Tonight President Trump announced he is nominating Judge Brett Kavanaugh to fill retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on the United States Supreme Court. GLBTQ Legal Advocates ... Read More

Today Maine Governor Paul LePage vetoed LD912, which would have banned conversion therapy, the discredited and harmful practice of subjecting LGBTQ youth to so-called “therapy” ... Read More

In a post for them., GLAD Transgender Rights Project Director Jennifer Levi and the National Center for Lesbian Rights’ Legal Director Shannon Minter wrote about ... Read More

New Law Ensures that Death Certificates Will Accurately Record Gender for All Yesterday Rhode Island became the third jurisdiction to adopt a law to ensure transgender ... Read More

Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy Statement of Janson Wu, ED of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders With the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy, we recognize ... Read More

GLAD Applauds Maine Legislature’s Vote to Ban Conversion Therapy; Calls on Governor to Sign     Maine’s House and Senate voted today on final passage of a ban on ... Read More

Today’s Supreme Court ruling upholding President Trump’s shameful Muslim ban is an affront to our core values of justice, inclusivity, and generosity. The Trump administration’s cruel ... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today filed their reply in support of their Cross-Motion for ... Read More

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will honor LGBTQ rights and breast cancer activist, anti-poverty advocate, and political strategist Ann Maguire at its annual Summer ... Read More

Exclusion of Transgender People from Protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act is Constitutionally Suspect Yesterday, the federal court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in ... Read More