Update November 14, 2014 – Victory! This matter has been settled and Bradford will now be able to receive coverage for gender reassignment surgery. GLAD has filed ... Read More

Update: After a three-year-long battle, Deborah Tevyaw has finally received the Social Security survivor’s benefits she has been due since the death of her wife Patricia Baker in 2011. ... Read More

On May 15, 2017, a federal judge  approved the $ 7.5 million class action settlement between Walmart and former Walmart associate Jacqueline Cote, that challenged ... Read More

GLAD has joined the Anti-Defamation League, MassEquality, The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, South Asian Bar Association of Greater Boston, Massachusetts Black Lawyers ... Read More

Taking Marriage Over the Finish Line GLAD Civil Rights Project Director Mary L. Bonauto argued before the U.S. Supreme Court April 28, 2015 on behalf of same-sex ... Read More

GLAD represents Rikki in her appeal to MassHealth after they denied her request for coverage of transition-related care.  We were awaiting the outcome of an ... Read More

Update, September 2014: Through proactive discussions and careful deliberation amongst our legal representatives, we have jointly reached an agreement, the terms of which are confidential, that ... Read More

Update November 26, 2014: John “Longjones” Abdallah Wambere received a letter from the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services informing him that his application for asylum has been fully approved. September 11, 2014: John ... Read More

GLAD joined the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLUM), the Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and the Massachusetts Fair Wage Campaign (MFWC) on an amicus ... Read More

GLAD submitted an amicus letter to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court addressing the admissibility of explicit sexual photographs in a suit brought by a man ... Read More