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Chief Justice Margaret Marshall retires from SJC

July 21, 2010

Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, who led the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court,… Read More →

Federal Court Strikes Down DOMA Section 3

July 08, 2010

Today, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro ruled that Section 3… Read More →

Maine High Court Orders New Hearing on Name Change Petition

July 02, 2010

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ordered that a transgender man previously… Read More →

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Gill et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al.

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For complete details about this case and the plaintiffs, visit http://www.glad.org/doma/ Read More →

Dixit v. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Settled • January 11, 2010 GLAD negotiated a successful settlement on behalf of our client after Harvard Pilgrim Read More →

O’Donnabhain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Victory • February 02, 2010

Victory! On February 2, 2010, the U.S. Tax Court issued an important decision in

GLAD’s Jamal Brown Makes an Impact

June 18, 2010

GLAD’s own Jamal Brown won the inaugural Boston SPYCE Community Impact Award… Read More →

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Everyone Matters: Dignity and Safety for Transgender People

July 14, 2010

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So Much Can Change in One Day

July, 2010

On July 8, my spouse Jonathan and I both left for work in the morning as we do every weekday. But by the time we returned home at the end of the day, we felt a sense of relief and security that didn’t exist just hours before. While we were going about our workdays, a federal judge struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prevents legally married same-sex couples from receiving the same federal protections and responsibilities as all other married couples.