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Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders freut sich, die Einstellung von Rechtsanwalt Zack M. Paakkonen bekannt zu geben. Er wird sich im Rahmen des Transgender Rights Project von GLAD auf rechtliche Fragen der Transgender-Community konzentrieren. Paakkonen verstärkt das Rechtsteam am 3. September.

„Da noch viel Arbeit zu tun ist, um Transgender-Personen rechtlich und sozial gleichzustellen, ist Zack Paakkonen eine hervorragende Ergänzung für unser Anwaltsteam“, sagte Rechtsdirektor Gary Buseck. „Mit seiner Erfahrung in der Vertretung von Transgender-Mandanten vor und außerhalb des Gerichtssaals ist er bereit, sofort loszulegen, während GLAD seine innovative Arbeit zu Transgender-Rechtsfragen fortsetzt.“

Paakkonen bringt umfangreiche Erfahrung in der Interessenvertretung von Transgender-Mandanten in verschiedenen Kontexten zu GLAD mit. 2008 gründete er gemeinsam mit seiner Partnerin Alice Neal die West End Legal, LLC, in Portland, Maine, eine Kanzlei, die sich auf die Bedürfnisse der lokalen LGBT-Community konzentriert. Zu Paakkonens Tätigkeit gehörte die Vertretung von Transgender-Mandanten in Familien- und Nachlassangelegenheiten, die Beratung von Klienten bei Diskriminierung in Schule und Beruf, die Bearbeitung von Jugendangelegenheiten in verschiedenen Kontexten sowie die Interessenvertretung von Transgender-Personen im Strafvollzug und in der Landesregierung in politischen Fragen.

„Ich bin stolz auf die Arbeit, die ich in meiner Privatpraxis für die Transgender-Community geleistet habe, und freue mich über die Gelegenheit, die mir GLAD bietet, einen umfassenderen Einfluss auf die Verbesserung und Ausweitung des Rechtsschutzes für die Transgender-Community in Neuengland und im ganzen Land zu nehmen“, sagte Paakkonen.

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Yesterday, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the School Success and Opportunity Act (AB1266), ensuring that transgender students can fully access all school activities, sports teams, programs and facilities – including sex- segregated bathrooms and locker rooms – that match their gender identity.

The Massachusetts Transgender Equal Rights Coalition, which is working in Massachusetts for the passage of the Transgender Equal Access Bill, issued the following comments in response to the enactment of the California Law:

“We applaud Governor Brown and the state of California for taking this critical step to ensure that transgender youth have their gender identities affirmed and respected at school, and that they have the same opportunities as the rest of their classmates to play sports, participate in physical education classes, school clubs and attend field trips,” said Mason Dunn, executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. “Ensuring that transgender students can access sex-segregated facilities and programs consistent with their gender identity is simple and fair, and increasingly becoming the norm, as we saw in Massachusetts when the Department of Elementary and Secondary education released its guidance on supporting transgender students in the Commonwealth’s schools.”

“But while Massachusetts has taken important steps to treat transgender students fairly in our public schools, it remains that transgender young people and adults can still be refused access to public places like hospitals, restaurants, homeless shelters, nursing homes and supermarkets,” added Dunn. “Our legislature can correct this injustice by passing the Equal Access Bill so that transgender residents of the Commonwealth have the same access to vital services and public spaces their fellow residents enjoy.”

Read more about the Coalition and their full statement here.

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Boston, MA – Yesterday, California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law the School Success and Opportunity Act (AB1266), ensuring that transgender students can fully access all school activities, sports teams, programs and facilities – including sex- segregated bathrooms and locker rooms – that match their gender identity.

The Massachusetts Transgender Equal Rights Coalition, which is working in Massachusetts for the passage of the Transgender Equal Access Bill, issued the following comments in response to the enactment of the California Law:

“We applaud Governor Brown and the state of California for taking this critical step to ensure that transgender youth have their gender identities affirmed and respected at school, and that they have the same opportunities as the rest of their classmates to play sports, participate in physical education classes, school clubs and attend field trips,” said Mason Dunn, executive director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. “Ensuring that transgender students can access sex-segregated facilities and programs consistent with their gender identity is simple and fair, and increasingly becoming the norm, as we saw in Massachusetts when the Department of Elementary and Secondary education released its guidance on supporting transgender students in the Commonwealth’s schools.”

