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Groups Issue Standards For Custody Disputes in Same-Sex Relationships:
(BOSTON, May 3, 1999) Hoping to help their communities avert a crisis, an ad hoc alliance of LGBT legal and
family-oriented organizations today launched an effort to provide guidelines for handling child custody matters when a family breaks apart. The recommended standards are contained in a …
GLAD Files Discrimination Suit Alleging Impermissible Sex Stereotyping
(Boston, MA) On April 29,1999, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (“GLAD”) filed suit against Park West Bank & Trust Company on behalf of Lucas Rosa, a transgendered individual who was denied a loan application by a bank teller because Rosa did not appear dressed in traditional male clothing.
…Massachusetts High Court Considers Fate of Domestic Partnership Laws
(BOSTON, MA) Attorneys for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the City of Boston argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) today in support of the legality of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s Executive Order on Domestic Partnership (EODP) issued in August, 1998. The …
SJC to Hear Arguments on Legality of City of Boston’s Domestic Partnership
(Boston, MA) Attorneys for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the City of Boston will argue before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) Thursday, April 8th, in support of the legality of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s Executive Order on Domestic Partnership issued in August, …
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination Finds Probable Cause
(BOSTON, MA) The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) has found probable cause to credit the allegations of Boston resident Robert Carr that New England Medical Center (NEMC) refused him reproductive medical services because he is a gay man and because of their perception that he …
Hawaii and Alaska Voters Approve Constitutional Amendments
Voters in Hawaii and Alaska yesterday approved constitutional amendments authorizing those states to limit state-sponsored marriage to different-sex couples only. Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), a founding member of the National Freedom to Marry Coalition and co-counsel in a freedom to …
U.S. Supreme Court Rules That ADA Covers People with HIV
(Boston, MA) The United States Supreme Court ruled today, in its first HIV discrimination case, that the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers people who are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), even if the person does not have an AIDS diagnosis or outwardly visible …
GLAD Sues Leominster Obstetrician
(BOSTON, MA) The AIDS Law Project of Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed a disability discrimination lawsuit today in Worcester Superior Court against a Leominster, MA obstetrician/gynecologist, Hee Man Chie, M.D., for terminating a patient’s prenatal care after he learned that the …
Federal Appeals Court Rules in Landmark Case
(Boston, Massachusetts) In the first case of its kind to reach a federal appeals court, the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit today set a new precedent by ruling that it is illegal under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for a dentist to refuse to treat a patient …
Vermont High Court Bars Visitation after Lesbian Divorce
(MONTPELIER, Vermont) In a 3-2 decision, the Vermont Supreme Court has rejected a lesbian parent’s right to bring a court action to seek visitation rights with the child she raised with her former partner for three and one-half years.
According to Mary L. Bonauto, an attorney with Gay & Lesbian …