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GLAD, Lambda Legal File Brief Defending University Non-Discrim Policy
Lambda Legal and Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed a friend-of-the-court brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the University of California Hastings School of Law in a case brought by the Christian Legal Society (CLS) challenging the school’s non-discrimination …
GLAD Wins Equal Treatment for Transgender Taxpayers
The U.S. Tax Court today issued a long-awaited decision in O’Donnabhain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, ruling that treatment for gender identity disorder (GID) qualifies as medical care under the Internal Revenue Code, and is therefore deductible.
“This decision treats Rhiannon O’Donnabhain …
Fighting for Their Family
Margery Eagan writes in the Sunday Herald about Gill plaintiffs Mary Ritchie and Kathy Bush, who describe how the double standard of DOMA (the federal Defense of Marriage Act) makes them feel as if they are a “second-class family.”
GLAD: Support the Perry Case, Fight for Justice
Lee Swislow, GLAD Executive Director, made the following statement today about Perry v. Schwarzenegger:
As the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial opens today, our thoughts and good wishes are with Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier, Paul Katami and Jeffrey Zarrillo, the plaintiffs. Like so many others …
Spirit of Justice Honoree Beth Robinson is Vermonter of the Year
GLAD’s 2009 Spirit of Justice Honoree Beth Robinson, co-founder of Vermont Freedom to Marry and a lead force behind bringing marriage equality to the state, was named Vermonter of the Year by the Burlington Free Press.
The Free Press invited readers to nominate a resident for Vermonter of the …
Mother Seeks Public Help to Locate Missing Child
Janet Jenkins today appealed to the public for help in locating her daughter, Isabella Miller-Jenkins. In an interstate custody dispute, the child’s other mother failed to transfer custody per court-order and has disappeared with the child.
In November, the Rutland Family Court in Vermont …
GLAD Donates Archives to Yale University Library
Executive Director Lee Swislow has announced that GLAD will donate records documenting its 30+-year history to Yale University’s library. “Yale is a major center for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender scholarship,” says Swislow.
“We’re thrilled that the pivotal role GLAD has played in …
GLAD Mourns the Passing of Beloved Former Executive Director
We at GLAD are saddened by news of the passing of Kathy Travers, who died December 5 in Durham, NC.
Kathy was an original member of GLAD’s Board of Directors and served as GLAD’s first paid Executive Director. She also helped found BAGLY and worked at Transition House in Cambridge during her time …
GLAD Responds to U.S. Motion to Dismiss DOMA Suit
Seeks Final Ruling in Favor of Plaintiff Couples
Stepping up its litigation challenging Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, GLAD today filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts both an opposition to the federal government’s motion to dismiss Gill v. Office of …
GLAD Celebrates CT Marriage Equality, Surveys Couples On DOMA’s Impact
GLAD, which won marriage equality in Connecticut in the court case Kerrigan & Mock v. Department of Public Health, is marking the first anniversary with a little celebration and a little investigation.
GLAD and Love Makes a Family will join married couples, including many of the lawsuit’s …