President Biden pardons thousands of former US military service members discharged for being gay
President Joe Biden yesterday pardoned thousands of members of the US military who had received dishonorable discharges for being gay. The pardon will allow them "to apply to receive proof that their...
Varla Jean Merman to be honored at GLAD’s 43rd annual summer party
LGBTQ+ community champion and activist Varla Jean Merman, aka Jeffery Roberson, will be honored for her/his "creative and enduring role of drag in the LGBTQ+ community, organizing, and culture" by GLBTQ Legal...
RI legislature passes bill to safeguard access to trans, repro heath care
Health care providers and advocates for health care access, reproductive health, and LGBTQ+ equality praised the RI Legislature’s final passage of the “Health Care Provider Shield Act,” (S2262 Sub B, HB757 Sub...
Federal court finds NH classroom censorship law unconstitutional
A federal court ruled last week that New Hampshire’s classroom censorship law is unconstitutional. A broad coalition of educators and advocacy groups brought the challenge to the law, which actively discouraged public school teachers...
Maine Gov. Mills signs gender-affirming health care shield bill into law
Maine Governor Janet Mills yesterday signed into law a bill to protect out-of-state patients seeking gender-affirming care, and also abortions, from states where such health care is illegal, even if received in...
RI House, Senate pass trans-inclusive bills to simplify name change process
This just in from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders:
night the Rhode Island House passed “An Act Relating to Probate Practice and Procedure—Practice in Probate Courts” (H. 8155)...
Great Barrington teacher files federal suit over police search for LGBTQ book
A language arts teacher at Du Bois Regional Middle School in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, has filed a federal complaint following a police search in her classroom for a copy of the award-winning...
York, Maine school department to pay $237,500 settlement in teacher’s anti-LGBTQ discrimination case
York, Maine's school department has settled a case with York High School special education teacher Michele Figueira, who filed an anti-LGBTQ discrimination case against the department. As part of the settlement, 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...
Rhode Island Senate passes Health Care Provider Shield Act
The Rhode Island State Senate last week passed a bill that would protect medical providers from civil or criminal action when offering transgender health care and abortion services to out-of-state patients.
