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Immigration Know Your Rights Webinar

Immigration Know Your Rights Webinar

LGBTQ+ immigrants and families face unique challenges when navigating the U.S. immigration system. The incoming federal administration has announced plans to remove existing protections and intensify deportation efforts, making it more crucial than ever to understand your rights and be familiar with available resources.

On January 14, 2025, GLAD Law, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Political Asylum/Immigration Representation (PAIR) Project, and Ropes & Gray hosted a discussion about our community’s rights, resources for LGBTQ+ immigrants and asylum seekers, and the immigration system.

The entire webinar is available below. Find additional information on our Asylum, Detention, and Immigration Rights and Resources page.

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This webinar provides legal information, not legal advice, and you should consult with an immigration expert to discuss your specific situation. Immigration law is an area of law that may change rapidly. It is important to seek up-to-date information from a trusted source, such as a reputable immigration attorney or an organization with specialization in immigration law.

This webinar was held on January 14, 2025.

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Mary Bonauto to Receive Presidential Citizen Medal

Mary Bonauto, Senior Director of Civil Rights and Legal Strategies at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) is among 20 individuals receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal in a ceremony at the White House this afternoon.

The Presidential Citizens Medal is given out to Americans who “have performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens.”

Mary Bonauto

“It is an astonishing honor to receive this recognition, and to be in the company of other incredible individuals who have had such a significant impact on the lives of Americans,” said Bonauto. “The Presidential Citizens Medal represents something fundamental: that we each have a role to play in fulfilling our country’s promises of equality, dignity, and freedom. I stand alongside so many courageous individuals who fought for the right to marry, and others across our nation who share a deep desire that all of our community members be treated with fairness and dignity. This recognition today is a testament to the profoundly positive impact marriage equality has had on individuals, families, and communities across our country.”

The White House described Mary’s service and contributions in a statement to the press:

Attorney and activist Mary Bonauto first fought to legalize same-sex marriage in Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Maine before arguing before the Supreme Court in Obergefell gegen Hodges, which established marriage equality as the law of the land. Her efforts made millions of families whole and forged a more perfect Union.

“President Biden believes these Americans are bonded by their common decency and commitment to serving others,” the White House said in the statement. “The country is better because of their dedication and sacrifice.”

We are thrilled to see this well-deserved recognition for Mary, and for the positive impact marriage equality has had on individuals, families, and communities across the country.

The ceremony is scheduled for 5pm ET on Thursday, January 2, 2025. You can watch a livestream at WhiteHouse.gov/live. The ceremony will also be available on the White House’s YouTube Channel.

Watch the ceremony honoring Mary Bonauto and fellow Presidential Citizens Medal recipients:

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An Evening with Transgender Rights Trailblazers

An Evening with Transgender Rights Trailblazers

Tuesday, December 17
8-9:30pm EST / 5-6:30pm PST

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Earlier this fall, two trailblazers of LGBTQ+ advocacy, National Center For Lesbian Rights Legal Director Shannon Minter and GLAD Law Senior Director of Transgender and Queer Rights Jennifer Levi discussed their decades of experience in the movement to secure equal rights for transgender people, what’s happening across the country now, and what we can take into the work for justice ahead of us.

Join Ricardo Martinez and NCLR Executive Director Imani Rupert-Gordon for a virtual screening of excerpts from this insightful and inspiring conversation, followed by a live discussion with Shannon and Jennifer about the Supreme Court, other pending legal challenges, what we expect with the incoming administration, and more. RSVP today!

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GLAD Law reagiert auf mündliche Argumente im Verfahren vor dem Obersten Gerichtshof der USA USA gegen Skrmetti 

Als Reaktion auf die heutige mündliche Verhandlung vor dem Obersten Gerichtshof der USA im Fall Vereinigte Staaten gegen Skrmetti Ricardo Martinez, Geschäftsführer von GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law), gab zu dem Verbot einer sicheren und wirksamen medizinischen Versorgung transgender Jugendlicher in Tennessee folgende Erklärung ab: 

„Alle Familien, einschließlich der Familien mit Transgender-Jugendlichen, sollten die Freiheit haben, in Absprache mit vertrauenswürdigen Gesundheitsdienstleistern verantwortungsvolle medizinische Entscheidungen zur Versorgung ihrer Kinder zu treffen.

