On January 31, 2012, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals rejected all claims by the National Organization for Marriage (NOM) that the state’s “ballot ... Read More

Update The Connecticut Appeals Court sided with the City of Hartford, ruling on September 18, 2012, that the trial court improperly reversed the original finding ... Read More

Update: September 30, 2011 A settlement was announced September 30, 2011 in the case of Vanessa Adams, a Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) inmate at FMC ... Read More

Update June, 2012: GLAD has reached a successful settlement on behalf of AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region (ASMR) that will enable ASMR to continue ... Read More

GLAD’s Transgender Rights Project and Realty Resources Hospitality, which operates six Denny’s restaurants throughout Maine, are pleased to announce an agreement resolving a lawsuit brought ... Read More

GLAD’s 1980 case, Aaron Fricke v. Richard B. Lynch, is a milestone in protecting the rights of LGBT students. GLAD founder John Ward and co-counsel ... Read More

The Maine Law Court issued a unanimous decision on August 30, 2007 lifting the bar on unmarried couples adopting children. As a result of the ruling, ... Read More

In a first-of-its kind decision, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled on Jan. 5, 2011 that a gay male couple who wanted to have children and ... Read More

GLAD and the Connecticut Employment Lawyers Association (CELA) applaud a May 4, 2012 ruling from the Connecticut Supreme Court that employers can be liable if ... Read More

June 26, 2013 U.S. Supreme Court rules DOMA Section 3 unconstitutional in Windsor v. United States July 31, 2012 – Connecticut Federal District Court Judge Bryant ... Read More