Forty years ago, during a different hot, tumultuous summer, at the height of disco and in the wake of orange juice queen Anita Bryant’s national ... Read More

July 4th has always been one of my favorite holidays. I’ve always loved fireworks on the Esplanade, grilling in friends’ backyards, and Sousa marches – no ... Read More

Securing a child’s relationship to their parent is one of the most important components of stability and security for a child. On July 1, 2018, the ... Read More

For the first time in our movement history, a stand-alone transgender non-discrimination bill passed and was signed in a Republican-controlled state. This will serve as ... Read More

One of the privileges of doing family law work in the LGBTQ community is helping families, especially children, become strong advocates for themselves and for ... Read More

In the weeks before his assassination in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King said in a speech to a group of sanitation workers in Memphis: Now our ... Read More

We’ve always known the government has no military justification for the Trump-Pence transgender service ban. The government’s plan for ridding the military of transgender people is ... Read More

Nothing is more important in a child’s life than the security of their family. Last month, we won a huge victory in Vermont toward protecting ... Read More

Earlier this month, Mary Bonauto and I were invited to speak on a panel about LGBTQ youth at a Maine Judicial Conference in Lewiston, for ... Read More

On November 6th, Massachusetts will be the first state in the country forced to defend basic protections for transgender people at the ballot box. And ... Read More