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23 May 2011, 11:46 am
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is New England’s leading legal organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status, and gender identity and expression. [read post]
17 May 2011, 8:02 am
Outside entities include liberal special interest group, such as The American Civil Liberties Union, Freedom to Marry, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Moveon.org, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition and the Service Employees International Union. [read post]
11 May 2011, 10:48 am
While the ACLU first tackled gay rights 75 years ago in 1936, defending Lillian Hellman's lesbian-themed play "The Children's Hour," in the 1950's we fell short, failing to challenge sodomy laws. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 3:35 pm
This issue is starting to transcend, and I bet Michigan will remember that next year…From the start, I have suspected that Dean Caminker didn’t really want to offend many of the gay and lesbian students at Michigan Law. [read post]
26 Apr 2011, 12:30 pm
If the answer is no, then we cannot impose such an obligation on a gay, lesbian, or bisexual judge. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 7:14 pm
But I think it would be wrong and unfair to assume he must be some sort of anti-gay ideologue. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 1:41 pm
For those of us who believe the law requires marriage equality for gays and lesbians, the firm's decision to drop the DOMA matter is indeed, as Ben Smith of Politico writes, "a real victory for supporters of same-sex marriage -- and mark[s] what seems like real marginalization for its foes. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 11:36 am
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders has represented Janet at the appellate level in Vermont; Lambda Legal has represented Janet at the appellate level in Virginia. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 10:11 am
If DOMA is struck down, the fact that it was defended effectively will make the victory for its opponents more credible. . . .In criticizing Clement’s law firm for agreeing to defend DOMA, the Human Rights Campaign contrasted that decision with the firm’s admirable record in promoting equality for gay and lesbian employees. [read post]
25 Apr 2011, 7:33 am
Organizations that advocate for gays and lesbians, most prominently the Human Rights Campaign based in Washington, have harshly criticized the firm’s involvement with the litigation and promised to target the firm’s clients and recruits. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 3:00 am
Texas decisions, at least twenty-one state advocacy organizations formed.Some achieved legislative victories, convincing state lawmakers to repeal sodomy prohibitions.Meanwhile, advocates urged state courts to use state constitutional law to provide protections for lesbians and gay men.Of the eleven states that decriminalized sodomy after Bowers, eight did so through the courts.Not only did state court activism result in on-the-ground victories, but it also laid the… [read post]
2 Mar 2011, 6:00 pm
"Rights group takes a step-by-step approach on gay marriage; Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, or GLAD, is arguing that it is unconstitutional to discriminate against gay couples who are already legally married; It hopes its incremental approach will lead to a broader ruling by the Supreme Court": David G. [read post]
26 Feb 2011, 10:43 am
” The other case [pdf], brought by Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, focused more narrowly on equal protection as applied to a handful of federal benefits. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 12:02 pm
I have been an attorney for almost thirty years and have been an advocate for gay and lesbian immigrants for most of that time. [read post]
17 Jan 2011, 10:18 pm
I re-posted an e-mail I received from GLAD (Gay Lesbian Advocates and Defenders) about the $25K Pepsi Refresh Project grant it is hoping to receive. [read post]
6 Jan 2011, 6:10 pm
I received the following e-mail from GLAD (Gay Lesbian Advocates and Defenders) today and thought it was important to pass on … GLAD has been instrumental in groundbreaking legal work that has gained the LGBT community many rights. [read post]
7 Dec 2010, 5:45 am
Similarly, on a much smaller scale, Ed Whelan notes an example where the Internal Revenue Service conceded a $250,000 attorneys' fee award to Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders—in a case where federal law would normally preclude fee-shifting. [read post]
1 Dec 2010, 9:10 pm
[The Yale University Library has issued the following press release.]Over 30 years’ worth of records documenting gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender legal history are being donated to Yale University by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD). [read post]
23 Nov 2010, 9:59 pm
” Stonewall called the vote “deeply disturbing … a worrying and regressive step” whilst the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) condemned the vote stating: Yesterday’s vote is a real disgrace set up by 79 governments trying to stop the increasing recognition of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans and intersex people as human beings like all others. [read post]
9 Nov 2010, 2:49 pm
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders also filed a new DOMA challenge today, this time in Connecticut, and we worked together to push the stories out to the press. [read post]
