Maine transgender woman files first-known discrimination claim against an assisted living facility
Boston-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) filed a discrimination case with the Maine Human Rights Commission on behalf of a 78-year-old woman denied a room by Sunrise Assisted Living in Jonesport,...
Boy Scouts welcomes transgender kids, pledges to place them safely in troops
Transgender children identifying as boys are now allowed to enroll in the Boy Scouts of America and in the Cub Scouts too. Scouts officials made this announcement on January 30. In an official statement, the Scouts also...
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...
NH Senate approves bills barring trans athletes, outing LGBTQ+ students
The New Hampshire Senate approved two anti-LGBTQ+ bills last Friday, one to ban transgender girls from playing on girls sports teams, the other requiring teachers to out LGBTQ+ students to their parents....
Parent of trans youth who first reported bullying in Amherst schools optimistic about investigation
Earlier this year, Maxine Oland, the parent of a transgender student in the Amherst, Massachusetts Regional Public Schools, called out a systemic pattern of anti-trans behavior after her child was "bullied to...
Westfield woman charged with anti-trans care bomb threat at Children’s
The FBI has arrested a Westfield, Massachusetts woman who now faces federal charges for making a "hoax" bomb threat over the phone to Children's Hospital on Aug. 30.
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...
Mass Medical Society honors doctor for major work in trans health
While the national debate over whether healthcare should truly be available to everyone rages on, many in the medical community are busy working to establish and enhance what healthcare for everyone truly means.
Example: the Massachusetts Medical...
Updating gender info on RI birth certificates just got a lot easier
Transgender and nonbinary Rhode Islanders can now update their birth certificates to align with their affirmed gender through a simple form thanks to a new regulation that went into effect yesterday — which...
Conversion therapy poses serious health risks for transgender people, new Boston-based study shows
The American Medical Association just published in its journal JAMA Psychiatry a study by Boston-based researchers showing that transgender people undergoing conversation therapy risk a range of adverse mental health outcomes, including suicide attempts.
The...
