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...
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What Passage of the Transgender Rights Bill Means to Senate President Rosenberg

The following guest editorial by Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg appears in the current July/August 2016 print edition of Boston Spirit magazine: After the terrible tragedy in...

Governor Baker signs trans-inclusive public accommodations bill into law

"Massachusetts is now the 1st state this year—& the 18th in the nation—to pass full #trans protections! #TransBillMA." The tweet rang out from Freedom Massachusetts...

Massachusetts Senate & House agree on final version of public accommodations law

Pending the approving signature of Governor Charlie Baker, Massachusetts may well have its legal expansion of the state's public accommodations law, which includes transgender...

Vermont passes law protecting LGBT kids from anti-conversion therapy

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin recently signed into law the prohibition of licensed professionals who counsel minors from attempting to “change” the sexual orientation or gender identity...

Massachusetts House sweepingly passes transgender public accommodations bill

The Massachusetts House of Representatives brought the transgender public accommodations bill one step closer to becoming state law today, June 1, with an overwhelmingly supportive...

Massachusetts Senate passes bill to include protections for transgender people

With an overwhelming majority—33-4—the Massachusetts Senate passed a long-awaited bill to ensure that transgender people have the same rights to public accommodations as everyone else in the Bay State. "The...

Bay State Senate voting today on anti-discrimation public accommodations bill

The Massachusetts Senate and House are voting today, May 12, on a bill that would prohibit discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations, including sports...

Mass ACLU files civil rights lawsuit against college on behalf of rebuked professor

The Bay State branch of the ACLU is backing tenured professor Lauren Barthold against her employer, Gordon College, which strongly disciplined Barthold for speaking out...

Civil rights advocates and activists celebrated at annual LGBTQ bar association dinner

New England's own Elyse Cherry—CEO of Boston Community Capital and generous philanthropist and advocate for civil rights, economic justice, and full equality for women—is...

Boston city council passes travel ban to protest anti-LGBT legislation in North Carolina

Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim asked the city to stand up against the recent LGBT discrimination legislation in North Carolina and the city council agreed...

HRC president calls for appointment of first openly LGBT Supreme Court Justice

Tapping Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and a host of other highly qualified legal minds across the country, Chad Griffin, president of the Human...

GLAD prevails in precedent-setting civil and religious rights case

When Matthew Barrett applied to be Fontbonne Academy’s food services director, he wasn’t looking to set an historic precedent in civil rights law. But...
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