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District Provides Health Insurance to Gay and Lesbian Employees
(Manchester, CT) With discrimination complaints filed by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (“GLAD”) pending against the Manchester Board of Education (“Board”), the Board has approved new contracts for school administrators and teachers that include health insurance for the partners of its gay …
Statement of Mary L. Bonauto, in Marriage Case
We’re very disappointed that our elected officials are blocking the doorway to equality. The Supreme Judicial Court was clear that it is unconstitutional to deny these couples the right to marry and it’s mean to play politics with people’s lives. (“[W]e conclude that the marriage ban does not …
Gay and Lesbian Families Win Marriage Case
In an historic decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that gay and lesbian couples can no longer be excluded from obtaining civil marriages in Massachusetts. The 4-3 ruling in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, filed by New England’s Gay & Lesbian Advocates & …
GLAD Executive Director Gary Buseck to Step Down
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), New England’s leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression, recently announced that its Executive Director, Gary Buseck, is stepping down after six years in …
Court Affirms Couples’ Right to Petition for Full Coguardianship Rights
Maine’s highest court (the Law Court) today affirmed that the Probate Courts have the power to grant full coguardianships to an existing parent and another person, thus enabling gay and lesbian parents to create a legal relationship between their children and the children’s parents.
“This is a …
Appeals Court Affirms Boy Scouts Exclusion Because of Anti-Gay Policy
A federal appeals court ruled yesterday that the State of Connecticut may exclude the Boy Scouts of America from the State Employee Charitable Campaign because of the Boy Scouts’ anti-gay policy. Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), having intervened in the matter at the Connecticut …
GLAD Files Suit Alleging Impermissible Discrimination by School District
(Manchester, CT) On June 2, 2003, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (“GLAD”) filed a complaint with the Connecticut Commission for Human Rights and Opportunities against the Manchester, CT Board of Education on behalf of teachers and school administrators who were denied health insurance for …
Glad Hails Marriage Decision from Ontario Court of Appeals
n the eve of a decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on a case brought by Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD) seeking same-sex civil marriage in the state, the Ontario Court of Appeal today ruled that excluding same-sex couples from marriage violates equality rights …
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders Issues New Publication
(Boston, MA) Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), New England’s leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression, recently released its newest publication: “Private Disability Benefits: What People …
Massachusetts’ Highest Court Hears Landmark Marriage Suit
(Boston, MA) The full bench of the state Supreme Judicial Court heard arguments today in the landmark case seeking the right of gay and lesbian couples to marry in Massachusetts. A decision in the case filed and argued by New England’s Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is expected sometime …