Maine transgender woman files first-known discrimination claim against an assisted living facility
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) filed a discrimination case with the Maine Human Rights Commission on behalf of a 78-year-old woman denied a room by Sunrise Assisted Living in Jonesport,...
SCOTUS to hear anti-LGBTQ case against Boston City Hall’s flag policy
As the US Supreme court returns to the bench today, one of their upcoming cases involves a backlash against the LGBTQ Pride flag flying over Boston City Hall.
GLAD Legal Briefs: Urgent action needed for LGBTQ youth in the MA child welfare...
There is increasing understanding among those who advocate for children that structural biases embedded in the child welfare system hurt youth and families, and that these harms fall...
MA AG Healey leads 20-state coalition defending anti-discrimination law
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is leading a coalition of 20 state attorneys general in filing a legal brief that supports Virginia's anti-discrimination law. That law is being challenged in a case...
‘Trailblazing’ trans rights pioneer to be GLAD’s 2021 Spirit of Justice honoree
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...
Exclusion of jurors based on sexual orientation prohibited, MA SJC finds
For the first time, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court "made explicit that the state and federal constitutions prohibit the exclusion of individuals from a jury simply because of their sexual orientation," writes...
Federal Court lets BAGLY’s health care anti-discrimination case go forward
A US federal court has allowed the Boston Alliance of LGBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY) to continue their case challenging a rule by the previous (Trump/Pence) Administration aimed at undermining health care nondiscrimination protections...
First two transgender women of color begin teaching at Harvard Law School
This month, Anya Marino and Alejandra Caraballo became the first two transgender women of color to teach at Harvard Law School, according to a report in The 19th.
New Hampshire makes it easier to update gender ID on driver’s licenses
New Hampshire's Division of Motor Vehicle's has simplified the process of correcting one's gender marker on a driver’s license or state ID. Now, they're no longer requiring a health care provider to...
GLAD Summer Party virtual event now on Wednesday evening, August 11
A virtual interactive event for GLAD's 40th annual Summer Party has been scheduled for this Wednesday, August 11, at 5 p.m. GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders) had to move online its live...
