Reintroduction of the Equality Act
Whether a person can get and keep a job, rent a home, or access fundamental services should not depend on who they are, who they ... Read More
News & Press Releases
GLAD, NCLR on DOD Plan to Implement Trump’s Transgender Military Ban
Move by Trump Administration Violates Court Orders While Injunction in One Lawsuit Against the Ban Remains in Place Washington, D.C. – GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders ... Read More
Doe v. Trump: D.C. Circuit Issues Additional Opinions in Transgender Military Ban Case
Today the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued opinions from two judges in Doe v. Trump following the court’s January 4 unsigned order regarding the ... Read More
GLAD, NCLR Statements on House Armed Services Committee Hearing on Transgender Military Ban
Washington, D.C. — GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) released the following statements on today’s hearing on ... Read More
Statement of GLAD Executive Director Janson Wu on Donald Trump Declaring a State of Emergency for Border Wall
“The only national emergency happening at our southern border is the violation of human rights by our own government, against people who are simply seeking asylum, ... Read More
GLAD, NCLR Statements on Introduction of Legislation to Protect Transgender Service Members from Trump-Pence Ban
Washington, D.C. — GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) released the following statements on today’s introduction of ... Read More
In Groundbreaking Development, Incarcerated Transgender Woman is Transferred from Men’s to Women’s Prison in MA
The transfer, which occurred in September 2018, was the result of a federal lawsuit, and marked the first such transfer in the country GLBTQ Legal Advocates ... Read More
Supreme Court Allows Challenges to Trump’s Transgender Military Ban to Continue in Lower Courts
GLAD’s Jennifer Levi said: The Trump administration’s cruel obsession with ridding our military of dedicated and capable service members because they happen to be transgender ... Read More
GLAD and Mutual of Omaha Settle HIV PrEP Case
The parties have reached a settlement in the lawsuit Doe v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company (United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts) ... Read More
Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Remains Blocked Despite New Decision Dissolving One of Four Nationwide Preliminary Injunctions
Decision is “a devastating slap in the face to transgender service members who have proved their fitness to serve and their dedication to this country”; ... Read More
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