GLAD Law on Pentagon’s complete ban on transgender military service
The Boston-based GLBTQ+ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) last week released the following statement of the executive order banning transgender people from military service:
Last night, in keeping...
LGBTQ+ services supported in Connecticut House emergency bill
The state House of Representatives in Connecticut voted last week in support of emergency legislation in response to "President Donald J. Trump's crackdown on undocumented immigrants and LGBTQ services, including gender-affirming care."
Newsmakers | Rhode Island
This Just in from the Ocean State
National landmark
In an apparent response to the lack of representation of the LGBTQ+ community in Rhode...
Newsmakers | New Hampshire
Headlines from the Granite State
New Hampshire Outright
To better reflect the extent of their work, the Granite State’s LGBTQ+ youth advocacy nonprofit Seacoast...
Newsmakers | Maine
News from the Pine Tree State
Biden honored Bonauto
Portlander Mary Bonauto, senior director of civil rights and legal strategies at GLBTQ Legal Advocates...
Newsmakers | Vermont
Green Mountain State Update
Standing together
All three US Congress members from Vermont — Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch, and US Rep. Becca...
Newsmakers | Connecticut
Articles from the Constitution State
Anti-LGBTQ bills
A handful of Republican state legislators have introduced dozens of bills aimed at limiting instruction around gender...
GLAD Law, public health advocates urge US Supreme Court to protect HIV-protection access in...
GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) and partners are urging the US Supreme Court to uphold no-cost access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and other critical preventive health care services in an...
US appeals court denies challenge to MA school district’s gender ID policy
A lawsuit filed against a Massachusetts school district for not notifying a student's parents their child identified as genderqueer has been denied by a US appeals court. The case challenged the school...
‘We’ll see you in court’: ME gov to Trump over anti-trans funding cut
Maine Gov. Janet Mills had heated words with the President last week in Washington, DC over Trump's threat to withhold federal funds from states where transgender athletes can play on girls and...