MassEquality responds to anti-transgender rally at state house
This just in from MassEquality:
, members of the Massachusetts legislature invited members of a known anti-LGBTQ hate group to the state house for a rally and press...
GLAD Law condemns executive order banning health care for trans youth
Update: Lambda Legal, the American Civil Liberties Union, PFLAG and the LGBTQ+ medical association GLMA on Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court to block this executive order on behalf of...
Federal judge in Boston blocks transfer of trans woman to men’s prison
A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked the transfer of an incarcerated transgender woman to a men's prison, according to Boston.com. The transfer would have come under a recent executive order from...
GLAD Law challenges Trump’s trans military ban with federal lawsuit
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) have filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia challenging President Trump’s January...
Fenway Health stands with community in response to executive orders against trans people and...
After executive orders were issued last night following the second inauguration of President Trump, Boston-based Fenway Health — one of the country’s leading care and research centers for LGBTQIA+ people — released...
Worcester city councilor takes hiatus due to transphobia, toxic culture
Worcester City Councilor-at-Large Thu Nguyen, Massachusetts' first nonbinary city councilor, has announced they will take a hiatus from the council due to transphobia and discrimination.
Writes Nguyen in...
GLAD Law statement on US House passage of transgender sports ban
the U.S. House narrowly voted 218-206-1, along near-party lines, for a federal bill that would ban all transgender girls and women from participation in school sports.
Jennifer Levi, Senior...
Despite ‘hot mic’ comment, governor’s councilor supports transgender Boston Municipal Court nominee
A longstanding member of the Massachusetts Governor's Council is under criticism for an unintentionally unmuted comment he made during a virtual hearing last week of Connor Barusch, the openly transgender public defender...
Vermont congressional delegation votes against defense bill restricting youth gender-affirming care
All three US Congress members from Vermont — Senators Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch, and US Rep. Becca Balint — voted against the major defense bill with its controversial measure to limit...
Northeastern Law School grad first trans attorney to argue before US Supreme Court
Massachusetts native and graduate of Northeastern University in Boston Chase Strangio is making history as the first transgender attorney to argue a case before the United States Supreme Court.
