GLAD Law on Pentagon’s complete ban on transgender military service
The Boston-based GLBTQ+ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) last week released the following statement of the executive order banning transgender people from military service:
Last night, in keeping...
LGBTQ+ services supported in Connecticut House emergency bill
The state House of Representatives in Connecticut voted last week in support of emergency legislation in response to "President Donald J. Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants and LGBTQ services, including gender-affirming care."
GLAD Law, public health advocates urge US Supreme Court to protect HIV-protection access in...
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) and partners are urging the US Supreme Court to uphold no-cost access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and other critical preventive health care services in an...
US appeals court denies challenge to MA school district’s gender ID policy
A lawsuit filed against a Massachusetts school district for not notifying a student's parents their child identified as genderqueer has been denied by a US appeals court. The case challenged the school...
NH students, families challenge Trump’s executive order against trans girls playing on sports teams
Two students and their families, represented by GLAD Law of Boston and the ACLU of New Hampshire, are challenging the Trump administration's executive orders aimed at banning transgender girls and women from...
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...
