The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF), representing four Massachusetts churches, today formally withdrew the lawsuit it had recently filed, claiming that the Massachusetts public accommodations non-discrimination ... Read More

Community colleges offer open access to affordable academic and workforce training programs. It is critical that these community institutions are inclusive to all, including transgender students. GLAD ... Read More

GLAD has signed on to a letter supporting Ms. Chelsea Manning’s petition for clemency, commuting her court-martial sentence to time-served. Since she was first taken into ... Read More

Amanda Johnston The new year will bring GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders a new director of public affairs and education: Amanda Johnston, who has served as ... Read More

BOSTON, Dec. 2, 2016  —  Jacqueline Cote and Walmart Announce Class Settlement Over Health Insurance Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses of Walmart Associates. Read more If you ... Read More

BOSTON, Dec. 2, 2016  — Former Walmart associate Jacqueline Cote and her lawyers filed a motion today asking the U.S. District Court for the District of ... Read More

GLAD and AIDS Action Committee filed a brief November 28 at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in a suit fighting efforts by the town of Barnstable to ... Read More

New Rapid-Response Program Creates Free Legal Resource for New England Transgender Community BOSTON, Nov. 21. 2016 – Global law firm Ropes & Gray, together with GLBTQ ... Read More

New Hampshire Representative Ed Butler announced plans today to introduce legislation for 2017 that would explicitly prohibit discrimination against transgender people. “It’s simply a matter of ... Read More

Portland – The ACLU of Maine and GLAD wrote to Attorney General Janet Mills urging special consideration be taken in her investigation into the death ... Read More