Yesterday the Department of Justice (DOJ) weighed in on the transgender exclusion written into the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), urging the court to ignore ... Read More

Update: The judge has granted ASGCC’s motion for a temporary restraining order to bar the town from enforcing the “cease and desist” order as the ... Read More

This week, Rhode Island’s Department of Health and Human Services announced that the state’s Medicaid program has removed arbitrary and outdated coverage exclusions for transgender ... Read More

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) joined Lambda Legal, National Women’s Law Center and other partners in filing an amicus brief yesterday in Fisher ... Read More

Being able to use the same bathroom as other students at school is critical for the healthy development of transgender adolescents, says an amicus brief ... Read More

The Massachusetts Joint Committee on Financial Services heard testimony Tuesday in support of a bill which would mandate insurance coverage for the treatment of lipodystrophy. GLAD ... Read More

Stating there is no “sufficient … doubt” about the validity of a same-sex couple’s marriage from the date of its celebration, the Maine Supreme Judicial ... Read More

Vickie Henry, Senior Staff Attorney and Youth Initiative Director at Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), has been nominated by Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker ... Read More

Today, the Maine Law Court heard oral argument in a pending divorce case between two women on a legal question reported to them for decision ... Read More

Oakland, CA.—Today, Justice in Aging, along with Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), and Foley Hoag LLP appealed a district court’s cursory dismissal of ... Read More