Advocacy | Coverage for Abortion Care in Rhode Island
Abortion care is essential care. Rhode Island should lift restrictions on public funding for abortion care. Rhode Island law bans residents from accessing abortion care through ... Read More
Violence & Harassment
Violence against LGBTQ people can come from strangers on the street, family members, or government authorities. GLAD connects people with helpful, caring resources, and advocates to expand protections.
Cases | Reverend Eknes-Tucker v. Marshall
UPDATE: A federal judge halted the Alabama law criminalizing parents for obtaining essential medical care for their transgender children. Learn more. Facing criminal penalties and a ... Read More
Advocacy | Let All New Hampshire Students Play School Sports
New Hampshire should be a place where all young people, including transgender youth, can live free and thrive. UPDATE 3/16/2022: The House voted against the legislation, which ... Read More
Advocacy | Defending a Ban on Conversion Therapy in New Hampshire
New Hampshire outlawed so-called “conversion therapy” in 2018. Let’s make sure we don’t turn back the clock on progress. UPDATE 3/16/2022: In a bipartisan vote, the House ... Read More
Advocacy | Let All Students Play School Sports in Rhode Island
On March 1, 2022, Senators Morgan and Lombardo introduced a bill, S 2501, that would ban transgender girls from playing sports at any public school ... Read More
Advocacy | An Act to Make Certain Traffic Infractions Secondary Offenses
On March 3, 2022, Mary L. Bonauto submitted testimony on behalf of GLAD, MaineTrans.Net, and Equality Maine in support of LD 1479, An Act to ... Read More
Advocacy | Gender X on Massachusetts ID Documents
H3126 affirms and supports access to accurate IDs for transgender and non-binary people in Massachusetts. An Act Providing for a Gender Neutral Designation on State Documents ... Read More
Cases | Snyder-Hill v. Ohio State University
On February 9, 2022, GLAD joined the National Women’s Law Center, Women’s Sports Foundation, and 48 organizations in two amicus (friend of the court) briefs ... Read More
Advocacy | LGBTQ+ Inclusive Sex Education in Rhode Island Schools
On February 2, 2022, Senior Staff Attorney Patience Crozier submitted testimony in support of H.7166. This bill would require schools that offer sexual health education ... Read More
Cases | Brandt v Rutledge
GLAD has signed onto a friend-of-the-court (amicus) brief filed by Lambda Legal and National Women’s Law Center at the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in ... Read More
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