This afternoon, the Patrick Administration announced that it will remove barriers to health care coverage for transgender people in both private insurance and in public ... Read More

GLAD today applauded new transgender-supportive birth certificate policies adopted by the American Medical Association (AMA). Yesterday, the AMA’s governing House of Delegates adopted a report recommending ... Read More

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today applauded new transgender-supportive birth certificate policies adopted by the American Medical Association (AMA). Yesterday, the AMA’s governing House ... Read More

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) today applauded new transgender-supportive birth certificate policies adopted by the American Medical Association (AMA). Yesterday, the AMA’s governing House ... Read More

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will present the Spirit of Justice Award to activist icon Urvashi Vaid, a community organizer, writer and civil ... Read More

GLAD will present the Spirit of Justice Award to activist icon Urvashi Vaid, a community organizer, writer and civil rights attorney who has been an ... Read More

On June 20, 2014, Attorney General Eric Holder sent a memorandum to President Obama detailing the progress that has been made in implementing the U.S. ... Read More

“I don’t want anybody to see me,” says 64-year-old John Wallace. What John doesn’t want people to see is how badly he has been disfigured by ... Read More

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has filed a lawsuit against Pittsburgh-based Bayer Corporation on behalf of Gerald Passaro of Milford, Connecticut, whose late ... Read More

When it comes to the laws that govern us all, there are religious exemptions that most Americans agree are reasonable. During Prohibition, Congress decided to ... Read More