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Settlement Enables Group Home for People with HIV and Hepatitis C in N.H. to Continue to Operate
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) announced the settlement of a lawsuit between its client, AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region (ASMR), and the town of Gilsum, New Hampshire arising from an illegal tax levied on a group home for people with HIV and Hepatitis C. The settlement will …
Motion to Stop Proceedings in DOMA Case Denied
On July 4, Judge Vanessa L. Bryant of the U.S. District Court of Connecticut, denied the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group’s (BLAG) motion to stay the proceedings in Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management, the challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) now pending in federal court in the …
GLAD To Respond to DOJ, BLAG Petitions for Supreme Court Review of DOMA Case Gill
DOJ Filing Follows Last Week’s BLAG Move
GLAD will respond by August 2 to the petition filed last night by the Department of Justice for certiorari in the case Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOJ’s filing comes on the heels of …
Congressional Leadership Seeks Supreme Court Review of GLAD’s DOMA Case Gill
Case Could be Decided in 2012-2013 SCOTUS Term
Congressional leadership in the form of the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) today filed a petition for certiorari in the case Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, a challenge to the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
The petition …
BLAG Moves to Stop Proceedings in Pedersen v. OPM
The Bi-Partisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) has filed a motion to stay the proceeding in Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management, GLAD’s second challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) now pending in federal court in the District of Connecticut.
The case involves six married couples …
American Constitution Society Honors GLAD’s Janson Wu
GLAD Staff Attorney Janson Wu was named the 2012 recipient of the American Constitution Society’s David Carliner Public Interest Award, becoming the first LGBT-identified attorney to receive the honor. The Carliner Award recognizes “outstanding mid-career public interest lawyers whose work best …
Video: Blogging for Transgender Equality
GLAD’s Transgender Rights Project Director Jennifer Levi joined bloggers Monica Roberts, Autumn Sandeen, Jos Truitt and moderator Dr. Jillian T. Weiss for a look at the role of blogging and online advocacy in the movement for transgender equality.
This panel was part of the Netroots Nation 12 …
U.S. First Circuit Appeals Court Unanimously Rules DOMA Unconstitutional
In a 3-0 ruling, the First Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld the U.S. District Court decision in GLAD’s case Gill v. Office of Personnel Management finding the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional.
This marks the first time that a Federal Appeals Court has found DOMA …
New Anti-Bullying Law in Maine
Update: Governor LePage signed this bill into law on May 21.
The Maine Legislature voted last week to pass a revised version of the anti-bullying bill, LD 1237, by a vote of 32 to 2 in the Senate, and 128 to 4 in the House.
The bill went through an extensive revision process in the Education …
RI Gov Chafee Issues Order for State Agencies to Recognize Marriages of Same-sex Couples
Today Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee (I) issued an executive order directing state agencies to recognize the marriages of the state’s same-sex couples, in compliance with established Rhode Island marriage recognition law. Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) commended the action and …