“But while Massachusetts has taken important steps to treat transgender students fairly in our public schools, it remains that transgender young people and adults can still be refused access to public places like hospitals, restaurants, homeless shelters, nursing homes and supermarkets,” added Dunn. “Our legislature can correct this injustice by passing the Equal Access Bill so that transgender residents of the Commonwealth have the same access to vital services and public spaces their fellow residents enjoy.”
“We commend Gov. Brown and the California Legislature for affirming the dignity of transgender youth and for their leadership on issues of transgender equality.” said Kara Suffredini, executive director of MassEquality. “We hope that Massachusetts lawmakers will follow their lead by passing the Equal Access Bill so that all residents of the Commonwealth, including transgender residents, can access our public spaces safely and without fear of discrimination or other unfair treatment.”
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About the Transgender Equal Rights Coalition
The Transgender Equal Rights Coalition is working to pass H. 1589/S. 643, “An Act relative to equal access in hospitals, public transportation, nursing homes, supermarkets, retail establishments, and all other places open to the public. Also known as the Equal Access Bill, this legislation would add protections based on gender identity to existing Massachusetts’ civil rights laws governing public accommodations, which currently prohibit discrimination on the basis of religious affiliation or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, nationality, or any physical or mental disability. Gender identity is defined as “a person’s gender-related identity, appearance or behavior, whether or not that gender-related identity, appearance or behavior is different from that traditionally associated with the person’s physiology or assigned sex at birth.” Members of the coalition include: Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition; MassEquality; Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders; National Association of Social Workers, MA; Mass Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus; National Organization for Women, MA; ACLU of Massachusetts; Mass. LGBTQ Bar Association and ADL New England.

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WASHINGTON, DC— A coalition of national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights organizations, led by the National Black Justice Coalition and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, today issued the following open letter:

An Open Letter: Trayvon Deserves Justice

We cannot begin to imagine the continued pain and suffering endured by Trayvon Martin’s family and friends. We stand in solidarity with them as they continue to fight for justice, civil rights and closure. And we thank everyone who has pushed and will continue to push for justice.

Trayvon Martin deserves justice and his civil rights. We support the organizations and community leaders who are urging the federal government to explore every option to ensure that justice is served for Trayvon and that his civil rights are honored and respected. But our work does not end there: we will honor Trayvon Martin by strengthening our commitment to end bias, hatred, profiling and violence across our communities.

We represent organizations with diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender constituencies. Our community has been targets of bigotry, bias, profiling and violence. We have experienced the heart-breaking despair of young people targeted for who they are, who they are presumed to be, or who they love: Rashawn Brazell, Lawrence King, Ali Forney, Brandon Teena, Brandon White, Matthew Shepard, Marco McMillian, Angie Zapata, Sakia Gunn, Gwen Araujo and countless others.

Every person, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity, must be able to walk the streets without fear for their safety.

Justice delayed is justice denied and in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “a right delayed is a right denied.” We honor Trayvon by seeking justice for all people.

All Out
Amerikanische Bürgerrechtsunion
Believe Out Loud
BiNet USA
Bisexuelles Ressourcenzentrum
Center for Black Equity
CenterLink: Die Community der LGBT-Zentren
Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals
Gleichstellungsverband
Family Equality Council
Freedom to Work
Netzwerk für die Bildung von Schwulen, Lesben und Heterosexuellen
Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network)
GetEQUAL
GMHC
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
GLAAD
Harvey Milk Stiftung
Menschenrechtskampagne
Einwanderungsgleichheit
Lambda Legal
Projekt zur Bewegungsförderung
Nationale Koalition für schwarze Gerechtigkeit
Nationales Zentrum für Lesbenrechte
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Minority AIDS Council
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
PFLAG National
Das Trevor-Projekt
Trans Advocacy Network
Transgender Law Center
Koalition der Transgender People of Color

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WASHINGTON, DC— A coalition of national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights organizations, led by the National Black Justice Coalition and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, today issued the following open letter:

An Open Letter: Trayvon Deserves Justice

We cannot begin to imagine the continued pain and suffering endured by Trayvon Martin’s family and friends. We stand in solidarity with them as they continue to fight for justice, civil rights and closure. And we thank everyone who has pushed and will continue to push for justice.

