Mass ACLU files civil rights lawsuit against college on behalf of rebuked professor
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...
Civil rights advocates and activists celebrated at annual LGBTQ bar association dinner
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 council passes travel ban to protest anti-LGBT legislation in North Carolina
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...
HRC president calls for appointment of first openly LGBT Supreme Court Justice
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...
GLAD prevails in precedent-setting civil and religious rights case
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...
