Maine Judiciary Committee kills bill that would have ensured trans health care for those...
Maine’s Judiciary Committee last week voted 12-0 to kill House Bill 1735, which would have prevented the enforcement, in Maine, of other states’ laws that ban gender-affirming health care for those seeking...
Anti-transgender advocates collect enough signatures for 2018 ballot question repeal
The anti-transgender advocacy group Keep Massachusetts safe has collected enough signatures to put a referendum question on the 2018 ballot asking voters to repeal the newly enacted and hard-won law that extends equal transgender rights—S.2407, "An...
NH governor signs trans rights bill and conversion therapy ban into law
Friday, June 8, 2018 is now a historic day for LGBT rights in New Hampshire.
Republican Governor Chris Sununu signed not one but two pro-LGBT rights bills into law: House Bill 1319, banning discrimination against transgender...
Bay State naval officer files new challenge to trans military ban
Even during a pandemic, the work of Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) continues on many fronts.
On March 17, GLAD filed the first challenge to the...
Bill to ban LGBTQ+ panic defense moves to Vermont Senate vote
Vermont's bill to ban "gay or trans panic" as a legal defense for committing violent acts against LGBTQ people passed this week through the state's Senate judiciary committee on an unanimous 5–0...
NH House tables anti-LGBTQ bills on gender definition, conversion therapy
The New Hampshire House of Representatives last week tabled two pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation — the first aimed against public accommodation rights and school-sports participation for transgender people; the second, a bill...
Belmont, Mass. celebrates Transgender Day of Visibility with exhibition, events
Across New England and around the world, people are observing International Transgender Day of Visibility today, March 31. Here in Massachusetts, you can support our transgender friends and neighbors by visiting the...
Boston City Council votes to officially recognize Transgender Day of Visibility
The vote was unanimous when Boston's City Council voted last week to support a resolution that recognizes March 31 as Transgender Day of Visibility, observed around the world and now, officially, in...
Boston-based GLAD and lesbian rights center move to block Trump’s ban against trans military...
President Trump turned his harassing Tweets against transgender US military service people into official Pentagon policy on August 25, signing an order that would prohibit transgender Americans from military service and halting military service...
Boston Mayor holds Yes on 3 rally on City Hall plaza to uphold transgender...
Hundreds gathered across Boston's City Hall plaza this past Sunday at a "Rally for Transgender Rights." The rally was called by Boston Mayor Marty Walsh in support of upholding transgender rights threatened by the...