Das Verbot in Tennessee und ähnlichen Bundesstaaten ist offenkundig diskriminierend. Das wurde in der heutigen Diskussion deutlich. Diese Gesetze verbieten allgemein erhältliche Medikamente, die nachweislich sicher und wirksam sind, nur für junge Transgender. Eltern von Transgender-Jugendlichen haben Anspruch darauf, ihren Kindern die Unterstützung und Fürsorge zukommen zu lassen, die ihnen wissenschaftlichen Untersuchungen zufolge zu einem glücklichen und gesunden Leben verhilft. Politiker sollten sich nicht zwischen Familien und persönliche medizinische Entscheidungen stellen.

GLAD Law stellt Gesundheitsversorgungsverbote in Alabama in Frage (Boe gegen Marshall) und Florida (Doe gegen Ladapo) und reichte eine Schriftsatz des Amicus Curiae an den Obersten Gerichtshof in USA gegen Skrmetti zusammen mit Familien aus Kentucky, der ACLU von Kentucky, NCLR und mehreren anderen Bürgerrechtsorganisationen.

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8 Ways to Support GLAD Law’s Work for LGBTQ+ Justice

In today’s political climate of increasing threats to our rights, many of us are asking the same question: What can I do to make a difference?

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) has fought and won against tough odds for nearly 50 years. And we aren’t backing down. 

Our commitment to ensuring LGBTQ+ people and our families are recognized, welcomed, and protected throughout our lives has never been stronger – and neither has our resolve to find new ways forward.  

But we can’t do it without you. 

Ready to make an impact? Here are eight meaningful ways you can join us in the fight for justice.

1. Make a gift

Every dollar makes a difference, and there are a lot of ways to give. Become a monthly donor to make the biggest impact and help GLAD Law meet the challenges ahead!

GLAD Law staff Qwin Mbabazi and Ivory King smiling behind a table of resources at a GLAD Law event

2. Organize a fundraiser

Help spread the word about GLAD Law’s work and encourage others to donate! Host a fundraising page for a birthday, anniversary, or just because. Start a friendly competition over who can raise the most for LGBTQ+ rights. Mehr erfahren.

3. Help host an event

Host a “friendraiser” event! You provide the event space and we’ll help with the logistics and planning. Or join the Host Committee of a GLAD Law event near you to help make it a success. Reach out for details to events@glad.org.

4. Get your workplace involved

Talk to your employer about sponsoring an event! Ask if your workplace has a matching gift program or start one to double your donation’s impact. Contact giving@glad.org um mehr zu erfahren.

5. Join the Lawyer Referral Service

Attorneys can sign up to help provide legal counsel on LGBTQ+ issues to the thousands in need who contact GLAD Law each year. Apply to join or share with a lawyer you know!

6. Volunteer

Donate your time! Sign up to volunteer at events or help staff GLAD Law Answers, our legal information hotline.

GLAD interns in black GLAD t-shirts outside at the 2023 Summer Party

7. Sign up for updates

Get the latest information about your rights, ways to take action, and updates on GLAD Law’s important work for equality. Melden Sie sich noch heute an, then share GLAD Law with five of your friends!

8. Follow, like, and share on social media

Follow @GLADLaw on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube, Und Themen. Engage with us on social media and help spread the word.

These are just a few of the many ways you can get involved Und support GLAD Law’s work. Thank you for your generosity and commitment to justice for all.

Post-Election Community Call

Post-Election Community Call with GLAD Law

Thursday, November 14 at 5:30-6:30pm EST / 2:30-3:30pm PST
Register for free: Zoom Webinar

Share your questions and join GLAD Law for a conversation about what we expect in the incoming Trump administration and state legislative sessions, what rights, protections, and resources are available now, and how we plan to keep working together to advance justice and keep our communities secure.

