Legal

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 of a minor — a practice also known as "conversion...

New England is well represented within the newly formed organization Mayors Against LGBT Discrimination. On January 18, two days before the presidential inauguration, 172 mayors from 42 states formed the bipartisan coalition to "secure LGBT nondiscrimination protections...

At the State of the Union address this Tuesday evening, New Hampshire Congressman Chris Pappas is bringing Tavion Dignard, a transgender US Navy veteran, as his guest, according to a Congressional press release from...

In response to hate signs plastered on two LGBT community spaces and a synagogue last week in Burlington, a large "Love Will Prevail" demonstration was held in downtown Burlington on Friday, February 8. The so-called...

In late December, Cruz Alberto Sanchez-Perez, a dairy farmer known at “Beto” who’s worked in Vermont since 2016, was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement  as he left a court hearing for a traffic...

“Keep standing up, keep speaking out, keep resisting," former US Attorney General told the crowd of 1,000 advocates for LGBTQ equality at the GLAD's 2017 Spirit of Justice Award dinner. The event was held...

Actor Kevin Spacey appeared at a Nantucket District Courthouse today to enter a not-guilty plea for an alleged 2016 sexual assault on an 18-year-old busboy at an island bar. The case made national news because...

Bryon Hefner, whose sexual assault and misconduct case resulted in the resignation of his husband, former Bay State Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg, pleaded guilty today to one count of indecent assault and battery,...

Efforts to make Massachusetts the 16th state in the country to ban conversion therapy got back on track this week with "a crowded, emotional hearing in front the Committee on Children, Families and Persons...

“For transgender people, having accurate identification not only facilitates everyday interactions, but also safeguards their right to be treated fairly in the eyes of law enforcement and authority figures, something that is of utmost...