ACLU files lawsuit in Boston federal court against executive order barring updates on passport...
Representing seven transgender and nonbinary people, the ACLU has filed a federal lawsuit against President Trump over his executive order "barring people from updating the sex designated on their passports," according to...
Mass. Attorney General says US Dept. of Ed investigation won’t keep trans student athletes...
After an executive order to ban transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams, the US Dept. of Education announced it would investigate the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association for a possible Title...
GLAD Law condemns executive order banning health care for trans youth
Update: Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, PFLAG and the LGBTQ+ medical association GLMA on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court to block this executive order on behalf of...
Federal judge in Boston blocks transfer of trans woman to men’s prison
A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked the transfer of an incarcerated transgender woman to a men's prison, according to Boston.com. The transfer would have come under a recent executive order from...
GLAD Law challenges Trump’s trans military ban with federal lawsuit
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) have filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging President Trump’s January...
Despite ‘hot mic’ comment, governor’s councilor supports transgender Boston Municipal Court nominee
A longstanding member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council is under criticism for an unintentionally unmuted comment he made during a virtual hearing last week of Connor Barusch, the openly transgender public defender...
Melissa DuBose sworn in as first woman of color and first LGBTQ judge on...
Melissa R. DuBose became the first woman of color and first LGBTQ+ person on the 25th US District Court for the District of Rhode Island last week.
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Parentage Act protections for LGBTQ parents enacted into Bay State law
The new year brings good news from Beacon Hill for LGBTQ parents with the enactment of the Massachusetts Parentage Act, unanimously passed by both the state's house and senate and signed into...
Northeastern Law School grad first trans attorney to argue before US Supreme Court
Massachusetts native and graduate of Northeastern University in Boston Chase Strangio is making history as the first transgender attorney to argue a case before the United States Supreme Court.
LGBTQ+ advocacy groups working hard to help trans people update legal docs before inauguration...
Many transgender people and the parents of trans youth are racing to "update birth certificates, passports and other legal documents to match their gender identity, rather than their sex assigned at birth,...