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  • Ricardo Martinez, Executive Director
  • Jennifer Levi, Senior Director of Transgender and Queer Rights
  • Mary Bonauto, Senior Director of Civil Rights and Legal Strategies
  • Polly Crozier, Director of Family Advocacy
  • Sarah Austin, Staff Attorney

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A Message from Organizations Committed to Advancing LGBTQIA2S+ Freedom Beyond the 2024 Elections

Our LGBTQIA2S+ community has risen again and again to meet moments that have challenged our rights, our humanity, and our freedom. Today is no different.

Ours is a long history of never backing down from a fight for our rights. United in our strength, during the most difficult of times, we have pushed forward and achieved significant progress across the decades. From the early days of the Mattachine Society and Daughters of Bilitis, to the Stonewall Uprising and HIV/AIDS activism, to achieving marriage equality and anti-discrimination protections in the workplace, to the fight for transgender rights, and beyond, we march on.

For every member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community and for those who support us: We’ve got this. We’ve got us. No matter who you are, where you live, or the outcome of yesterday’s election, today we are an LGBTQIA2S+ community united. Together, across races, places, genders, and abilities, we have shown up for each other by organizing, mobilizing, and casting our ballots for the freedom to be ourselves. Our work continues.

Election outcomes at national, state, and local levels will impact our health, our safety, and our rights as LGBTQIA2S+ people and families. Despite anti-LGBTQIA2S+ efforts to divide our communities, and particularly severe attacks against transgender people and LGBTQIA2S+ youth, we have succeeded in moving a few steps closer toward equity and justice for our community. In particular, we celebrate the election of the first openly transgender person to U.S. Congress, Rep. Sarah McBride (Del.), as well as out lawmakers U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin (Wis.), U.S. Rep. Julie Johnson (Texas), and State Rep. Wick Thomas (Mo.), and cementing the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in California, Colorado, and Hawaii.

Across the country, LGBTQIA2S+ organizations and advocates engaged and educated voters, made calls, sent texts, and knocked on doors to ensure every voter had the information necessary to cast a ballot. Every single conversation reflected our commitment to vote for our families, our freedoms, and our futures.

We know that so much more work lies ahead of us. Yet as an LGBTQIA2S+ movement, we will continue to work towards what we always have: a country where all LGBTQIA2S+ people are safe, seen, and accepted for who we truly are, without exception. We are here together, and we will move forward. We’ve got this. We’ve got us.

