Today, GLAD represented a transgender girl before Maine’s highest court, arguing that her school had failed in its responsibility to treat her the same as ... Read More

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders announced today that Lee Swislow, Executive Director since 2005, will retire from her position in April 2014, when she ... Read More

HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and protections are our entire LGBT community’s issues. Join us in taking the pledge to end this epidemic at http://www.wethelgbt.org GLAD’s AIDS Law ... Read More

As Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month begins, executive directors from 35 LGBT and HIV/AIDS organizations from across the United States, including Gay ... Read More

Senior Attorney and leader of GLAD’s Youth Initiative Vickie Henry testified May 30 before the Massachusetts joint House and Senate Education Committee in support of ... Read More

“This is a year of great momentum for the LGBT community and each one of us has the power to make it even greater.  We ... Read More

Today, the Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics and other child welfare organizations filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief with ... Read More

Today, Governor Lincoln Chafee signed into law a bill to allow same-sex couples to marry in Rhode Island. The Ocean State is now the nation’s ... Read More

The Rhode Island Senate has schedule a vote on SB38, which would allow same-sex couples to marry in the sate, for today at 4 p.m. ... Read More

Today, the Rhode Island Senate teed up history with a bipartisan vote of 26 to 12 in favor of legislation to allow same-sex couples to ... Read More