GLAD successfully obtained Social Security Widow’s Benefits for 56-year-old Deborah Tevyaw after a three-year-long battle with the Social Security Administration (SSA) following the death of Deb’s ... Read More

Both the tragic death of Michael Brown and the response of the Ferguson community point to very large problems in our society.  Among those problems ... Read More

Statement of GLAD Deputy Director Janson Wu: The Executive Order is a historic step forward for immigrants living in the United States. We welcome the opening ... Read More

Janson Wu, Deputy Director and Senior Staff Attorney for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), has been appointed the organization’s new executive director.  Wu, ... Read More

Janson Wu, deputy director and senior staff attorney for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), has been appointed the organization’s new executive director.  Wu, ... Read More

New vital records regulations, filed Wednesday, October 22, will modernize Rhode Island’s birth certificate policies to allow transgender people to obtain accurate gender designations on ... Read More

MTPC and GLAD Distribute Best Practices Guide and Model Policy for Shelters as Winter Approaches Winter in New England is hard on people without homes, and ... Read More

Today, the United States Supreme Court declined to hear pending cases from five states where circuit courts had upheld the freedom to marry and equal ... Read More

(Washington, DC, October 6, 2014)—The United States Supreme Court today declined to review the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals decision striking down Utah’s marriage ban ... Read More

There exist both state and federal employment anti-discrimination laws that protect employees if they are discriminated against because they possess certain characteristics.  All the state ... Read More