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GLAD Applauds AMA Resolution Supporting Accurate Birth Certificates for Transgender People
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today applauded a decision by the American Medical Association (AMA) to support access to accurate birth certificates for transgender people.
In Chicago at their annual meeting, the AMA’s House of Delegates passed a resolution to support state …
GLAD Marks 15th Anniversary of Landmark Supreme Court Victory
Fifteen years ago, on June 26, 1998, the lead story in the New York Times read: “People with HIV infection can be covered by the federal law that bars discrimination on the basis of disability even if they have no symptoms, the Supreme Court ruled today in a major victory for people with the …
GLAD Argues Transgender Girl’s Case Before Maine High Court
(Bangor, ME) Today, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders represented a transgender girl before Maine's highest court, arguing that her school had failed in its responsibility to treat her the same as other students.
Following the argument before the Law Court, Jennifer Levi, director of GLAD's …
Lee Swislow to Retire as Executive Director of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders announced today that Lee Swislow, Executive Director since 2005, will retire from her position in April 2014, when she turns 65.
“I’ve had the best job I could ever want,” said Swislow. “I’ve been privileged to work with a terrific board and a brilliant staff …
GLAD & 34 LGBT and HIV Groups Mark Pride Month with Joint Statement on HIV/AIDS
As Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month begins, executive directors from 35 LGBT and HIV/AIDS organizations from across the United States, including Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), have released a joint letter and a video, committing themselves and their …
Nine Boston Nonprofits Participating in First Ever National Giving Day Campaign for LGBTQ Community
“This is a year of great momentum for the LGBT community and each one of us has the power to make it even greater. We can’t be satisfied until every member of our community can live freely and equally. If you support the LGBT organizations that matter most to you on Give OUT day, we’ll move ever …
Maine Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics Joins Other Child Welfare Organizations on Brief Sup
Today, the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and other child welfare organizations filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court in support of a transgender girl who experienced discrimination and harassment at her Orono school.
The …
Rhode Island is Milestone for Marriage Equality
Today, Governor Lincoln Chafee signed into law a bill to allow same-sex couples to marry in Rhode Island. The Ocean State is now the nation’s 10th marriage equality state and the final New England state to approve marriage for same-sex couples. The bill signing brings to a close Gay & Lesbian …
GLAD Celebrates Imminent Marriage Equality in Rhode Island
Today, the Rhode Island Senate teed up history with a bipartisan vote of 26 to 12 in favor of legislation to allow same-sex couples to marry. Governor Lincoln Chafee has pledged to sign the bill, which will make Rhode Island the 10th state – in addition to the District of Columbia – where …
GLAD Applauds R.I. Senate Committee Vote on Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
Today, in a bipartisan vote of 7 to 4, Rhode Island’s Senate Judiciary Committee voted to send legislation to allow same-sex couples to marry to the full Senate. The Senate will soon debate and vote on the marriage bill.
“We’re grateful that the Senate Judiciary Committee has taken this …