Connecticut Supreme Court ruling affirms nondiscrimination statute
Last week the Connecticut Supreme Court issued its ruling in "Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities v. Edge Fitness et al.," finding that Edge Fitness violated Connecticut’s nondiscrimination statute by maintaining a separate workout...
New Hampshire parents challenge protections for trans students in NH/VT cross-border school district
An anonymous group of parents from Hanover, New Hampshire is bringing a legal challenge against their school district's policy that ensures the privacy of transgender students who don't feel comfortable sharing their...
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...
GLAD announces appointment of new chief legal strategist, Michael Johnson
After a year-long search, Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) announced they have appointed Michael Johnson to be their new chief legal strategist.
“Michael brings to GLAD...
SCOTUS hears Maine case weighing religious ‘freedom’ vs. LGBTQ rights
The US Supreme Court yesterday heard arguments in a case questioning the denial of state-funded tuition assistance to parents who want to send their kids to private religious schools in rural regions...
US Senate confirms Vermont’s Beth Robinson to be first openly LGBTQ woman on federal...
In a historic vote, the US Senate last night confirmed Vermont Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson to sit on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which hears cases from...
Senate Judiciary approves openly LGBT Vermont justice to US federal court
The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted to approve Vermont Supreme Court Associate Justice Beth Robinson to become the first openly LGBT woman to sit on a federal circuit court in the United...
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...
