SJC ruling moves Massachusetts closer to equal LGBTQ parentage rights
GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders) recently won a victory in Massachusetts' highest court that brings the Bay State once step closer to passing the Massachusetts Parentage Act.
The...
New Hampshire House forwards bill to ban gay/trans panic defense
The Granite State House of Representatives has voted to prohibit "defendants accused of manslaughter from using the victim's gender, gender identity or sexual orientation as a defense," according to a Jan. 9...
Dell EMC settles former transgender employee’s hostile workplace claim
Hopkinton, Massachusetts-based computer storage company Dell EMC received a perfect score on HRC's 2016 workplace equality index. It also was named one of the top companies for LGBT employees by Diversity Inc.
Still, the tech giant...
Mass. congressmen introduce national bill to ban gay, trans panic defense
US Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Joe Kennedy III have introduced national legislation that would ban “gay or trans panic” as a legal defense for committing a violent act. Many states have passed similar...
TripAdvisor issues ‘straight pride’ organizers cease-and-desist letter for phony promotion of event
TripAdvisor has sent a letter threatening legal action against organizers of Super Happy Fun America's "straight pride" parade, scheduled to march through Boston in late August, demanding the group stop using the TripAdvisor logo...
Fenway Health joins federal case against discriminatory health care rule
Boston-based Fenway Health has joined a broad coalition of health care providers, LGBTQIA+ advocacy groups, and patients as a plaintiff in a lawsuit filed today challenging the legality of a new rule...
In tie-breaking vote, New Hampshire House kills anti-conversion therapy bill
In a 166–165 vote, the New Hampshire House of Representatives struck down a bill on January 10 that would have prohibited counselors from proposing or performing treatments aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender...
Pride Center of Vermont decries ICE detention of LGBT community leader
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...
Bay State Senator Cyr and Rep. Lewis push to expand PrEP in Massachusetts
Two openly LGBTQ Bay State legislators recently testified for the expansion of access to the life-saving HIV-prevention PrEP treatment for young people in Massachusetts.
Senator Julian Cyr of Truro and Rep. Jack Patrick Lewis of...
Mass. LGBTQ Bar Association ‘vigorously’ opposed to Barrett SCOTUS confirmation process
The Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association board of directors issued a statement on behalf of their organization in vigorous opposition to the nomination and "arbitrary confirmation" process of Amy Coney Barrett to the...
