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Supreme Judicial Court Affirms HIV Privacy Rights
(Boston, MA) The Supreme Judicial Court today issued an opinion strongly affirming the absolute privacy of a person’s HIV-positive status under Massachusetts law. In the case, Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Luis Ortiz, Justice Martha Sosman, sitting as the Single Justice, overturned a January …
State Charitable Campaign Must Exclude Boy Scouts
Confirming a ruling it issued in May 2000, the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) again found that the Boy Scouts of America may not participate in the State Employee Charitable Campaign because of its anti-gay policy. In a case in which Gay & Lesbian Advocates & …
Appeals Court Agrees: Transgender Student May Remain in School
A single justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court yesterday upheld a Superior Court judge’s order that allows a transgender Brockton student who is biologically male to attend school wearing girls’ clothing. The ruling is consistent with the guidance of mental health professionals who have said …
CT Human Rights Commission Rules in Favor of Transgender People
The Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities ruled late last week that the state laws prohibiting sex discrimination include transgender people within those protections. The ruling came in response to a request for declaratory ruling filed by Stamford attorney Bruce Goldberg. …
Brockton Court Rules in Favor of Transgender Student
A Massachusetts Superior Court in Brockton ruled yesterday that a middle school may not prohibit a transgender student from expressing her gender identity even if that expression does not conform with the sex ascribed to her at birth. In a case brought by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders …
Court Rules in Favor of Lesbian Mother in Visitation Dispute with Ex
Today the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled in favor of a lesbian co-parent who had sought the assistance of the Family Court in resolving issues of visitation rights with the child she had raised with her former partner, the biological parent of their son.
In a 3-2 decision, the Court ruled …
Federal Judge Continues Hold on CTContributions to Boy Scouts
At a hearing yesterday in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States District Judge Warren Eginton ordered that funds from the Connecticut State Employee Charitable Campaign (“the Campaign”) intended for the Boy Scouts of America (“BSA”) be continued held in an escrow account. In a matter in which …
Court Affirms Right of Transgendered Plaintiff to Sue
(Boston, MA) In a precedent setting decision with major implications for the business community, a federal appeals court confirmed that sex discrimination laws reach situations where individuals are discriminated against because of how they are dressed. In a case brought by Gay & Lesbian Advocates …
Connecticut Human Rights Commission Rules Against the Boy Scouts
In a unanimous decision, the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (“CHRO”) ruled that because of the Boy Scouts of America’s (“BSA”) anti-gay policy, inclusion of the organization in the State Employee Campaign (“SEC”) for charitable giving violates state law. In a ruling issued …
Couples Announce Termination of Baker v. State Appeal
The three couples who sued the State of Vermont seeking the freedom to marry and won a landmark victory in December, 1999, today announced with their lawyers that they will not press forward with their appeal once Vermont’s civil union law becomes effective.
In its landmark Baker v. State …