Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

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Cases: Vermont

Barreto-Neto v. Town of Hardwick Police Department

Victory • 2004

GLAD worked with a police officer in the Town of Hardwick, Vermont, in Northern Vermont who was terminated from the police department when the Town Manager learned that he is transgender. Anthony Barreto-Neto, an experienced… Read More

Burns v. Burns

Loss • 2002

GLAD submitted an amicus brief in this Georgia case, the first addressing whether a Vermont civil union has the force of marriage in another jurisdiction. The case concerns a divorced mother, Susan Burns, who was… Read More

Baker et al. v. State of Vermont

Victory • 1999

GLAD won a ruling from the Vermont Supreme Court that recognized the right for same-sex couples to have their relationships afforded the same legal benefits, protections, and obligations as marriage under Vermont law, and ordered… Read More

Miller-Jenkins v. Miller-Jenkins

Pending

Since 2004, GLAD has been representing Vermont resident Janet Jenkins for all appellate matters in an ongoing dispute with her former civil union spouse, Lisa Miller, over the shared parenting of their daughter, Isabella. The… Read More

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