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  • Befürworter der Trans-Gleichstellung
  • AIDS United
  • Arkansas Black Gay Men’s Forum
    Basic Rights Oregon
  • Center for HIV Law and Policy
  • CenterLink: The Community of LGBTQ Centers
  • Crawfordsville Pride – Crawfordsville, IN
  • Diversity Richmond
  • Equality Arizona
  • Gleichberechtigung Kalifornien
  • Equality Connecticut
  • Equality Delaware
  • Equality Federation
  • Gleichheit Florida
  • Equality Illinois
  • Equality Michigan
  • Equality New Mexico
  • Equality Virginia
  • Fair Wisconsin
  • Fairness Campaign
  • Fairness West Virginia
  • Gleichberechtigung der Familie
  • Friends of Dorothy of Indiana
  • Gender Justice
  • Georgia Equality
  • GLAAD
  • GLBTQ-Rechtsanwälte und -Verteidiger (GLAD Law)
  • Greenwood Indiana Pride
  • Have A Gay Day Inc.
  • Menschenrechtskampagne
  • Lambda Legal
  • LGBT Center Orlando, Inc
  • LGBTQ+ Victory Fund
  • LGBTQ+ Victory Institute
  • Politische Koalition der Transgender in Massachusetts
  • Massengleichheit
  • Projekt zur Bewegungsförderung
  • Naper Pride Inc
  • Nationales Zentrum für Lesbenrechte
  • National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund
  • NBJC
  • North Dakota Human Rights Coalition
  • Ogden Pride
  • One Colorado
  • One Iowa
  • Out Accountability Project
  • OutFront Minnesota
  • OutNebraska
  • PFLAG National
  • PFLAG Akron
  • PFLAG Athens, TN
  • PFLAG Blairsville
  • PFLAG Bowie
  • PFLAG Cape Cod
  • PFLAG Cape Girardeau
  • PFLAG Carson Region
  • PFLAG Charlotte
  • PFLAG Clayton-Concord
  • PFLAG Corydon – Leavenworth
  • PFLAG Danville – San Ramon Valley
  • PFLAG Danville / Central Susquehanna Valley
  • PFLAG Denver
  • PFLAG Fort Collins
  • PFLAG Franklin
  • PFLAG Franklin-Hampshire
  • PFLAG Fort Worth
  • PFLAG Geneva/Tri-Cities
  • PFLAG Georgetown
  • PFLAG Greater Boston
  • PFLAG Greater Orlando
  • PFLAG Greater Placer County
  • PFLAG Greensburg
  • PFLAG Hampton Roads
  • PFLAG Hartford
  • PFLAG Jersey Shore
  • PFLAG Lafayette/Tippecanoe County
  • PFLAG Lamorinda
  • PFLAG Lower Columbia
  • PFLAG Nazareth/Lehigh Valley
  • PFLAG of Door County
  • PFLAG Safety Harbor
  • PFLAG Salisbury Rowan
  • PFLAG San Diego County
  • PFLAG Socorro
  • PFLAG Storm Lake
  • PFLAG Tulsa
  • PFLAG Waukesha
  • Pride Lafayette
  • Pride Richland County (Illinois)
  • The Prideful Path Project
  • Q Center PDX
  • Queer Vox
  • Queering The Binary Foundation
  • SAGE
  • Silver State Equality
  • Stonewall Columbus, Inc
  • Tennessee Equality Project
  • Das Trevor-Projekt
  • Transformation Project
  • Transgender Law Center
  • Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico
  • TransLafayette
  • TransOhio
  • Youth Pride Association

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Statement from Ricardo Martinez, Executive Director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law) on the results of the 2024 election:

Many of us are reeling as we process election results that are devastating for so many in our communities and for our country. But here’s what I know: Together, we are powerful, and we aren’t going anywhere.

As someone who has done this work in Texas, a microcosm of the worst-case scenario many may be imagining right now, I know that strategic resistance leads to a path forward.

The fights to come may be some of the most challenging of our lives. Election results across the country, including in New England, may mean an increase in laws that seek to limit or strip away our fundamental rights and freedoms.

But GLAD Law has fought and won against tough odds for nearly 50 years. When the last Trump administration banned transgender military service members, we fought back immediately – and won. When states have attacked LGBTQ+ youth and families, we’ve met that challenge head-on in the courts. 

What comes next will require fighting on every front – from the courts and state legislatures, to countering the disinformation targeting our communities and ensuring LGBTQ+ people and people with HIV have the information they need to protect and exercise their rights.

We won’t back down. Our commitment to ensuring LGBTQ+ people and our families are recognized, welcomed, and protected throughout our lives has never been stronger – and neither has our resolve to find new ways forward. 

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GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, jetzt auch bekannt als GLAD Law!

Logo for GLAD Law, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders with the tagline, Justice with Pride

Nach fast 50 Jahren richtungsweisender juristischer Erfolge für unsere Gemeinschaft freuen wir uns, ein neues Kapitel ankündigen zu können: GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders wird nun auch als GLAD Law bekannt sein, anstatt einfach nur FROH.

