Maine high school teacher sues school dept. over homophobic harassment
A high school teacher in Brewer, Maine has filed a suit against her school department because of a "campaign of harassment" launched over her support of LGBTQ students.
GLAD to honor Byllye Avery and Ngina Lythcott at Summer Party in P’town
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will honor Byllye Avery and Ngina Lythcott, renowned national leaders for reproductive justice, civil rights, and health equity, and noted civic leaders in Provincetown, at its...
Bay State AG joins call to restore ACA health care protections for transgender people...
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea J. Campbell announced yesterday that she is joining 17 other state attorneys general across the US in an effort to reverse a Trump-era elimination of nondiscrimination protections for...
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...
ACLU of Massachusetts files lawsuit defending LGBTQ counter protestors
The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts has filed a free speech lawsuit supporting two LGBTQ counter protesters at a gathering aimed at stopping town officials in Swampscott, Mass. from flying the...
RI Senate passes bill to ease name change process for LGBTQ+ people
On May 7, Rhode Island's State Senate passed “An Act Relating to Probate Practice and Procedure—Practice in Probate Courts” (S. 2667) — a bill championed by advocates for LGBTQ+ people and survivors...
The geopolitics of being Brittney Griner: Where is the LGBTQ+ support?
WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner was arrested a week before Russia invaded Ukraine.
On February 17, the Russian Federal Customs Service detained Griner at Sheremetyevo International Airport for allegedly...
Massachusetts Senate advances bill to repeal archaic anti-sodomy laws
In response to the threat to a broad range of privacy protections posed by the US Supreme Court with the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the Massachusetts Senate unanimously voted last Thursday...
Boston-based GLAD co-represents plaintiffs in Alabama anti-trans law
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is co-representing the plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit to stop a newly signed anti-transgender law in Alabama from going into effect. The law would impose...
North Brookfield agrees to not block future Pride events as part of lawsuit settlement...
The town of North Brookfield, Mass. has stripped its Select Board of approval power for future events in local parks as part of a settlement in a recent lawsuit filed by the...
