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Chief Justice Margaret Marshall retires from SJC
July 21, 2010

Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, who led the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court,… Read More →

Federal Court Strikes Down DOMA Section 3
July 08, 2010

Today, U.S. District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro ruled that Section 3… Read More →

Maine High Court Orders New Hearing on Name Change Petition
July 02, 2010

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has ordered that a transgender man previously… Read More →

From the Docket ALL CASES »

Gill et al. v. Office of Personnel Management et al.

Pending

For complete details about this case and the plaintiffs, visit http://www.glad.org/doma/ Read More →

Dixit v. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Settled • January 11, 2010 GLAD negotiated a successful settlement on behalf of our client after Harvard Pilgrim Read More →

O’Donnabhain v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Victory • February 02, 2010

Victory! On February 2, 2010, the U.S. Tax Court issued an important decision in

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From The Blog ALL ENTRIES »

GLAD’s Jamal Brown Makes an Impact
June 18, 2010

GLAD’s own Jamal Brown won the inaugural Boston SPYCE Community Impact Award… Read More →

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Everyone Matters: Dignity and Safety for Transgender People

July 14, 2010

Please share this video widely and support transgender non-discrimination legislation in your…

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So Much Can Change in One Day

July, 2010

On July 8, my spouse Jonathan and I both left for work in the morning as we do every weekday. But by the time we returned home at the end of the day, we felt a sense of relief and security that didn’t exist just hours before. While we were going about our workdays, a federal judge struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which prevents legally married same-sex couples from receiving the same federal protections and responsibilities as all other married couples.

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