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 other supporters—including doctors, coaches...
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signs ban on ‘gay or trans panic’ defense into law
After sailing through Vermont's House and Senate earlier this year, the legislation to ban "gay or trans panic" as a legal defense for committing violent acts against LGBTQ people was signed...
Bill to ban LGBTQ+ panic defense moves to Vermont Senate vote
Vermont's bill to ban "gay or trans panic" as a legal defense for committing violent acts against LGBTQ people passed this week through the state's Senate judiciary committee on an unanimous 5–0...
Black and Pink Massachusetts launches bold legislative agenda on Beacon Hill
Black and Pink Massachusetts, the volunteer-driven nonprofit with a mission to bring social justice to the criminal punishment system, has authored several new bills on Beacon Hill addressing issues faced by LGBTQI+...
Updating gender info on RI birth certificates just got a lot easier
Transgender and nonbinary Rhode Islanders can now update their birth certificates to align with their affirmed gender through a simple form thanks to a new regulation that went into effect yesterday — which...
Connecticut Parentage Act would bring equity to LGBTQ parents
A bill aimed at updating Connecticut law to recognize both parents of a same-sex couple as the legal parents of their children just passed from the state's judiciary committee to a vote...
National leaders rally in support of Equality Act at Senate hearing today
As the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to hear witness testimony today, March 17, on the Equality Act — legislation that would modernize our nation’s civil rights laws for all while expanding to...
GLAD Legal Briefs: Protecting and celebrating our LGBTQ families no matter how we form...
This April marks 20 years since we first filed Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the landmark case that resulted in Massachusetts becoming the first state in the...
Bill to let young adults access HIV prevention and treatment filed in MA
Massachusetts State Reps. Jack Patrick Lewis and Chynah Tyler along with State Sen. Julian Cyr have filed a bill to let young adults, without parental consent, receive prescriptions for PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis protection against...
Anti-gay/trans defense bill sails through Vermont House committee
A bill to ban “gay" and "trans panic” as a legal defense for committing violent acts against LGBTQ people sailed through Vermont's House judiciary committee with unanimous support yesterday. And cosponsoring the...
