GLAD News - Press Release Archive
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2006
December 27, 2006
SJC Rules on Romney Lawsuit: Legislature Free to Vote on Conscience
December 20, 2006
GLAD Awarded $20,000 Grant by the Boston Foundation
December 20, 2006
GLAD: Court Should Not Change Rules to Take Away Rights
November 22, 2006
Marriage Lawsuit Advances to Supreme Court; Brief Argues that Denial of Marriage is Discrimination
November16, 2006
GLAD Applauds Developments in Inter-State Custody Case: VT Court Refuses Re-Argument; Family Court to Hold Contempt Hearing
November 09, 2006
GLAD Celebrates End of Discriminatory Amendment
October 25, 2006
Win in New Jersey: Court Calls Denial of Marriage Rights and Responsibilities Unconstitutional
September 29, 2006
Judge Rules Rhode Island Couples can Marry in Massachusetts.
September 11, 2006
Attorney Nima Eshgi Joins GLAD
August 22, 2006
GLAD Names Mandy Carter 2006 Spirit of Justice Honoree
August 7, 2006
GLAD Hails Court's Decision to Bar Family Institute of Connecticut as Party to Marriage Equality Case
August 4, 2006
Victory for Vermont Woman Pursuing Visits with her Child
July 26, 2006
Statement of Lee Swislow, GLAD Executive Director, on Washington State Decision
July 13, 2006
GLAD to Appeal Connecticut Marriage Decision
July 10, 2006
GLAD Faults Decision Perpetuating Marriage Equality Challenge
July 6, 2006
New York State Decision Permits Discrimination against LGBT Families
May 5, 2006
GLAD Wins Case Establishing Sexual Orientation Discrimination Against N. H. State Employees
April 27, 2006
GLAD Condemns Legal Attack on Lexington's Gay & Lesbian Families
April 25, 2006
Attorney Janson Wu Joins Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
March 30, 2006
GLAD Calls Out-of-State Marriage Decision a Disappointment
March 15, 2006
GLAD and Love Makes a Family Join Forces with Rev. John Selders to Build African-American Support for LGBT Rights
February 12, 2006
GLAD Announces Six New Board Members
February 08, 2006
GLAD Resolves Case Involving Transgender Woman's Firing
January 03, 2006
GLAD Files Suit Asserting Anti-Marriage Ballot Question Is Unconstitutional
2005
November 23, 2005
GLAD to Fight Anti-Marriage Ballot Question
November 9, 2005
GLAD Hails Maine Voters' Endorsement of Anti-Discrimination Law
September 22, 2005
Girl With HIV Sues MassHealth to Pay for Surgery
September 20, 2005
AG Opinion Takes Rights from Married Couples, says GLAD
September 7, 2005
VT Supreme Court to Hear Miller-Jenkins Appeal Today
June 29, 2005
GLAD Replys to AG
in 1913 Case
June 28, 2005
GLAD Makes the Case for Marriage over Civil Unions in CT
June 21, 2005
GLAD Hails Canadian Marriage Equality
June 8, 2005
Miller-Jenkins Custody Case Appealed to Vermont Supreme Court
May 27, 2005
GLAD Applauds Dismissal of Doyle
May 26, 2005
GLAD Files Employment Discrimination Suit on Behalf of Transgender Woman In New Hampshire
April 27, 2005
GLAD to Host Marriage Equality Photo Exhibit
April 20, 2005
GLAD Statement on Connnecticut Civil Union Law
April 11, 2005
Lee Swislow to be New Executive Director of GLAD
March 23, 2005
Commission could find a way to end discrimination
By: State Rep. Gail Morrison
March 11, 2005
GLAD’s 1913 Appeal Says Goodridge is the Law in Massachusetts
March 4, 2005
GLAD Hails Court’s Decision Barring Family Institute and Two Town Clerks as Parties to Connecticut Marriage Equality Case
February 11, 2005
Statement of GLAD on Doyle v. Goodridge
January 18, 2005
Advocate features Mary Bonauto: Boston's Legal Eagle
January 13, 2005
GLAD Hails Senator Kennedy's Steady Support for GLBT Rights
January 03, 2005
GLAD Flags Tax Issues for Married Same-Sex Couples
2004
December 26, 2004
Boston Globe Magazine names Bostonians of the Year
December 20, 2004
Lawyers Weekly USA announces Lawyers of the Year
November 29, 2004
GLAD Hails Supreme Court's Refusal to Hear Challenge to Goodridge
August 25, 2004
GLAD Files Suit to End Connecticut’s Exclusion of Lesbian and Gay Couples from Marriage Rights
August 25, 2004
GLAD Disappointed in Today's Split SJC Ruling that Lesbian Who Ageed to Have Child With Her Partner Has No Obligation to Pay Child Support
