Legal

With an overwhelming majority—33-4—the Massachusetts Senate passed a long-awaited bill to ensure that transgender people have the same rights to public accommodations as everyone else in the Bay State. "The measure would update state anti-discrimination law. So, just as a...

The Massachusetts Senate and House are voting today, May 12, on a bill that would prohibit discrimination against transgender people in public accommodations, including sports arenas, gas stations, movie theaters, bars, and malls. According to a...

The Bay State branch of the ACLU is backing tenured professor Lauren Barthold against her employer, Gordon College, which strongly disciplined Barthold for speaking out against Gordon College President D. Michael Lindsay's signing of a...

New England's own Elyse Cherry—CEO of Boston Community Capital and generous philanthropist and advocate for civil rights, economic justice, and full equality for women—is the keynote speaker when The Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association serves...

Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim asked the city to stand up against the recent LGBT discrimination legislation in North Carolina and the city council agreed in a unanimous vote. Zakim filed an ordinance on March 28 that...

Tapping Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and a host of other highly qualified legal minds across the country, Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, called for President Obama to appoint the first...

When Matthew Barrett applied to be Fontbonne Academy’s food services director, he wasn’t looking to set an historic precedent in civil rights law. But that's exactly what he did when he was hired then fired...