Trayvon Martin deserves justice and his civil rights. We support the organizations and community leaders who are urging the federal government to explore every option to ensure that justice is served for Trayvon and that his civil rights are honored and respected. But our work does not end there: we will honor Trayvon Martin by strengthening our commitment to end bias, hatred, profiling and violence across our communities.

We represent organizations with diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender constituencies. Our community has been targets of bigotry, bias, profiling and violence. We have experienced the heart-breaking despair of young people targeted for who they are, who they are presumed to be, or who they love: Rashawn Brazell, Lawrence King, Ali Forney, Brandon Teena, Brandon White, Matthew Shepard, Marco McMillian, Angie Zapata, Sakia Gunn, Gwen Araujo and countless others.

Every person, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation or gender identity, must be able to walk the streets without fear for their safety.

Justice delayed is justice denied and in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “a right delayed is a right denied.”  We honor Trayvon by seeking justice for all people.

All Out
Amerikanische Bürgerrechtsunion
Believe Out Loud
BiNet USA
Bisexuelles Ressourcenzentrum
Center for Black Equity
CenterLink: Die Community der LGBT-Zentren
Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals
Gleichstellungsverband
Family Equality Council
Freedom to Work
Netzwerk für die Bildung von Schwulen, Lesben und Heterosexuellen
Gay-Straight Alliance Network (GSA Network)
GetEQUAL
GMHC
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
GLAAD
Harvey Milk Stiftung
Menschenrechtskampagne
Einwanderungsgleichheit
Lambda Legal
Projekt zur Bewegungsförderung
Nationale Koalition für schwarze Gerechtigkeit
Nationales Zentrum für Lesbenrechte
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
National Minority AIDS Council
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
PFLAG National
Das Trevor-Projekt
Trans Advocacy Network
Transgender Law Center
Koalition der Transgender People of Color

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Nach der Entscheidung des Obersten Gerichtshofs vom vergangenen Mittwoch, mit der Abschnitt 3 des Defense of Marriage Act aufgehoben wurde, gab das Bundesamt für Personalverwaltung (Office of Personnel Management, OPM) am Freitag, dem 28. Juni 2013, bekannt, dass es nun „in der Lage sei, Leistungen auf Bundesangestellte und Rentner auszuweiten, die rechtmäßig mit einem Partner des gleichen Geschlechts verheiratet sind.“

Obwohl OPM für die Zukunft zusätzliche Informationen zu „einem breiteren Themenspektrum“ versprach, bot es sofort Leitlinien zu den Themen Krankenversicherung (FEHB), Lebensversicherung (FEGLI), Zahn- und Sehversicherung (FEDVIP), Langzeitpflegeversicherung (FLTCIP), flexible Sparkonten (FSA) und die Möglichkeit für Rentner, eine Hinterbliebenenrente zu wählen, wenn sie nach der Pensionierung heiraten.

Gegebenenfalls hat OPM eine spezielle, neue 60-tägige offene Einschreibungsfrist vom 26. Juni 2013 bis zum 26. August 2013 geschaffen.

Die OPM-Leitlinien für Agenturen können gelesen werden Hier.

Eine weitere Entwicklung, die bereits viele Leben beeinflusst, ist die Das Heimatschutzministerium hat klargestellt dass US-Bürger in gleichgeschlechtlichen binationalen Ehen nun berechtigt sind, für ihren Ehepartner eine Green Card auf die gleiche Weise zu beantragen wie für einen Ehepartner anderen Geschlechts.

Bundesangestellte mit Fragen oder Problemen können sich an die InfoLine von GLAD unter (800) 455-GLAD wenden oder gladlaw@glad.org.

Gill gegen Office of Personnel Management

Am 26. Juni 2013 erklärte der Oberste Gerichtshof der USA Abschnitt 3 des DOMA für verfassungswidrig. Windsor gegen die Vereinigten Staaten.

Ausführliche Informationen zu diesem Fall, den Klägern und allen Rechtsdokumenten finden Sie unter https://www.gladlaw.org/doma

2. August 2012 – GLAD reichte eine kurze Antwort auf die Petitionen für einen Gerichtsbeschluss ein certiorari von der Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) und dem Justizministerium (DOJ).

