US Senator Markey (MA) reintroduces Transgender Bill of Rights resolution
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), with Representatives Mark Takano (CA-49), and Sara Jacobs (CA-51) reintroduced theTransgender Bill of Rights, a landmark resolution that reaffirms the federal...
Advocates applaud NH Governor Kelly Ayotte’s veto of anti-LGBTQ+ bill
Earlier this month, New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte vetoed SB 268, a bill that would have rolled back critical nondiscrimination protections for transgender and gender nonconforming Granite Staters and imposed unpopular policies...
GOP candidates for gov., US Senate weigh in against transgender student athletes in Pembroke,...
At least three Republican candidates in Massachusetts—one for US Senate and two for governor— weighed in on social media over a debate at a Pembroke School Committee meeting concerning transgender athletes playing...
ME anti-trans student referendum may have enough signatures for ballot vote
The group behind an effort to ban transgender students from sports teams and private spaces in Maine claims they've gathered more than the 82K signatures required to get a statewide ballot question...
GLAD Law: DC Circuit hears arguments against Trump’s trans military ban
WASHINGTON, DC—A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit today heard oral arguments in Talbott v. USA (formerly Talbott v. Trump), a case on behalf of 30 transgender service members...
Trump admin. investigates New England schools over trans athletes
Eighteen New England schools across four school districts are under investigation for their inclusion of transgender athletes in school sports by the US Dept. of Education.
Reports the...
MA AG Campbell, Sen. Markey, Planned Parenthood oppose Trump ban on gender-affirming care for...
Statewide, national and grassroots leaders across the country reacted in opposition to President Trump's proposed executive order that would withhold federal funding from institutions providing gender-affirming care to transgender youth under 18....
GLAD Law challenges halt of trans youth care at Connecticut hospitals
Ten Connecticut individuals and families are challenging the sudden termination of medical care for transgender adolescents and young adults at Yale New Haven Health (YNHH) and Connecticut Children’s Medical Center (CCMC). Both...
Trans inmate forced to detransition in NH prison sues state corrections dept.
An inmate in the New Hampshire Department of Corrections is suing the state for forcing her to detransition, live in the state's men's facility in Concord, and be denied gender-affirming care.
New Mass. legislation facilitates legal name changes for trans residents
Last week, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed an end-of-year Fiscal Year 2025 supplemental budget that included an amendment, championed by advocates for LGBTQ+ people and other vulnerable communities, that removes barriers and...
