Victory! On December 1, 2017, Vermont’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of Sarah Sinnott whose former partner sought to block her relationship with the daughter they ... Read More

Settled, January 8, 2019: The parties have reached a settlement in the lawsuit Doe v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company (United States District Court for the District of ... Read More

On August 10, 2016 Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed into law An Act Relative to HIV-Associated Lipodystrophy Syndrome Treatment The law went into effect November 9, ... Read More

In an important ruling that creates an alternative path to parentage for couples who use assisted reproductive technology in their pregnancies – one that more ... Read More

On October 4, 2016, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) issued a decision in Partanen v. Gallagher, declaring that Karen Partanen, a non-birth mother, can be a ... Read More

GLAD and the ACLU of Massachusetts submitted an amicus brief to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination in this case involving the alleged sexual harassment of a ... Read More

Victory! The full bench of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled April 4, 2017 that discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation ... Read More

On August 22, 2016,  U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor issued a preliminary injunction against the federal government’s guidance to public school districts regarding their ... Read More

GLAD joined with the Transgender Law Center, National Center for Lesbian Rights, and the firms of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Sigmon Law on an amicus brief on ... Read More

Maine has adopted its version of the Uniform Parentage Act, clarifying who is a legal parent – whether based on intent to parent, marriage, or ... Read More