2. August 2012 – Der Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund und die Generalstaatsanwälte von 15 Bundesstaaten reichten ein Freunde Schriftsätze zur Unterstützung der Petition für eine einstweilige Verfügung Zertifikate von der Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG).

3. Juli 2012 – Das Justizministerium reichte einen Antrag ein für certiorari vor dem Obersten Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten.

29. Juni 2012 – Die Führung des Repräsentantenhauses reichte über die Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) eine Petition ein für certiorari vor dem Obersten Gerichtshof der Vereinigten Staaten.

31. Mai 2012 – Das US-Berufungsgericht für den ersten Gerichtsbezirk bestätigt einstimmig die Entscheidung des Bezirksgerichts, wonach Abschnitt 3 des DOMA verfassungswidrig ist.

GLAD reichte einen Antrag ein für auf der Bank Überprüfung im Ersten Gerichtsbezirk am 21. Juni 2011. Am 7. Juli schloss sich das Justizministerium unserem Antrag auf auf der Bank Rezension.

25. Februar 2011 — Update: Das Justizministerium folgte am Mittwoch dem Rückzug aus zwei DOMA-Fällen im zweiten Gerichtsbezirk, darunter dem von GLAD Pedersen gegen OPM  indem sie dem Gerichtsschreiber des Ersten Gerichtsbezirks mitteilen, dass sie auch die Verteidigung der beiden konsolidierten DOMA-Fälle einstellen werden, Gill gegen Office of Personnel Management Und Massachusetts gegen HHS.

12. Oktober 2010 – Update: Die Bundesregierung hat eine Mitteilung eingereicht, dass sie gegen das Urteil des US-Bezirksgerichts vom 8. Juli 2010 beim US-Berufungsgericht für den ersten Gerichtsbezirk Berufung einlegt.

8. Juli 2010 – Update: Entscheidung des US-Bezirksgerichts vom 8. Juli 2010 besagt, dass DOMA gegen die Gleichbehandlungsgrundsätze verstößt, die in der Due Process Clause des fünften Zusatzartikels zur US-Verfassung verankert sind.

16. Februar 2010 – Update: GLAD hat am 16. Februar 2010 das Antwortschreiben unseres Klägers zur Unterstützung unseres Antrags auf summarisches Urteil eingereicht.

29. Januar 2010 – Update: Die Regierung hat am 29. Januar 2010 ihren Widerspruch gegen unseren Antrag auf summarisches Urteil eingereicht.

17. November 2009 – Update: Am 17. November 2009 reichte GLAD einen Antrag gegen den Antrag der Regierung auf Klageabweisung ein und reichte einen Antrag auf summarisches Urteil in dem Fall ein.

31. Juli 2009 — Update: GLAD reichte eine geänderte Beschwerde ein Kieme Klage am 31. Juli 2009.

8. Juli 2009 – Am 8. Juli 2009 reichte der Commonwealth of Massachusetts Klage gegen DOMA Sec 3 ein.

31. Juni 2009 — Am 27. Mai 2009, als Ergebnis der rechtlichen Anfechtung von GLAD im Namen von Kieme Das US-Außenministerium hat im Zusammenhang mit den Klägern Keith und Al Toney eine Änderung der Passvergaberichtlinien für Personen angekündigt, die nach der Heirat mit einer Person des gleichen Geschlechts ihren Namen geändert haben. Diese Personen können nun einen Pass auf ihren neuen Namen erhalten. Keith beantragte seinen neuen Pass am 22. Juni.

Am 3. März 2009 reichte GLAD die erste konzertierte Klage mehrerer Kläger gegen Abschnitt 3 des Bundesgesetzes zur Verteidigung der Ehe (Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA) ein.

Gill et al. gegen Office of Personnel Management et al. zielt auf die Verweigerung bestimmter bundesstaatlicher Rechte und Schutzbestimmungen für verheiratete gleichgeschlechtliche Paare in Massachusetts ab. GLAD-Klagen brachten die Ehegleichheit in Massachusetts (2004) und Connecticut (2008) ein, den einzigen Bundesstaaten, in denen gleichgeschlechtliche Paare derzeit legal heiraten können. Diese heute beim Bundesbezirksgericht in Boston eingereichte Klage befasst sich mit der Nutzung von Abschnitt 3 des DOMA, um Ehegatten den Schutz bei der Sozialversicherung, der Bundeseinkommensteuer, den Leistungen für Bundesangestellte und Rentner sowie bei der Ausstellung von Reisepässen zu verweigern.

