Massachusetts state senator proposes gender-neutral driver’s license law
Massachusetts State Senator Karen Spilka is proposing a law that would allow Bay State residents to identify as "male," "female" or "x" on their driver's licenses. And Spilka is also researching how a gender-neutral...
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...
Boston-based GLAD and lesbian rights center move to block Trump’s ban against trans military...
President Trump turned his harassing Tweets against transgender US military service people into official Pentagon policy on August 25, signing an order that would prohibit transgender Americans from military service and halting military service...
GLAD, NCLR file federal suit against Trump’s transgender military ban
Today, lawyers from GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging President Trump’s directive...
Provincetown Monument hosts GLAD’s 36th annual summer party July 29
With its gorgeous view of Provincetown Harbor from the beautiful grounds of the Pilgrim Monument, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders' (GLAD) annual summer bash is always a fabulous place to be. This year,...
Rhode Island senate approves bill banning conversion therapy
The Rhode Island Senate last night voted 31–1 to pass a bill, sponsored by Senator Donna Nesselbush, to prohibit licensed mental health providers from using the discredited and harmful practice on children and adolescents....
Bay State marriage central to wedding cake baker’s SCOTUS appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review a Colorado court victory for David Mullins and Charlie Craig, who married in Massachusetts, after a bakery denied them a wedding cake.
According to a June 26 update from...
Federal court: Civil Rights Act protects LGBT workers
‘‘Who will be hurt if gays and lesbians have a little more job protection?’’
The answer in a Chicago federal appeals courts was no one. "So," asked the judge, "what’s the big deal?’’
Judge Richard Posner...
Two big setbacks for LGBT rights in Granite State
The New Hampshire House Health, Human Services and Elderly Affairs Committee voted 13-8 this past week to hold back a bill that would have banned conversion therapy for minors.
Concerns that the measure would limit parental rights...
Study shows discrimination against trans apt seekers in Boston
"Discrimination with a smile."
That's how a new study by researchers at Suffolk Law School describes what transgender apartment seekers in Greater Boston face. Even though such discrimination is illegal in Massachusetts, more than 60...
