A bill critical to ensuring expanded access to adoption, particularly for children of LGBTQ parents, became law yesterday when signed by Governor Sununu. Read More

July 17, 2020 Contact: Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org | 617-417-7769 GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will honor LGBT Elders of Color founder and Stonewall Uprising veteran Paul Glass at its first ever ... Read More

The bill updates Rhode Island's 40-year-old law to ensure all children have equal access to the security of legal parentage. Read More

Maine has removed unnecessary barriers to amending gender markers on birth certificates, and added an X gender marker available. Read More

The Massachusetts legislature should demand that the Dept. of Children and Families work with impacted communities to promote justice and transparency in the system. Read More

We are committed to addressing systemic barriers that LGBTQ and all immigrants face when seeking justice. Home is here, and we will fight for Dreamers to be here to stay. Read More

There is no state, no municipal jurisdiction, and no law enforcement agency where transformational changes are not necessary and urgent. Read More

The U.S. Supreme Court issued a watershed ruling affirming that federal law protects LGBTQ workers from job discrimination. Read More

The Trump administration’s new interpretation of Section 1557 contradicts the Affordable Care Act, is dangerous to transgender people, and won’t survive federal challenge. GLAD is currently in federal court challenging the denial of healthcare to a transgender man under the ACA’s non-discrimination statute referred to as Section 1557. Read More

June 10, 2020: GLAD and other advocacy groups signed onto a letter calling for the NCAA to remove events in Idaho in response to new ... Read More