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Cases: Anti-LGBT Discrimination

While New England has been a leader in the journey toward LGBT civil rights - having the laws is only half the battle. No legislation ever made discrimination disappear. GLAD's precedent-setting litigation is where the…

Bedford and Breen v. New Hampshire Technical College System

Victory • 2007

The state of New Hampshire dropped its appeal in this case on May 7, 2007, providing a definitive victory for GLAD and the plaintiffs. The New Hampshire Superior Court ruled on May 3, 2006, that… Read More

Pulsifer v. Portland

Victory • 2004

GLAD represented the City of Portland, Maine against an attack on the city’s domestic partnership registry by ten-taxpayers, along with two anti-gay organizations, the Center for Marriage Law and the Alliance Defense Fund Law Center,… Read More

In re Nancy Walsh

Victory • 2004

GLAD applied for and won compensation from the federal September 11 Victim Compensation Fund on behalf of Nancy Walsh, a lesbian whose partner of 13 years was one of the passengers on Flight 11 who… Read More

Blanchflower v. Blanchflower and Mayer

Victory • 2003

GLAD filed an amicus curiae brief in a divorce case addressing the question of whether the New Hampshire adultery provision as a fault-based ground for divorce includes same-sex extra-marital relationships. GLAD’ s brief argued that… Read More

Brindamour, et al. v. Manchester Board of Education

Victory • 2003

GLAD used the Connecticut anti-discrimination provisions based on sexual orientation and marital status to help a group of teachers and school administrators in Manchester, CT to obtain insurance benefits for their domestic partners.  These educators… Read More

Rose v. YMCA of Nashua

Victory • 2002

GLAD intervened on behalf of a lesbian couple and their family in New Hampshire who were denied a family membership rate at the YMCA in Nashua, winning an agreement from the YMCA to revisit their… Read More

T.T. v. J.R.

Victory • 2002

In the first case to test the sexual orientation protections in the New Hampshire public accommodations anti-discrimination laws, GLAD successfully resolved a claim by a patient who was denied treatment by her dentist because she… Read More

Boy Scouts of America v. Wyman

Victory • 2002

GLAD worked to stop the special access of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) to the Connecticut state employees’ charitable campaign in light of their discrimination based on sexual orientation.  Our participation in this matter… Read More

Brett, et al., v. Town of West Hartford

Victory • 2002

GLAD successfully challenged the discriminatory policy of the Town of West Hartford municipal pool, which sought to exclude same-sex couples and their children from a discounted family membership rate.  In November 2002, the West Hartford… Read More

Proposed “Protection of Marriage” Constitutional Amendment

Victory • 2002 Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Opinion In a last ditch attempt to revive the measure before it was to die on December 31, 2002 at midnight, Edward Pawlick, the founder of MCM and the primary funder… Read More

GLAD et al. v. Attorney General Thomas Reilly et al

Victory • 2002

GLAD won a declaration from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that neither of the state’s sodomy laws applies to private, adult, consensual conduct.  GLAD filed suit on behalf of itself and several individual gay and… Read More

Muzzy v. Cahillane Motors, Inc.

Victory • 2001

GLAD was instrumental in winning a decision from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that personal information about a plaintiff, such as sexual orientation, may not be introduced in court for the purpose of perpetuating negative… Read More

Ayer v. Sommi & Keller

Victory • 2001

GLAD was instrumental in obtaining a favorable ruling from the Massachusetts Appeals Court that domestic violence laws protect gay, lesbian, and bisexual people as well as heterosexuals.  The first same-sex domestic violence case to reach… Read More

In re R. C.

Victory • 2001

GLAD ensured that an incarcerated gay man who was violently attacked and raped by another inmate was able to press charges, despite attempts to obstruct justice by homophobic prison officials.  Prison officials initially dismissed R.C.’s… Read More

Doe v. Kelley (State Police)

Victory • 2001

As a result of the settlement of a GLAD case against the Massachusetts State Police, a General Order was issued that “officers should not order someone to leave a public area in the absence of… Read More

Connors v. City of Boston

Loss • 1999

In a disappointing decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court struck down an Executive Order issued by Boston Mayor, Thomas Menino, granting health insurance benefits to registered domestic partners of city employees, thus constraining the City… Read More

Crandall v. Boston Concession Group

Victory • 1999

GLAD won a ruling that Massachusetts non-discrimination law applies equally to every employee of Massachusetts companies, even if the employee works out-of-state.  GLAD represented two women from Maine who worked in Maine and were essentially… Read More

M.G. v. Providence School Department

Victory • 1999

Representing a Providence student arrested and expelled from school after false accusations by tormenting peers, GLAD won an agreement completely vindicating the student. 

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Carr v. New England Medical Center

Victory • 1999

GLAD won a favorable settlement on behalf of a gay man denied sperm banking and transport services simply because he is gay and assumed to be at “high risk” for HIV.

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West High GSA v. Manchester School District

Victory • 1999

Faced with a lawsuit by GLAD and its NH co-counsel, the Manchester School District directed West High’s principal to recognize a student initiated Gay/Straight Alliance.  The students had sought recognition from the school for a… Read More

Gagne v. Holyoke Health Center and Dr. George Abraham

Victory • 1999

GLAD won a favorable settlement on behalf of Erica Gagne, who was denied treatment by Dr. Abraham of the Holyoke Health Center after she identified herself as a lesbian.  Ms. Gagne, who went to the… Read More

D’Amico v. Cranston School Department

Pending

In a victory for GLAD, the Rhode Island Human Rights Commission found probable cause to believe that sexual orientation discrimination had occurred when a Rhode Island teacher was denied family leave benefits to care for… Read More

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