Boston Living Center closes chapter on embezzlement case
The Boston Living Center received some closure after Judge Robert Tochka of the Boston Municipal Court ruled last month that no violation of probation had been found in the 2011 embezzlement case of Valerie Tebbetts...
New England mayors join new national anti-discrimination coalition
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...
Obama commutes Chelsea Manning’s espionage sentence
It's not exactly Caitlyn Jenner this time. Transgender awareness has taken the spotlight on the national stage once again, not in a Jenner-style glossy fashion shoot for Vanity Fair but from federal prison and the...
New Initiative Provides Free Legal Resources to New England Trans Community
“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...
Anti-transgender advocates collect enough signatures for 2018 ballot question repeal
The anti-transgender advocacy group Keep Massachusetts safe has collected enough signatures to put a referendum question on the 2018 ballot asking voters to repeal the newly enacted and hard-won law that extends equal transgender rights—S.2407, "An...
SJC rules unmarried lesbian may seek full parental rights
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled in favor of an unmarried lesbian seeking the right to seek full custody of the children she raised from birth to ages four and eight with her former partner,...
GLAD to honor Phil Wilson at Spirit of Justice Award Dinner
Diagnosed himself with HIV in the early years of the AIDS epidemic, Phil Wilson, founding president and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute, knows what it means to fight. And since 1999 the institute...
Governor Baker signs bill making Bay State first to cover lipodystrophy treatment
Long-term survivors of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Bay State can finally gain access to insurance coverage for treatment of the debilitating side effects of early HIV medications thanks to the bill that Governor...
Lawyer accuses Boston Mayor of Pressuring St. Pat’s Parade organizers to include OUTVETS
A lawyer representing South Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade has filed a complaint accusing Mayor Marty Walsh of pressuring organizers to include OUTVETS, a national LGBTQ veterans organization, to march in the parade.
"The lawyer, Chester Darling, made the...
Former GOP Committee Rep pushes for ballot question to repeal trans equality law
She may be swimming upstream, but former GOP National Committee representative Chanel Prunier of Shrewsbury is gathering signatures for a 2018 ballot question aimed at repealing the newly enacted law that extends equal rights to...
