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GLAD Gives Tips for Married Couples to Preserve Rights Under Social Security Until DOMA is Overturn
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is pleased to announce a new publication aimed at helping married same-sex couples preserve their rights under Social Security while the organization continues its efforts to overturn Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prevents federal …
New Publication Highlights Experiences of Transgender Granite Staters
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and TransGender New Hampshire (TG-NH) are pleased to announce the publication of We Are New Hampshire: Transgender Lives in the Granite State, a collection of 10 stories about local transgender people and their families. The book reveals the fullness of …
GLAD Attorneys Receive Two Prestigious Awards
BOSTON- Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is pleased to announce that two of its outstanding attorneys are being honored with prestigious awards in the coming weeks. GLAD’s Transgender Rights Project Director, Jennifer Levi, is receiving the National LGBT Bar’s highest honor, the Dan …
GLAD Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Pedersen DOMA Challenge
Today, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) asked the Supreme Court to review Pedersen v. Office of Personnel Management, a lawsuit challenging Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prohibits federal recognition of the marriages of same-sex couples. GLAD is representing six …
Joint Statement Regarding Shooting at Family Research Council
We were saddened to hear news of the shooting this morning at the offices of the Family Research Council. Our hearts go out to the shooting victim, his family, and his co-workers.
The motivation and circumstances behind today’s tragedy are still unknown, but regardless of what emerges as the …
GLAD Responds to Petition for Supreme Court Review in Gill v. OPM
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court its brief in response to two petitions for certiorari arising from GLAD’s victory at the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Gill v. Office of Personnel Management, which challenges the Defense …
GLAD Lawsuit Results in Another Federal Court Striking Down DOMA Section 3
Today, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional as a violation of equal protection guarantees. Her ruling comes with respect to claims brought by six married same-sex couples and one widower from the states of Connecticut, New …
SJC: Civil Unions Equivalent to Marriage
In an important unanimous decision issued today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled for the first time that a civil union must be treated as equivalent to marriage.
The ruling came in the case Elia-Warnken v. Elia. Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) represented Richard Elia, …
Reverend Irene Monroe to Receive GLAD’s 2012 Spirit of Justice Award
Reverend Irene Monroe - nationally renowned African American lesbian activist, scholar and public theologian - will receive this year’s Spirit of Justice Award from Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD).
“Reverend Irene Monroe was enthusiastically selected by board and staff for her …
Settlement Enables Group Home for People with HIV and Hepatitis C in N.H. to Continue to Operate
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) announced the settlement of a lawsuit between its client, AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region (ASMR), and the town of Gilsum, New Hampshire arising from an illegal tax levied on a group home for people with HIV and Hepatitis C. The settlement will …