Advocacy | Paid Sick and Family Leave in Maine
Passing LD 369, an Earned Paid Sick Days proposal, is the right thing to do for Maine’s families. 42 percent of LGBT people say they’ve needed ... Read More
Transgender Rights
GLAD works on the cutting edge of transgender rights, from health care access, to fair treatment for youth and students, to non-discrimination protections in every area of life.
Advocacy | Connecticut Paid Family and Medical Leave S.B. 1 AND H.B. 5003 – 2019
GLAD supports partners Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund, Planned Parenthood Connecticut, CT Working Families, and others in advocating for paid family and medical leave ... Read More
Advocacy | Protecting LGBTQ Families in Rhode Island
Victory! On July 21, 2020, Governor Raimondo signed the Rhode Island Uniform parentage Act into law with families in attendance and speaking on behalf of ... Read More
Protecting LGBTQ Families in Massachusetts
There are many paths to parenthood and many types of families in the Commonwealth, but Massachusetts statutes have not kept pace with modern science and ... Read More
Supporting Protections on the Basis of Gender Identity in New Hampshire
On January 29, 2019, GLAD staff attorney Chris Erchull submitted testimony in support of House Bill 608, An Act Expanding the Law Against Discrimination Based ... Read More
Cases | Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
In 2018, the City of Philadelphia suspended a contract with Catholic Social Services (“CSS”) to provide foster care placement services because the agency refused to ... Read More
Cases | Rhines v. Young
GLAD joined five other civil rights organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota, Lambda Legal, National Center for ... Read More
Advocacy | Implementing Trans-Affirming Policies at Massasoit Community College
According to a system-wide policy adopted in 2016, community colleges across Massachusetts are required to use students’ preferred names when possible. But when a transgender ... Read More
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