GLAD Law challenges Trump’s trans military ban with federal lawsuit
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) have filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging President Trump’s January...
Navy grants first waiver of transgender ban in US to sailor stationed in Mass.
A transgender military service person station in Massachusetts and serving in the US Navy has become the first in the nation to receive a waiver to continue serving since the military enacted...
GLAD Law on Pentagon’s complete ban on transgender military service
The Boston-based GLBTQ+ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) last week released the following statement of the executive order banning transgender people from military service:
Last night, in keeping...
President Biden lifts ban on transgender military service
Less than a week into his presidency, President Biden has lifted the ban on transgender people serving in the US military with an executive order today.
“America is...
Federal judge blocks trans military ban in GLAD Law, NCLR case against Trump
U.S. District Court Judge Ana Reyes today issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in Talbott v. Trump, the legal challenge to President Trump’s transgender military ban executive order brought by LGBTQ+ legal groups GLAD Law and . Judge Reyes...
Connecticut legislation would extend benefits to LGBT military veterans
Connecticut lawmakers are proposing an extension of state veterans’ benefits to LGBT members of the armed forces who were withheld honorable discharges because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
US Rep. Pappas calls on Congress to mark repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t...
US Rep. Chris Pappas, the openly gay Congressman from New Hampshire, is co-leading a resolution to recognize the 10th anniversary of the enactment of the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
Queer Ukrainian activists call for US, European solidarity with LGBTQ community under Russian attack
QUA–LGBTQ Ukrainians in America, a non-government organization of LGBTQ Ukrainians and their allies in the US, is calling "for American and European queer advocacy organizations to use their considerable voices to raise...
Nonbinary Harvard Kennedy School student praises late Ash Carter for overturning trans military ban
In a recent Boston Globe Opinion piece, Grace Park, a Belfer Young Leader Student Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, looks back at how former US Secretary of Defense Ash...
New Massachusetts review board to assist military vets discharged under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
Massachusetts has initiated a new statewide review board to assist Bay State veterans discharged from the US military under its former "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy that targeted LGBTQ+ service members. The...
