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Thanks to our community’s incredible support, GLAD secured some critical wins last year, and our work continues in 2023.

Your generosity has enabled us to:

• Fight book bans and school censorship laws that seek to erase history and limit what students can learn and teachers can teach about LGBTQ+ people and more
  • A federal court just ruled that New Hampshire can’t dismiss our suit against the state’s dangerous “banned concepts” law. Our fight continues!
• Act to ensure that the religious views of a business owner can’t be used to deny medically necessary healthcare to transgender employees
• Support our right to seek services at public businesses without being turned away because of who we are
• Protect marriage equality by defending against potential challenges to Obergefell and passing the federal Respect for Marriage Act
• Work for equal opportunity to build our families by eliminating discrimination in fertility care coverage and updating state parentage laws so that they are legally protected and respected
• Stop anti-LGBTQ+ legislation already being filed this session, like an extreme New Hampshire bill (HB 619) which would eviscerate protections against conversion therapy, ban gender-affirming care for minors and force public schools to misgender transgender students in all respects from names to bathrooms to sports.
• Challenge an outdated federal law that denies essential healthcare for transgender loved ones in military families
• Ensure that people’s bodily autonomy is respected – whether that’s access to abortion, other reproductive healthcare, or transition-related care – and those who provide them with that care are safe from targeting or criminalization
• Increase access to HIV PrEP by allowing people to obtain it for a limited supply at a pharmacy without a prescription, and ensuring that cost is never a barrier to HIV prevention medication
• and so much more

We are so grateful for our community, whose support and collaboration enable us to keep moving forward against the continued onslaught against LGBTQ+ rights and freedoms. To ensure we can rise to every challenge ahead, make a gift today!