DOJ’s attempt to dismiss trans Air Force servicemembers’ case denied, GLAD Law reps plaintiffs

Last week, the US Court of Federal Claims denied a Department of Justice motion to dismiss claims by 17 transgender servicemembers who had received retirement orders from the US Air Force...

Dell EMC settles former transgender employee’s hostile workplace claim

Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based computer storage company Dell EMC received a perfect score on HRC's 2016 workplace equality index. It also was named one of the top...

Boston-based GLAD and lesbian rights center move to block Trump’s ban against trans military service people

President Trump turned his harassing Tweets against transgender US military service people into official Pentagon policy on August 25, signing an order that would...

GLAD, NCLR file federal suit against Trump’s transgender military ban

Today, lawyers from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District...

Provincetown Monument hosts GLAD’s 36th annual summer party July 29

With its gorgeous view of Provincetown Harbor from the beautiful grounds of the Pilgrim Monument, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders' (GLAD) annual summer...

Rhode Island senate approves bill banning conversion therapy

The Rhode Island Senate last night voted 31–1 to pass a bill, sponsored by Senator Donna Nesselbush, to prohibit licensed mental health providers from...

Bay State marriage central to wedding cake baker’s SCOTUS appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review a Colorado court victory for David Mullins and Charlie Craig, who married in Massachusetts, after a bakery denied...

Federal court: Civil Rights Act protects LGBT workers

‘‘Who will be hurt if gays and lesbians have a little more job protection?’’ The answer in a Chicago federal appeals courts was no one....

Two big setbacks for LGBT rights in Granite State

The New Hampshire House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee voted 13-8 this past week to hold back a bill that would have banned conversion...

Study shows discrimination against trans apt seekers in Boston

"Discrimination with a smile." That's how a new study by researchers at Suffolk Law School describes what transgender apartment seekers in Greater Boston face. Even...

Anti-conversion therapy bill brings Rhode Island closer to statewide ban

If the Prevention of Conversion Therapy for Children Act is passed, licensed medical practitioners would be prohibited from practicing "a range of dangerous and discredited...

Five New England states protected from trans-rights rollback in public schools

The Trump White House's decision to rescind federal nondiscrimination protections for transgender students will have no impact on Massachusetts public schools, says Freedom Massachusetts. Massachusetts is...

Boston Living Center closes chapter on embezzlement case

The Boston Living Center received some closure after Judge Robert Tochka of the Boston Municipal Court ruled last month that no violation of probation had...

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Massive wall mural in Providence honors local+ LGBTQ leaders

A massive outdoor mural recently completed by internationally renowned artist Brian Kenny to honor LGBTQ community leaders is turning heads in Upper South Providence....

GLAD’s Mary Bonauto reflects on 20th anniversary of marriage equality in MA

Twenty years ago today , the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued its watershed decision in GLAD’s case Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, making Massachusetts...

NoWoCo Pride Festival

The vibe was casual cool as hundreds of LGBTQ+ “ladies, gentlemen and all those in between,” in the words of Emcee Mizery, came out...

On SCOTUS upholding marriage equality: GLAD Law ‘will continue fighting every day’

After the US Supreme Court denied the request to revisit marriage equality earlier this week, Mary Bonauto, senior director of civil rights and legal...