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Settlement Lifts Restrictions on Group Home for People with HIV
GLAD announced a settlement between its client, AIDS Services of Monadnock Region (ASMR) and the town of Gilsum, New Hampshire. The settlement will enable ASMR to operate a group home for people with HIV without many of the onerous restrictions previously imposed by the town, including …
GLAD Mourns the Passing of Senator Kennedy
We at GLAD were saddened today to hear of the passing of our great ally and civil rights champion, Senator Edward Kennedy.
ABA Passes Resolution Urging Repeal of DOMA Section 3
The American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates voted at its 2009 annual meeting in Chicago last week to pass a resolution calling for Congress to repeal Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which disrespects the legal marriages of same-sex couples for the purposes of federal …
Amended Complaint Filed in DOMA Challenge
On Friday, July 31, GLAD filed an amended complaint in Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, our lawsuit challenging Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act.
In the amended complaint, we officially added tax plaintiffs Mary and Dorene Bowe-Shulman and Marlin Nabors and Jonathan Knight. We …
Hearing on MA Transgender Civil Rights Bill July 14
Read a wrap up of the hearing and see other material (including video) in the resources section below.
“An Act Relative to Gender-Based Discrimination and Hate Crimes” (H. 1728/S. 1687) was heard by Massachusetts’ Joint Committee on the Judiciary on Tuesday, July 14. This bill would give all …
Commonwealth Files Suit Challenging DOMA Sec 3
Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley today announced that the Commonwealth has filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
The suit, Commonwealth v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, states that “In enacting …
Campaign to Save Maine Marriage Equality Underway
When Maine Governor John Baldacci signed marriage equality into law on May 6, equality advocates knew the battle was not over. Opponents have launched their latest assault in the form of a referendum campaign to subject marriage equality to a so-called people’s veto. But with the creation of the …
Statement of Mary Bonauto on DNC Fundraiser
There have been recent discussions regarding whether our LGBT community should support the Democratic National Committee (DNC) at an upcoming fundraiser. For the reasons below, I have decided that I will not be attending that fundraiser next week.
I was invited as a guest, and not as a …
GLAD DOMA Plaintiff Can Get Passport in Married Name
Keith Toney, a plaintiff in the lawsuit Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, will be able to get a U.S. passport in his married name. That is the result of a May 27, 2009 change in policy at the State Department regarding the issuance of passports to people who have changed their name after …
LGBT Groups Decry Obama Admin’s Defense of DOMA
LGBT Legal, Advocacy Groups Decry Obama Administration’s Defense of DOMA
We are very surprised and deeply disappointed in the manner in which the Obama administration has defended the so-called Defense of Marriage Act against Smelt v. United States, a lawsuit brought in federal court in …