This week, opponents of legal protections for transgender people in Massachusetts waged two attacks on the recently enacted law.  Jennifer Levi issued the following statement ... Read More

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will add to its strength and depth on October 17 when Patience (Polly) Crozier joins the team as Senior ... Read More

Today the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a decision in Partanen v. Gallagher, declaring that Karen Partanen, a non-birth mother, can be a legal ... Read More

New Hampshire is the only remaining state in New England to have no state laws ensuring fair and equal treatment for transgender people. That’s why GLAD ... Read More

Today the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office and the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) each issued guidance on implementation and compliance with the new transgender public accommodations ... Read More

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today applauded the New Hampshire Supreme Court’s ruling that a premarital period of interdependent cohabitation may be considered in ... Read More

“We will continue to file lawsuits representing transgender students and litigate them to the fullest extent of the law.” (Fort Worth, TX – August 22, ... Read More

“We oppose the efforts of state officials to manipulate the federal court system in order to skirt well-established law in their home circuits that affirm ... Read More

On August 10, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law An Act Relative to HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome Treatment, which will go into effect November 9. ... Read More

The Massachusetts House and Senate approved a bill late last night requiring insurance coverage for the treatment of HIV-related lipodystrophy. An Act Relative to HIV-associated ... Read More