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GLAD Applauds AMA’s Support for Transgender Health Care
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) applauded the American Medical Association’s (AMA) support for transgender health care, declared today by a resolution passed by the AMA’s House of Delegates.
Read GLAD’s press release [PDF]
Read a fact sheet about the resolution [PDF] …
Couples Marrying in CA Urged to “Make Change, Not Lawsuits”
Four LGBT legal organizations, including GLAD, and five other leading national LGBT groups have issued a statement entitled “Make Change, Not Lawsuits.” The statement explains that while couples who go to California to marry should ask friends, neighbors and institutions to honor their marriages, …
California Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Marriage Equality!
The California Supreme Court has ruled in favor of marriage equality for same-sex couples. The Court issued its decision today stating that California laws barring same-sex couples from marrying are unconstitutional.
The California court has affirmed what we already know: that a society pledged …
GLAD Receives Belynda Dunn Award of Recognition
GLAD was honored to receive the 2008 Belynda Dunn Award at the annual Bayard Rustin Community Breakfast, in recognition of groundbreaking legal work securing rights and protections for people with HIV/AIDS.
In 2001, GLAD represented AIDS activist Belynda Dunn in her quest to get her private …
GLAD Joins Amicus Brief in Immigration/Asylum Case
GLAD has joined an amicus brief in an immigration/asylum case at the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit authored by Attorney Ilana Greenstein and the law firm of Kaplan, O’Sullivan & Friedman LLP on behalf of GLAD and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers’ Guild. The …
GLAD Files Brief in Iowa Marriage Case
GLAD has submitted an amicus brief on behalf of state and national LGBT organizations and a significant group of Massachusetts state legislators in a marriage equality case currently pending in the Iowa Supreme Court.
In the brief, GLAD describes the legal, political, and social landscape in …
Trans Protection Legislation in MA and CT
Legislation to protect citizens from discrimination based on gender identity or expression is pending in both Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Info Sheet on the CT Bill [PDF]
Q & A on the CT Bill [PDF]
Read Attorney Jennifer Levi’s testimony in support of the CT Bill [PDF]
Read The text of MA …
Efforts Underway to Add “Gender Identity or Expression” to CT Non-Discrimination Law
Proposed legislation would add “gender identity or expression” to Connecticut’s non-discrimination law, thereby prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression in education, employment, housing, public accommodations and lending. Should this bill pass, Connecticut will be …
Vermont Supreme Court Upholds Visitation for Janet Jenkins and Daughter
Vermont’s highest court issued a ruling on March 14 upholding visitation rights for Janet Jenkins and her five-year-old daughter, Isabella. Isabella’s biological mother, Lisa Miller, Janet’s former civil union spouse, challenged Janet’s parental rights in a case that has been ongoing since the …
Victory for Teenaged Girl with HIV
GLAD applauds the February 19 decision by the Massachusetts Court of Appeal in favor of 18-year-old Ashley Shaw, who has sought for three years to get MassHealth to cover her HIV-related surgery. The unanimous decision today affirms her right to access to care.
Read GLAD’s Press Release [PDF]
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