Feb 21, 2025 · Trans and nonbinary people have reported increased delays or interrogation when traveling internationally with mismatched IDs. Having the correct and current name on a passport can also be helpful for purposes such as providing a List A document for Form I-9 employment authorization procedures.

For 45 years, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, GLAD Law, has pursued cutting-edge legal strategies to ensure people across the country can live and thrive on our own terms, regardless of gender identity, sexual orientation, or HIV status.

Feb 4, 2025 · The Trump administration wants to define all people by their reproductive capacity—an alarming attempt to undo the basic protections that allow transgender people to go about their daily lives. It’s about dictating how trans people, and their families will …

GLAD Answers is a free and confidential legal information line serving LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV in New England.

GLAD Law and attorneys across the country are working to stop, delay, and minimize the impact of these attacks on LGBTQ+ rights. Learn about the executive orders and legal challenges: How GLAD Law is Fighting Back

Feb 3, 2025 · As expected, we’ve seen multiple directives coming from the Trump administration in its first weeks with the potential to affect the lives of LGBTQ+ people and their families. This is an evolving situation, and we know it is already causing …

Jun 2, 2014 · Transgender people are disproportionately represented in prison, and they, too, have limited and, most often, no access to care. GLAD is working across a range of contexts to guarantee access to medically necessary care for all transgender people, whatever their situation in …

Since 1978, GLAD Law has spurred on the LGBTQ rights movement with litigation, achieving scores of precedent-setting victories for the LGBTQ and HIV+ communities.

GLAD’s historic 2003 victory in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health made Massachusetts the first state in the U.S. to grant same-sex couples full marriage equality. Massachusetts law explicitly prohibits discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and HIV status.

Resources for transgender people living in Massachusetts to update their legal name and gender on federal and state documents.