is investigating the Newport School District in Maine because a transgender athlete is competing on a "girls" cheerleading team. Reports the Portland Press Herald, "the superintendent of...
GLAD Law: DC Circuit hears arguments against Trump’s trans military ban
WASHINGTON, DC—A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today heard oral arguments in Talbott v. USA (formerly Talbott v. Trump), a case on behalf of 30 transgender service members...
Rhode Island AG leads AG coalition suing HHS over anti-trans funding cuts
Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha is leading up a coalition of a dozen US state attorney generals in a lawsuit against the US Department of Health and Human Services, arguing...
Vermont lawmakers introduce bill that would fund federally cut gender-affirming health care
Newly introduced legislation in the Vermont state house would provide funds to offset federal cuts aimed at health care providers of gender-affirming services. Reports Edge Media Network:
Vermont lawmakers...
GLAD Law: Ensuring nondiscrimination laws continue to do their job
GLAD Law is in federal court representing Lillian Bernier, a transgender woman who works nights in a manufacturing plant operated by Turbocam, Inc.
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New Hampshire GOP lawmakers reprise anti-LGBTQ-inclusive education efforts
Despite a gubernatorial veto and rejections from federal courts in 2025, New Hampshire Republican legislators are trying again this year to restrict LGBTQ-inclusion in education through legislation.
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Federal judge lets MA parent opt child out of LGBTQ-, ‘DEI’-inclusive lessons
The father of a Lexington, Massachusetts kindergartner who sued the town’s school district over the inclusion of books with LGBTQ- and DEI-inclusive themes — claiming they conflicted with his religious values —...
Five New England states join 19-state coalition challenging federal attack on gender-affirming health care
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell joined a coalition of 19 other states in suing the Trump Administration to ensure that the US Department of Health and Human Services cannot unlawfully threaten providers...