August 18, 2004
Massachusetts Superior Court
Denies Immediate Relief to
Non-Resident Gay and Lesbian Couples
And Sets Case for Further Proceedings
June 17, 2004
Injunction Sought Against Commonwealth for Denying Marriage Licenses to Out-of-State Couples
June 7, 2004
GLAD Optimistic After Federal Appeals
Court Hearing Today
May 25, 2004
GLAD Hails
Transgender and Disability Inclusion Under Connecticut Hate Crimes Law
May 6, 2004
September 11th
Fund Awards Compensation to Same-Sex Surviving Partner
May 4, 2004
Maine
Trial Court Upholds the City of Portland's Domestic Partnership
Ordinance Despite Challenge by Anti-Gay Organizations
April 23, 2004
Vermont
Attorney General Issues Landmark Ruling Prohibiting Discrimination
Against Transgender Employees
April 15, 2004
Statement of Mary Bonauto Regarding
Governor Romney's Press Conference of April 15, 2004
April 7, 2004
Maine High Court Upholds Lesbian
Parent's Legal Rights
March 9, 2004
Supreme Court Lets Stand Connecticut's
Exclusion of Boy Scouts from State Charitable Campaign
February 24, 2004
GLAD Responds to President Bush
Endorsement of the Federal Marriage Amendment
February 4, 2004
GLAD Praises SJC Opinion That a New
Marriage
Ban Would Reconstitute Unconstitutional Governmental Discrimination
Against
Same-sex Couples
January 12, 2004
GLAD
Files Brief in Response to Senate Question: Calls Civil Unions
Meaningful But Separate and Unequal to Marriage
2003
December 11, 2003
With GLAD Suit Pending, School
District Provides Health Insurance to Gay and Lesbian Employees for
their Families
November 21, 2003
Statement of Mary Bonauto in Response
to Recent Statements by Gov. Romney and Attorney General Reilly
November 18, 2003
Gay and Lesbian Families Win
Marriage Case Before Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
November 11, 2003
GLAD Executive Director Gary Buseck
to Step Down
November 4, 2003
Maine High Court Affirms Lesbian
Couples' Right to Petition for Full Coguardianship Rights of their Child
July 10, 2003
Appeals Court Affirms Boy Scouts
Exclusion from Connecticut State Charitable Campaign Because of
Anti-Gay Policy
June 20, 2003
GLAD Files
Suit Alleging Impermissible Discrimination by School District in
Denying
Health Insurance to Gay and Lesbian Employees for their Families
June 10, 2003
GLAD Hails Marriage Decision From
Ontario Court Of Appeals
April 2, 2003
GLAD Issues New Publication on
Protecting Private Disability Benefits for People with HIV
March 4, 2003
Massachusetts' Highest Court Hears
Landmark Suit Seeking Civil Marriage for Lesbian and Gay Couples
2002
November 13, 2002
West
Hartford Town Council Approves Settlement of Long Standing
Discrimination
Complaint
November 8, 2002
GLAD
Suit Seeking Civil Marriage for Gays and Lesbians Backed by Local and
National
Organizations
July 29, 2002
Exclusion of Boy Scouts From
Connecticut State Charitable Campaign Held Constitutional
July 15, 2002
GLAD Publishes Transgender Legal
Issues in New England
May 21, 2002
GLAD Appeals Marriage Case for
Same-Sex Couples
May 8, 2002
Massachusetts Superior Court Denies
Marriage Licenses: Same-Sex Couples Plan Appeal
March 12, 2002
Massachusetts Court To Hear Case
Seeking Civil Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
March 11, 2002
GLAD To Argue Case Seeking Civil
Marriage In Massachusetts For Lesbian And Gay Couples
February 21, 2002
Massachusetts Court Finds Sodomy
Laws Inapplicable to Private, Consensual Conduct
2001
November 15, 2001
GLAD Wins Landmark Legal Victory Ordering Coverage of Liver Transplants for People With HIV September 5, 2001
GLAD Will Challenge Anti-Gay Ballot Initiatives In The Supreme Judicial Court August 20, 2001
GLAD Takes Major Step Toward Resolving Suit Seeking Civil Marriage for Lesbian and Gay Couples August 13, 2001
GLAD Opposes Anti-Gay Ballot Initiatives July 18, 2001
GLAD Files Suit for HIV-Positive Woman Denied Liver Transplant July 18, 2001
Rhode Island Adopts Transgender-Inclusive Non-Discrimination Law May 23, 2001
GLAD Criticizes Ruling In HIV Discrimination Case May 21, 2001
