Massachusetts News
Incarcerated Transgender Woman Can Pursue Case for Medical Care
A U.S. district court judge in Massachusetts has denied the government’s request to dismiss the case of Vanessa Adams, a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmate with gender identity disorder (GID). For years, the BOP denied Ms. Adams treatment for her serious medical condition. As a result, Ms. …
GLAD Files Amended Complaint in DOMA Challenge
GLAD filed an amended complaint this week in our lawsuit challenging Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), Gill v. OPM.
The complaint updates the tax overpayments of three of the plaintiff couples due to their inability to file their federal income tax returns under the status …
Arguing For Equality in Federal Court
This morning in Boston eight married same-sex couples and three widowers went to Federal District Court to hear arguments in their challenge to Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA defines marriage as only between a man and a woman for all purposes under federal law.
…GLAD Challenges DOMA in Federal Court Tomorrow
Tomorrow in Boston, eight married same-sex couples and three widowers will go to Federal District Court to hear arguments in their challenge to Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage as only between a man and a woman for all purposes under federal law.
…GLAD’s DOMA Challenge Heads to Court May 6
On Thursday, May 6, 2010, the Federal District Court in Boston will hear oral arguments on the constitutionality of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), in the case of Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, brought by GLAD in March 2009.
The hearing will address the central issue of the …
GLAD Wins Equal Treatment for Transgender Taxpayers
The U.S. Tax Court today issued a long-awaited decision in O’Donnabhain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, ruling that treatment for gender identity disorder (GID) qualifies as medical care under the Internal Revenue Code, and is therefore deductible.
“This decision treats Rhiannon O’Donnabhain …
Fighting for Their Family
Margery Eagan writes in the Sunday Herald about Gill plaintiffs Mary Ritchie and Kathy Bush, who describe how the double standard of DOMA (the federal Defense of Marriage Act) makes them feel as if they are a “second-class family.”
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 …
MA Voters Favor Protecting Transgender People from Discrimination
New Poll Shows Broad and Deep Support for Current Legislation
A new poll shows that 76% of Massachusetts voters support passing a law prohibiting discrimination against transgender people in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
The poll, conducted by Lake Research Partners from …
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.