Update: In April 2019, Angelina Resto, formerly Jane Doe, was released from Massachusetts Correctional Institution – Framingham. She was a featured speaker at our annual The ... Read More

On June 4, 2018, the United States Supreme Court reversed the original ruling by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission on grounds specific to Masterpiece Cakeshop ... Read More

GLAD and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), along with 8 other LGBT and civil rights groups, today submitted an amicus brief urging the ... Read More

GLAD and NCLR are co-counsel in Equality California‘s lawsuit challenging the transgender military ban, Stockman v. Trump. Equality California is a plaintiff in the suit together ... Read More

On September 13, 2017, GLAD Executive Director Janson Wu submitted testimony in New Hampshire at a hearing on Medicaid coverage of gender transition-related healthcare supporting ... Read More

Victory: On January 25, 2021, President Biden issued an executive order lifting the ban on transgender military service.  Since the outgoing administration began to enforce ... Read More

Update June 21, 2018: The Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination found that there was probable cause that discrimination occurred. A date for mediation has been scheduled for ... Read More

Update March 2018 – We have collaborated with local advocates on an amended version of the bill that provides more protections for children born through assisted ... Read More

January 17, 2020: Victory! The 7th Circuit affirms both mothers must be listed on birth certificate of their child. GLAD joined the National Center for Lesbian ... Read More

Victory! On February 26, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit determined that under Title VII of the federal Civil Rights Act, ... Read More