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GLAD Calls Out-of-State Marriage Decision a Disappointment
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) called today’s decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in Cote-Whitacre et al v. Department of Public Health a “disappointment.”
The court determined that if the law in the couple’s home state is silent on the issue of same sex couples …
GLAD and Love Makes a Family Join Forces with Rev. John Selders
Reverend John Selders, pastor of the Amistad United Church of Christ in Hartford, has started work as a consultant for GLAD and Love Makes a Family doing outreach to Connecticut’s African-American faith communities on the issue of marriage equality for same-sex couples.
Reverend Selder is a …
GLAD Announces Six New Board Members
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, New England’s leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression, announced the addition of six new members to its board of directors:
Sandy Anderson is Vice President …
GLAD Resolves Case Involving Transgender Woman’s Firing
On behalf of Sarah Blanchette, a transgender woman, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has settled on mutually satisfactory terms a lawsuit against St. Anselm College of Manchester, New Hampshire. The college fired Ms. Blanchette, a computer programmer, in April 2004, after learning that …
GLAD Asserts Anti-Marriage Ballot Question Is Unconstitutional
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today filed a lawsuit to challenge the Attorney General’s decision that a proposed ballot question that would once again exclude same-sex couples from marriage satisfies the Massachusetts constitution.
“The Attorney General simply got it wrong,” said Gary …
GLAD to Fight Anti-Marriage Ballot Question
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will file a lawsuit to challenge the anti-marriage equality ballot question that proponents seek to put before Massachusetts voters in November 2008.
“This question should never have been certified for signature-gathering by the Attorney General, and we …
GLAD Hails Maine Voters’ Endorsement of Anti-Discrimination Law
Lee Swislow, Executive Director of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) released the following statement about Maine’s anti-discrimination law:
Yesterday, Maine’s voters embraced fairness for all its citizens by voting overwhelmingly to retain its anti-discrimination law. During a …
Girl With HIV Sues MassHealth to Pay for Surgery
(Boston, MA) Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today filed a lawsuit in Suffolk Superior Court on behalf of a 16-year-old Boston girl with HIV, Ashley Shaw, and her mother, Liz Shaw. MassHealth, the state’s Medicaid program, denied them payment for a medically necessary surgery to cure a …
AG Opinion Takes Rights from Married Couples, says GLAD
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today criticized Attorney General Richard Blumenthal’s opinion that Connecticut would not recognize valid marriages between same-sex couples. Marriage rights are available to same-sex couples in neighboring Massachusetts as a result of a lawsuit brought …
Vermont Woman Pursues Visits with her Child
(Montpelier, VT) Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will represent Janet Miller-Jenkins today before the Vermont Supreme Court as she seeks enforcement of a visitation order allowing her a continued relationship with the child she had and raised with her civil union spouse, Lisa …