Anti-LGBT Discrimination News
USSC Hears Argument Today in Doe v Reed
The US Supreme Court heard argument today in a case in which GLAD and other LGBT legal groups filed a brief disputing false claims of harassment and defending open government requirements.
In the case, Doe v Reed, anti-gay groups present the false claim that they have been subjected to …
LGBT and Allied Groups Call on Congress to Pass ENDA Now
Today GLAD, along with the the nation’s other leading lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations and allies in the faith, labor and civil rights communities, issued the following statement to members of the United States Congress:
“Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act …
Legal Groups File Brief Disputing False Claims of Harassment
In a friend-of-the-court brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court today, the nation’s leading LGBT legal organizations, Lambda Legal, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) – together with the Human Rights Campaign and the National Gay and …
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 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 …
Question 1 Passes in Maine
Maine’s voters have approved a ballot initiative to repeal the marriage equality law passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Baldacci this spring.
Below is the statement of Lee Swislow, GLAD Executive Director
Yesterday Mainers voted to overturn the marriage equality law that would …
ENDA Senate Committee Hearing November 5
The Federal Employment Non Discrimination Act (ENDA) will receive an important hearing November 5 in the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee. ENDA would prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The bill was heard in the House …
ENDA Committee Hearing Wednesday, September 23
The House Education and Labor Committee will hold the first full committee hearing on the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) on Wednesday, September 23. ENDA would prohibit workplace discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans. The hearing is scheduled …
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 …
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 …