MCAD Issues Probable Cause Ruling that Moving Company Rejected Customer with AIDS May 2, 2001
Rhode Island House Passes Transgender-Inclusive Non-Discrimination Law April 11, 2001
GLAD Files Suit in Massachusetts Seeking Civil Marriage for Lesbian and Gay Couples March 28, 2001
Appeals Court Decides Cases of Domestic Violence Involving Gay Men March 1, 2001
GLAD Settles Harassment Case with Massachusetts State Police February 15, 2001
Supreme Judicial Court Affirms HIV Privacy Rights February 9, 2001
State Charitable Campaign Must Exclude Boy Scouts
2000
December 1, 2000
Appeals Court Agrees: Transgender Student May Remain in School November 15, 2000
Connecticut Human Rights Commission Rules in Favor of Transgender People October 12, 2000
Brockton Court Rules in Favor of Transgendered Student September 25, 2000
Rhode Island Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Lesbian Mother in Visitation Dispute with Ex-Partner July 14, 2000
Federal Judge Continues Hold on Connecticut Contributions to Boy Scouts June 9, 2000
Court Affirms Right of Transgendered Plaintiff to Sue May 15, 2000
Connecticut Human Rights Commission Rules Against the Boy Scouts May 9, 2000
Couples Announce Termination of Baker v. State Appeal May 4, 2000
Massachusetts Court Orders State to Provide Health Care to Transsexual Woman
1999
December 20, 1999
Vermont Court Grants Equal Benefits and Protections of Marriage to Same-Sex Couples December 10, 1999
Hawaii Supreme Court Ends Long-Standing Marriage Case October 29, 1999
Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Issues Preliminary Injunction Against State Police In Case Of Gay Man Who Claimed Harassment September 16, 1999
Connecticut
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) Issues Reasonable Cause
Finding in Favor of Five Couples Who Challenged Policy Denying Unmarried
Couples the Preferential “Family” Membership Rate at Town Pool Facility July 8, 1999
SJC Rules Boston May Not Provide Domestic Partnership Benefits July 6, 1999
GLAD Files Suit on Behalf of Manchester, New Hampshire Students Alleging Violation of Federal Equal Access Act June 30, 1999
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Affirms Visitation for Non-Bio Lesbian Mom May 3, 1999
Groups
Issues Standards for Custody Disputes in Same-Sex Relationships: LGBT Organizations
Urge Mutual-Respect and Restraint From Destructive Litigation In New Joint
Publication April 29, 1999
GLAD Files Discrimination Suit Alleging Impermissible Sex Stereotyping by Western Massachusetts Bank April 8, 1999
Massachusetts High Court Considers Fate of Domestic Partnership Laws April 7, 1999
Mass. Supreme Judicial Court to Hear Arguments on Legality of City of Boston's Domestic Partnership Executive Order
1998
December 10, 1998
Massachusetts
Commission Against Discrimination Finds Probable Cause that New England Medical
Center Discriminated Against Gay Man Who was Refused Reproductive Services November 4, 1998
Hawaii and Alaska Voters Approve Constitutional Amendments Authorizing Discrimination Against Same-Sex Couples in Civil Marriage June 25, 1998
U.S. Supreme Court Rules that the Americans with Disabilities Act Covers People with HIV
1997
March 19, 1997
GLAD Sues Leominster Obstitrician for Refusal to Provide Prenatal Care to HIV-Positive Pregnant Woman March 6, 1997
Federal Appeals Court Rules in Landmark Case that Health Care Workers Cannot Refuse to Treat People with HIV March 3, 1997
Vermont High Court Bars Visitation Action Between Co-Parent and Child after Lesbian Divorce February 18, 1997
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rules in Favor of Employees in Same-Gender Sexual Harassment Case
1996
December 3, 1996
GLAD Attorneys Comment on Victory in Hawaii Marriage Case September 30, 1996
Domestic Partner Benefits Approved by University of Maine System July 2, 1996
GLAD Sues New England Medical Center for Refusing to Provide Reproductive Services to Gay Man May 31, 1996
Welleseley Surgeon Liable for Ordering Secret Illegal AIDS Test
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