Maine becomes one of few states to offer nonbinary ID on birth certificates
Maine has become one of the few states in the country so far to recognize nonbinary people on their birth certificates. The ruling — which allows for a "X" gender designation for...
Maine legislators propose office to help unfairly discharged LGBTQ military vets
Maine lawmakers are recommending the creation of a new office to help LGBTQ veterans involuntarily discharged due to their sexual orientation. The new office, envisioned by the state's committee on veterans and...
Rhode Island Governor Raimondo signs major equal parentage bill into law
At a State House ceremony on the south lawn, Governor Gina Raimondo signed the Rhode Island Uniform Parentage Act into law on July 21. The legislation updates the state’s parenting laws for...
Bay State AG Healey leads ‘almost half the US’ in suit against Trump admin...
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and two other AGS are leading a coalition of 23 state attorney generals — or "almost half of America," as PinkNews put it — in a lawsuit against...
Rhode Island house and senate pass major LGBTQ parenting legislation
Both Rhode Island's Senate and House passed legislation late last week to update the state's parenting laws for the first time in 40 years, simplifying same-sex couple's and others' path to parenting....
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...
Federal discrimination case filed by fired trans Dunkin’ Donuts worker
A federal civil rights discrimination lawsuit alleging harassment and job termination based on gender ID has been filed by a transgender man against a Dunkin' Donuts franchisee. The alleged incidents started at...
GLAD’s virtual summer fête to honor Stonewall Uprising vet, plus a silent auction and...
One of the favorite fund-raising fêtes of the summer, the GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) may be moving online this year due to COVID-19, but its festivities promise to be fun,...
GLAD calls SCOTUS ruling on LGBTQ workplace protections a decisive win
Mary Bonauto, civil rights project director at the Boston-based GLBTQ Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), hailed as definitive and historic Monday's US Supreme Court decision affirming protections for all LGBTQ people in the...
Two lawsuits underway against Trump admin’s revoking of LGBTQ protections in the Affordable Care...
Despite a ruling finalized late this past Friday by the US Department of Health and Human Service to revoke sexual orientation and gender ID protections from the Affordable Care Act, two lawsuits...
