Massachusetts Senate passes bill to make PrEP med available without Rx
Last week, the Massachusetts Senate took a crucial step toward ending the HIV epidemic by passing “An Act enabling pharmacists to prescribe, dispense and administer PrEP” (S.2480).
“We’re grateful...
GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders appoints interim executive director
The board of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) announced that Richard Burns will join the organization as Interim Executive Director, as current Executive Director Janson Wu steps down October 6 to...
GLAD’s 24th annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner to honor plaintiffs of landmark marriage-equality...
For their 24th annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will honor the plaintiffs who won the landmark Goodridge ruling that made Massachusetts the first state in...
Massachusetts Air Force vet sues after denial of reproductive services because she is married...
Air Force Veteran Ashley Sheffield of Massachusetts is suing the US Dept. of Veterans Affairs for denying her reproductive services because she is married to a woman, according to the Boston Globe....
GLAD Executive Director Janson Wu to step down, move to Trevor Project
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) announced late last week that Executive Director Janson Wu will leave the organization on October 6 and plans to move on to serve as the senior...
Mass. SJC unanimously rules to protect non-marital family relationships
This just in from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD):
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) cheers the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s (SJC) recent ruling in J.M. v. C.G.,...
New law ensures pathway to health care for transgender minors in Maine
A new law signed on July 11 by Maine Governor Janet Mills will allow transgender minors who have reached a minimum age of 16, have a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, and are...
SCOTUS decision ‘is not the end of efforts to push LGBTQ+ people and couples...
Despite the US Supreme Court's ruling based on a "narrow exception to a state nondiscrimination law" allowing a Colorado web designer to refuse service to LGBTQ+ people, the Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates...
Middleborough, MA middle-schooler goes to court over ‘free speech’ right to wear anti-trans slogans...
Lawyers from the Alliance Defending Freedom and the Massachusetts Family Institute have filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Middleborough, Massachusetts, seventh-grader whose school would not allow him to wear a t-shirt...
Maine lawmakers advance bill to allow gender-affirming care for teens 16 and older without...
Maine's Joint Standing Committee on Judiciary voted this week to advance legislation that would allow minors who are at least 16 to access gender-affirming hormone therapy without the consent of their parents,...