Der 1996 verabschiedete Abschnitt 3 des DOMA, der heute in Abschnitt 7 des USC kodifiziert ist, beschränkt die von der Bundesregierung anerkannten Ehen auf Ehen zwischen Mann und Frau. Abschnitt 2 des DOMA, der nicht Gegenstand dieses Rechtsstreits ist, erlaubt es den Bundesstaaten, öffentliche Richtlinien darüber zu erlassen, welche Ehen sie anerkennen und welche nicht.

GLAD argumentiert, dass Abschnitt 3 des DOMA gegen die in der Bundesverfassung verankerte Gleichbehandlungsgarantie verstößt, die bei der Einkommensteuer, der Sozialversicherung, bei Bundesbediensteten und -rentnern sowie bei der Ausstellung von Reisepässen gilt. GLAD behauptet außerdem, dass Abschnitt 3 des DOMA einen beispiellosen Eingriff der Bundesregierung in das Eherecht darstellt, das stets als Zuständigkeit der Bundesstaaten galt.

Bei den Klägern handelt es sich um acht Ehepaare und drei Witwer, die derzeit Anspruch auf Leistungen aus einem staatlichen Programm haben. Jeder von ihnen hat einen Antrag auf Leistungen aus diesem Programm gestellt, der ihm aufgrund von Abschnitt 3 des DOMA-Gesetzes verweigert wurde.

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Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), the legal organization that first brought marriage equality to the United States nine years ago, today hailed the Supreme Court’s historic decisions in Windsor gegen die Vereinigten Staaten Und Hollingsworth gegen Perry. In Windsor, Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act was struck down, and in Perry, the court ruled that the proponents of Proposition 8 did not have standing to appeal lower court rulings.

This means that all legally married same-sex couples will have access to all the federal protections afforded to legally married opposite-sex couples, and that California couples will likely have the right to marry, in accordance with the federal district court ruling.

„The Court has removed the stain and the insult that is DOMA,” said Lee Swislow, GLAD’s Executive Director.  “This is an enormous victory and a joyous day for loving, married couples and their families – and for thousands of couples in California who will now be able to express their commitment through marriage.”

“Today, the Supreme Court affirmed that there should be no gay exception in how the federal government regards marriage.  If you are married, you are married,” said

Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director for GLAD, and lead counsel in the 2003 Massachusetts case Goodridge gegen das Gesundheitsministerium, of the Court’s ruling against DOMA. “Married couples now come before the federal government as equals.”

Married couples from any state with questions about the immediate impact of the Court striking down DOMA can contact GLAD’s Legal InfoLine: 1-800-455-4523; or gladlaw@glad.org; or by live chat at www.gladlaw.org/rights/infoline-contact.

DOMA, which was enacted in 1996, barred all legally married same-sex couples from being recognized as married under federal law.  Its impact and damage has been far-reaching, touching on every area of federal law, from Social Security and family medical leave to immigration policy and tax-filing.

GLAD brought two multi-plaintiff challenges to DOMA, Gill gegen Office of Personnel Management in 2009 and Pedersen gegen Office of Personnel Management in 2010, winning two district level decisions and one appellate victory, laying legal groundwork for today’s SCOTUS ruling.  GLAD also coordinated the massive amicus effort in support of Windsor, a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and the firm of Paul Weiss Rifkind, on behalf of Edith Windsor.

“Congratulations to our colleagues and friends at the ACLU, to Edie Windsor, to the American Foundation for Equal Rights, to the plaintiffs in Perry, and the people of California,” said Swislow. “Like our Kieme Und Pedersen plaintiffs, Edie was stung by discrimination.  She and her advocates have won an historic victory that will enable couples to better protect one another and their children.”

GLAD will be working in coming months on implementation, and will keep the community informed as legal issues are clarified.

Through strategic litigation, public policy advocacy, and education, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders works in New England and nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status, and sexual orientation.

