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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US Supreme Court affirms continuation of ACA coverage for HIV prevention and other life-saving meds

The US Supreme Court late last week issued its ruling in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc. upholding the authority of the US Preventive Services Task Force...

MA AG Campbell still committed to inclusive education following SCOTUS’s anti-LGBTQ+ school curriculum ruling

Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following statement in response to ruling of the Supreme Court of the United States in Mahmoud,...

Maine legislature rejects eight bills targeting trans student athletes

The Maine state legislature rejected eight bills last week that targeted transgender student athletes, the transgender community and the Maine Human Rights Act. A...

GLAD Law: SCOTUS ruling has ‘no impact’ in states supporting health care for trans youth

Voices decrying the US Supreme Court's harmful 6–3 ruling denying gender-affirming health care for youth in Tennessee are many and scathing, from US Senators...

Trump admin files motion for removal from NH lawsuit challenging their own ban on trans athletes

The Trump administration has filed a motion in federal court seeking removal from a New Hampshire lawsuit challenging their own executive order banning transgender...

SCOTUS restores voting power of Maine state rep. who targeted trans high school athletes on social media

After Maine State Rep. Laurel Libby deadnamed and posted pictures of transgender student athletes on social media, the Maine House of Representatives censured Libby...

Bellwether of LGBTQ+ Rights: GLAD Law’s Jennifer Levi sees the way forward

“GLAD Law anticipated that the Trump administration would immediately begin rolling back protections for LGBTQ+ people,” said Jennifer Levi, senior director of transgender and...

Plaintiffs argue DC Circuit must address whether transgender military ban is based on hostility or ‘animus’

Last week, the plaintiffs in Talbott filed a letter brief with the DC Circuit Court of Appeals responding to yesterday’s Supreme Court order in the related Shilling case and alerting...

Trump admin. settles with Maine over trans-athlete-dispute funding freeze

The Trump administration agreed to settle a legal battle over its efforts to punish Maine Governor Janet Mills for upholding Maine state law by...

Harvard Medical School researcher sues NIH for cutting LGBTQ study grant

A Harvard Medical School associate professor, whose work spans more than 15 years of research related to LGBTQ+ health, is suing NIH for terminating...

Federal judge in Massachusetts blocks Trump admin. policy denying gender marker changes on passports, for now

Massachusetts' US District Judge Julia Kobick granted a preliminary injunction to stop the Trump administration from banning US citizens from changing their gender markers,...

Maine Governor Janet Mills pushes back against Trump administration lawsuit over transgender athletes

In response to the Trump administration's filing of a lawsuit last week to punish the state of Maine for refusing to ban female transgender...
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The Boston Red Sox hosted their annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night when the Sox took on the Colorado Rockies at Fenway Park. The evening kicked...
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Bay State printer sued for swapping wedding program with hate pamphlets

A Massachusetts printing company is being sued for sending out hateful, anti-LGBT pamphlets in place of wedding programs ordered for the nuptials of a...
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Prince William speaks out for LGBT rights

Heir to the English throne Prince William spoke out against LGBT bullying last week during a visit to the Hammersmith Academy, a school for 11-18 year olds...
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Elder revelers and friends filled the ballroom for the annual “Siver Party” Boston Pride tea dance, sponsored by the LGBT Senior Pride Coalition.