New Jersey Governor Murphy joins the governors of California, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, and Washington in opposing Trump’s transgender military ban   Governor Phil Murphy announced today ... Read More

Providence – Parents, community advocates, family law attorneys and others spoke out yesterday about the urgent need to modernize Rhode Island’s parentage statutes, which were ... Read More

The Supreme Court agreed today to hear three cases testing the reach of Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act in protecting LGBTQ Americans ... Read More

GLAD says, “That the Trump administration has pushed so hard to be allowed to implement this baseless, immoral and un-American ban is nothing short of ... Read More

Young people – LGBTQ themselves and their siblings – kicked off the public hearing in favor of protecting minors from conversion therapy yesterday, joined by ... Read More

Yesterday with Governor Charlie Baker’s signature, Massachusetts became the 16th state to ban the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth, which ... Read More

Conversion Therapy Ban One Step Closer to Law in MA GLAD Praises Passage in House and Now Senate, Urges Quick Enactment into Law The Massachusetts State Senate ... Read More

The court of appeals granted the government’s request to issue the mandate, which means the injunction is dissolved, and that, at the moment, there is ... Read More

Whether a person can get and keep a job, rent a home, or access fundamental services should not depend on who they are, who they ... Read More

Move by Trump Administration Violates Court Orders While Injunction in One Lawsuit Against the Ban Remains in Place Washington, D.C. – GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders ... Read More