Vermont’s first openly trans state legislator, Rep. Taylor Small, gets engaged at White House
Right after President Biden signed the Respect for Marriage Act into law last week, Vermont's first openly transgender state legislator, State Rep. Taylor Small, and her partner, Carsen Russell, both attendees of...
GLAD applauds SCOTUS denial to review anti-LGBTQ parenting case
Boston-based GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders) applauded the US Supreme Court's denial to review a petition this week that would have discriminated against the right of same-sex spouses to appear on...
Congressman Chris Pappas of New Hampshire, fiancé Vann Bentley marry
US Rep. Chris Pappas of New Hampshire and his fiancé Vann Bentley recently announced they've officially tied the knot.
Reelected in 2022, Pappas became the first openly gay...
GLAD Legal Briefs: Protecting and celebrating our LGBTQ families no matter how we form...
This April marks 20 years since we first filed Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the landmark case that resulted in Massachusetts becoming the first state in the...
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...
Boston College students call for university to address Vatican’s statement against LGBTQ civil unions
Boston College's undergraduate GLBTQ+ Leadership Council (GLC) issued a petition in solidarity against the Vatican's recent statement opposing same-sex civil unions. The petition calls for the private, Jesuit university to "clarify their...
Couple hikes up Vermont mountain in wedding dresses to wed at summit
Alicia and Crystal Blakely hiked up to the 4,083-foot summit of Vermont's Camel's Hump mountain in their wedding dresses to marry each other against a backdrop of stunning fall foliage in late...
NH Log Cabin chair continues push for GOP to recognize marriage equality
Newly elected chair of the New Hampshire Log Cabin Republicans Dan Innis told WMUR TV-9 in a recent interview that he'll continue to push his party to recognize marriage equality — or...
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 the first U.S. state where same-sex couples could...
Cicilline calls to lift ban on embassies even ‘discussing’ marriage equality
US Congressman David Cicilline of Rhode Island joined fellow House Foreign Affairs Committee Members Joaquin Castro of Texas and Dina Titus of Nevada in leading a group of 61 Congresspersons calling to...
