On October 14, 2021, GLAD filed a friend-of-the-court (amicus) brief along with the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Center for Lesbian Rights. The ... Read More

UPDATE: On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned federal abortion protections. Learn more about the decision and its devastating consequences. Mississippi’s abortion ban is unconstitutional. ... Read More

GLAD joined an amicus (friend of the court) brief with the National Women’s Law Center, along with Americans United for Separation of Church and State, ... Read More

GLAD is advocating for the RIGHTS Act (An Act to Promote Rehabilitation, Including Guaranteed Health, Treatment, and Safety for Incarcerated LGBTQI+ People – S.1566 / H.2484) in ... Read More

GLAD co-authored an amicus (friend of the court) brief in the 11th Circuit case Corbitt v. Taylor about Alabama’s needless and unjust requirement for transgender ... Read More

GLAD submitted an amicus brief along with Gelber Schachter & Greenberg, P.A., and the ACLU of Florida in support of plaintiff-appellee Bryan Rintoul in Phillip Morris ... Read More

UPDATE: On May 17, in a separate case brought by the ACLU of Tennessee, a federal judge issued a ruling striking the law on First ... Read More

GLAD Senior Attorney Bennett Klein has submitted testimony in support of S 1283, “An Act to ensure the constitutional rights and human dignity of prisoners ... Read More

Housing is a fundamental human right. It is critical to ensure LGBTQ+ Rhode Islanders are protected from housing discrimination. The Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act ... Read More

GLAD, with co-counsel Attorney Kevin Barry, authored an amicus brief to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a case involving a transgender federal employee who ... Read More