To mark Veterans Day and as part of our ongoing fight against the transgender military ban, GLAD and NCLR have worked with Kylar Broadus and ... Read More

Healthcare Protections for the Massachusetts Transgender Community: Questions and Answers About State Protections and Threats at the Federal Level October 29, 2019 The Trump administration and other ... Read More

Today the Trump administration announced a proposed new Health and Human Services rule permitting, among other things, discrimination by taxpayer-funded adoption and foster agencies. The ... Read More

On October 22, 2019, GLAD Staff Attorney Chris Erchull sent a letter to Mayor Walsh in support of LGBTQ-inclusive housing.   Marin J. Walsh, Mayor Kelly Shay, Project ... Read More

On October 8, 2019, Senior Staff Attorney Patience Crozier submitted testimony in support of H. 1004 / S. 560, An Act Relative to Preserving Fertility. ... Read More

On October 8, 2019, Senior Staff Attorney Bennett Klein delivered testimony at the Massachusetts State House in Boston in support of S.905 and H.1341, an ... Read More

Portland, MAINE – EqualityMaine and Maine Transgender Network, in coalition with GLAD-GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders and Maine Women’s Lobby, announced today that MaineCare, Maine’s ... Read More

(Boston, MA) GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is thrilled to announce the appointment of three new board members: Jessyca Feliciano, Matthew McGuirk, and Spencer ... Read More

GLAD has joined amicus briefs opposing new Department of Homeland Security regulations that upend the standards for determinations of who qualifies as a “public charge.” ... Read More

                    We are profoundly disturbed by the events surrounding the ‘Straight Pride’ parade in Boston on August 31, ... Read More