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Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), the legal organization that first brought marriage equality to the United States nine years ago, today hailed the Supreme Court’s historic decisions in Windsor gegen die Vereinigten Staaten Und Hollingsworth gegen Perry. In Windsor, Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act was struck down, and in Perry, the court ruled that the proponents of Proposition 8 did not have standing to appeal lower court rulings.

This means that all legally married same-sex couples will have access to all the federal protections afforded to legally married opposite-sex couples, and that California couples will likely have the right to marry, in accordance with the federal district court ruling.

„The Court has removed the stain and the insult that is DOMA,” said Lee Swislow, GLAD’s Executive Director.  “This is an enormous victory and a joyous day for loving, married couples and their families – and for thousands of couples in California who will now be able to express their commitment through marriage.”

“Today, the Supreme Court affirmed that there should be no gay exception in how the federal government regards marriage.  If you are married, you are married,” said

Mary Bonauto, Civil Rights Project Director for GLAD, and lead counsel in the 2003 Massachusetts case Goodridge gegen das Gesundheitsministerium, of the Court’s ruling against DOMA. “Married couples now come before the federal government as equals.”

Married couples from any state with questions about the immediate impact of the Court striking down DOMA can contact GLAD’s Legal InfoLine: 1-800-455-4523; or gladlaw@glad.org; or by live chat at www.gladlaw.org/rights/infoline-contact.

DOMA, which was enacted in 1996, barred all legally married same-sex couples from being recognized as married under federal law.  Its impact and damage has been far-reaching, touching on every area of federal law, from Social Security and family medical leave to immigration policy and tax-filing.

GLAD brought two multi-plaintiff challenges to DOMA, Gill gegen Office of Personnel Management in 2009 and Pedersen gegen Office of Personnel Management in 2010, winning two district level decisions and one appellate victory, laying legal groundwork for today’s SCOTUS ruling.  GLAD also coordinated the massive amicus effort in support of Windsor, a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and the firm of Paul Weiss Rifkind, on behalf of Edith Windsor.

“Congratulations to our colleagues and friends at the ACLU, to Edie Windsor, to the American Foundation for Equal Rights, to the plaintiffs in Perry, and the people of California,” said Swislow. “Like our Kieme Und Pedersen plaintiffs, Edie was stung by discrimination.  She and her advocates have won an historic victory that will enable couples to better protect one another and their children.”

GLAD will be working in coming months on implementation, and will keep the community informed as legal issues are clarified.

Through strategic litigation, public policy advocacy, and education, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders works in New England and nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status, and sexual orientation.

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Washington, DC – Today, the Supreme Court struck down a central part of the Voting Rights Act, invalidating crucial protections passed by Congress in 1965 and renewed four times in the decades since. The sharply divided decision will significantly reduce the federal government’s role in overseeing voting laws in areas with a history of discrimination against African-Americans.

We, America’s leading LGBT advocacy organizations, join civil rights organizations – and indeed, all Americans whom this law has served to protect – in expressing acute dismay at today’s ruling. Not only had Congress repeatedly reaffirmed the need for this bedrock civil rights protection, but authoritative voices from across America had filed amicus briefs urging the court not to undermine the law: the NAACP; the American Bar Association; the Navajo Nation; the states of New York, California, Mississippi and North Carolina; numerous former Justice Department officials charged with protecting voting rights; dozens of U.S. senators and representatives; and many others.

These varied and powerful voices attest to the self-evident reality that racial protections are still needed in voting in this country. As recently as last year’s elections, political partisans resorted to voter suppression laws and tactics aimed at reducing the votes of people of color.

Voting rights protections, which have long served our nation’s commitment to equality and justice, should not be cast aside now. The court has done America a grave disservice, and we will work with our coalition partners to undo the damage inflicted by this retrogressive ruling.

Center for Black Equity
CenterLink: Die Community der LGBT-Zentren
The Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals
Gleichstellungsverband
Family Equality Council
Freedom to Marry
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders
Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC)
Menschenrechtskampagne
Immigration Equality Action Fund
Lambda Legal
Nationale Koalition für schwarze Gerechtigkeit
Nationales Zentrum für Lesbenrechte
Nationales Zentrum für Transgender-Gleichstellung
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
PFLAG – Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays
Pride at Work, AFL-CIO
Unid@s

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