GLAD commends clarification on LGBTQ+ health care protections
The Biden Administration last week reinstated health care protections under the Affordable Care Act, which had been rescinded under the Trump administration, and issued a clarification making it clear that the ACA's...
Teen’s testimony helps defeat trans sports ban in NH House committee
In a 19-1 vote, New Hampshire's House Education Committee killed an anti-trans student athletics bill after transgender teenager Maëlle Jacques appeared before them, "appeal to the humanity of transgender teens highlighting...
Maine Senate approves trans shield law, bill now heads to governor’s desk
Late last week, the Maine Senate voted 21-13 to approve a bill that would protect out-of-state patients seeking gender-affirming care or abortions from states where such health care is illegal, even if...
Maine House passes transgender, reproductive rights shield law
The Maine House of Representatives last Wednesday passed a bill that would protect out-of-state patients seeking gender-affirming care or abortions from states where such health care is illegal, even if received in...
GLAD: What’s on the horizon in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality?
What’s on the horizon in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality?
As we begin the search for GLAD’s next executive director, we asked staff and...
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...
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...
Federal lawsuit challenges Vermont’s support for trans student athletes
Despite Vermont Governor Phil Scott's support for transgender student athletes — along with that of the Vermont Principals Association and other leading groups and legislators in the state — a powerful, Arizona-based...
Texas man sentenced in Boston federal court for threatening local doctor who works with...
A Texas man was sentenced last week in Boston federal court for a series of threats he made to a doctor at the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center, a program of the...
Gov. Healey nominates Gabrielle Wolohojian, experienced judge and former partner, to the state’s SJC
Governor Maura Healey yesterday nominated Massachusetts Appeals Court Associate Justice Gabrielle R. Wolohojian, who is also a former partner of the governor's, to the state's Supreme Judicial Court.
