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 | Updating Adoption Laws in Rhode Island
All children in Rhode Island need and deserve a secure legal relationship with both parents. LGBTQ co-parents in Rhode Island and elsewhere continue to face ... Read More
Advocacy | Access to HIV Prevention for Connecticut Youth
Victory! In July 2019, Governor Ned Lamont signed the bill into law. GLAD strongly supports House Bill 6540, which would ensure that populations at risk for ... Read More
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
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
Advocacy | Protecting LGBTQ Families in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Parentage Act will affirm and protect our families, ensuring that all children can access the security of legal parentage. There are many paths to ... 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
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