This morning GLAD filed an application for asylum on behalf of John Abdallah Wambere, a prominent Ugandan gay activist. You may be familiar with John’s ... Read More

(Boston, MA) John Abdallah Wambere, a prominent Ugandan gay activist who was featured in the documentaries “Call Me Kuchu” and “Missionaries of Hate,” filed for ... Read More

GLAD is thrilled to announce the appointment of four new board members: Beck Bailey, Darian Butcher, Andre Campagna, and Jessica Mink. “I warmly welcome our newest ... Read More

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is thrilled to announce the appointment of four new board members: Beck Bailey, Darian Butcher, Andre Campagna, and ... Read More

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders submitted a brief today to the First Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Kosilek v. Spencer, supporting the right ... Read More

A broad swath of marriage equality supporters weighed in with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit yesterday, filing amicus briefs in Kitchen ... Read More

Updated March 24 Read in the Boston Globe: Patients, advocates hope to ease a visible burden GLAD testified March 5 in support of a Massachusetts bill requiring insurance coverage ... Read More

Today by a unanimous 9-0 vote, Portsmouth’s City Council passed a resolution directing the city manager to adopt a non-discrimination policy to protect transgender municipal employees ... Read More

Today by a unanimous vote of 9-0, Portsmouth’s City Council passed a resolution directing the city manager to adopt a non-discrimination policy to protect transgender ... Read More

GLAD has been working with local partners, including Transgender New Hampshire, to lay the building blocks to winning statewide gender identity non-discrimination protections in New Hampshire. On ... Read More