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...
Feds investigate bullying incidents in Farmington, Conn. school district
Federal investigators are looking into a complaint filed by parents of LGBTQ students in the Farmington, Connecticut school district who say school officials are not protecting their children against "chronic bullying that...
Congress members oppose SCOTUS challenge to nondiscrimination laws
Rep. David Cicilline (RI), chair of the LGBTQ+ Equality Caucus, and Rep. Chris Pappas (NH), Equality Caucus cochair, are among some 123 members of the US Congress who filed an amicus brief...
Nadine Smith of Equality Florida to be honored at GLAD’s 23rd annual Spirit of...
The Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will present their 2022 Spirit of Justice Award to Nadine Smith, cofounder and executive director of Equality Florida, at the 23rd annual Spirit of...
Massachusetts Governor Baker signs into law the bill protecting access to abortion and...
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law today sweeping legislation protecting access to abortion care and transgender health care for people across the Bay State and for residents of other states where...
US Congressman Pappas of NH co-introduces ‘Respect for Marriage Act’
US Congressman Chris Pappas of New Hampshire introduced the "Respect for Marriage Act" yesterday with his fellow leaders of the bill in the House of Representatives. Cochair of the Congressional LGBTQ+ Equality...
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...
With SCOTUS pulling back protections for individual rights, Mass. can act to protect LGBTQ...
On June 24, a majority of Justices of the US Supreme Court overturned a half-century-old precedent protecting access to abortion throughout the country. The decision will have devastating...
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...
GLAD responds to Supreme Court’s ‘shameful’ overturning of Roe v. Wade
This just in from the Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD):
“Every person in this country should be deeply alarmed by this shameful ruling, which is simply...
