In recent years, the LGBTI community in Uganda has been under escalating political attack, culminating in the 2014 Anti-Homosexuality Act, which was signed into law ... Read More

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Departmental Appeals Board ruled today that Medicare’s categorical exclusion of coverage for sex-reassignment surgery, ... Read More

During the week that Arkansas and Idaho became marriage equality states (pending possible stays) Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is marking the 10th ... Read More

During the week that Arkansas and Idaho became marriage equality states (pending possible stays) GLAD and Massachusetts are marking the 10th anniversary of the very first marriages ... Read More

GLAD Senior Staff Attorney Vickie Henry submitted testimony in Rhode Island today for a hearing on a bill to add a non-discrimination provision to the state’s ... Read More

This morning GLAD filed an application for asylum on behalf of John Abdallah Wambere, a prominent Ugandan gay activist. You may be familiar with John’s ... Read More

(Boston, MA) John Abdallah Wambere, a prominent Ugandan gay activist who was featured in the documentaries “Call Me Kuchu” and “Missionaries of Hate,” filed for ... Read More

GLAD is thrilled to announce the appointment of four new board members: Beck Bailey, Darian Butcher, Andre Campagna, and Jessica Mink. “I warmly welcome our newest ... Read More

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is thrilled to announce the appointment of four new board members: Beck Bailey, Darian Butcher, Andre Campagna, and ... Read More

Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders submitted a brief today to the First Circuit Court of Appeals in the case Kosilek v. Spencer, supporting the right ... Read More