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Rhode Island Attorney General Says State Will Recognize Same-Sex Marriages
In response to a request from the state’s Commissioner of the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education, Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick Lynch issued a six-page legal opinion saying that the state will recognize marriages between couples of the same sex performed in …
“The Way Life Should Be: Marriage in Maine”
Three Same-Sex Couples Tell Their Stories in New Video
Six couples from Maine tell the stories of their lives and relationships, and why they want to marry in their home state in the new video, “The Way Life Should Be: Marriage in Maine.” They discuss everything from parenting to aging, and …
Michele E. Granada selected as Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s “Diversity Hero”
Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly honored GLAD lawyer Michele E. Granda as a “Diversity Hero.”
Judge Rules RI Same-Sex Couples can Marry in Mass
GLAD Hails Victory for Marriage Equality
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) hailed as another step toward marriage equality today’s decision by a Massachusetts trial court allowing same-sex couples from Rhode Isand to marry in Massachusetts. The judge found no explicit prohibitions in …
Victory in Connecticut: Court Bars Family Institute of Connecticut as Party to Marriage Case
In a decision pertaining to GLAD’s marriage equality lawsuit Kerrigan and Mock v. Department of Public Health, the Connecticut Supreme Court barred the anti-gay Family Institute of Connecticut from the case. The Family Institute sought intervener status in order to present their point of view …
New Hampshire Rejects Anti-Marriage Equality Amendment
The New Hampshire House voted overwhelmingly to defeat a proposed constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. GLAD worked closely with New Hampshire Freedom to Marry to mobilize and educate citizens and legislators about the potential harms of such an amendment. Lawmakers voted 207-125 …
GLAD Settles Case of Transgender Woman’s Firing
On behalf of Sarah Blanchette, a transgender woman, GLAD has settled a lawsuit against St. Anselm College of Manchester, New Hampshire on mutually satisfactory terms. The college fired Ms. Blanchette, a computer programmer, in April 2004, after learning that she would be transitioning from male …
Landmark Ruling Prohibits Transgender Discrimination
After a precedent-setting ruling by the Vermont Attorney General that Vermont law prohibits discrimination against transgender people in employment, public accommodations, housing, and other areas, the Town of Hardwick yesterday settled a discrimination claim brought by former police officer …