Wir wissen, dass die Verwendung unseres langjährigen Akronyms „GLAD“ gelegentlich zu Verwechslungen mit anderen Organisationen mit ähnlichem Namen geführt hat. Wir wechseln zu GLAD Law nicht nur, um Unklarheiten zu beseitigen, sondern auch, um unser Erbe der Neugestaltung der Rechtslandschaft zur Förderung der Gleichberechtigung für alle in den Vordergrund zu rücken. GLAD Law bringt unsere Entschlossenheit zum Ausdruck, dass LGBTQ+-Personen dazugehören – in unsere Gesetze, in unsere Verfassung und in das öffentliche Leben.

Unsere Mission ändert sich nicht. Wir fühlen uns unseren Wurzeln in Neuengland und unserem nationalen Engagement im Kampf gegen Diskriminierung aufgrund von Geschlechtsidentität, sexueller Orientierung oder HIV-Status nach wie vor verpflichtet. 

Und im heutigen Klima zunehmender Bedrohungen der bürgerlichen Freiheiten sind Rechtsbeistand und Aufklärung über Entscheidungen, die die LGBTQ+-Community betreffen, notwendiger denn je. Ganz gleich, welche Herausforderungen bestehen, GLAD Law wird weiterhin vor dem wachsenden Extremismus schützen und weiterhin für Sie kämpfen.

Mit Blick auf die Zukunft möchten wir weiterhin auf dem Erbe von GLAD Law aufbauen, indem wir vor Gericht, in den Parlamenten der Bundesstaaten und durch Aufklärungsarbeit in der Öffentlichkeit gegen neue Bedrohungen der LGBTQ+-Rechte vorgehen und unsere Stimme nutzen, um politische Maßnahmen zu unterstützen, die die Rechte unserer Gemeinschaft fördern und schützen.

Wir freuen uns sehr, dieses neue Kapitel in einer so kritischen Zeit aufzuschlagen. Vielen Dank für Ihre Unterstützung und Ihr Engagement, während wir diese Arbeit gemeinsam vorantreiben.

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Leading LGBTQ Civil Rights Litigators Shannon Minter and Jennifer Levi to Receive 2024 Spirit of Justice Award Oct. 25

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders will honor attorneys Shannon Minter and Jennifer Levi, who have long been at the forefront of the contemporary LGBTQ+ legal movement, crafting legal strategies to secure the civil rights of transgender people, successfully advocating for marriage equality and security for LGBTQ parents, establishing protections for LGBTQ+ youth, and advancing and defending nondiscrimination protections

image of Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights and Jennifer Levi, Senior Director of Transgender and Queer Rights, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders

New England-based GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD Law), one of the nation’s leading LGBTQ+ legal rights organizations, will present its 2024 Spirit of Justice Award to Shannon Minter and Jennifer Levi, two of the foremost LGBTQ+ civil rights attorneys and experts on transgender rights litigation in the country. Minter and Levi will receive the award at the annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner Oct. 25 in Boston. This event is sold out.

“As we confront significant and growing threats to the fundamental rights of LGBTQ+ people, more than ever we need bold defenders of our equality and humanity in state legislatures, mobilizing in their communities, and fighting in the courts,” said Ricardo Martinez, GLAD Law’s Executive Director. “Through their visionary legal work, Shannon Minter and Jennifer Levi have secured — and continue to win — essential court victories that tangibly improve the lives of LGBTQ+ people and provide a foundation on which others in our movement have built. We’re tremendously proud to honor each of them with this year’s Spirit of Justice Award.” 

Minter is Legal Director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR). Levi is Senior Director of Transgender and Queer Rights at GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders. Over legal careers spanning more than three decades, Minter and Levi have, both individually and in partnership, contributed to the development of legal strategies that have shaped the landscape of LGBTQ+ rights jurisprudence. 

Minter and Levi have been long-time collaborators at the forefront of legal efforts to secure and defend the civil rights of transgender people, including early foundational victories for transgender students, establishing employment protections, and in cases laying the groundwork to ensure transgender people are protected under laws prohibiting sex discrimination. They co-led the successful legal fight against former President Trump’s 2017 transgender military ban and are currently challenging multiple state laws banning health care for transgender adolescents or restricting care for transgender adults.

In addition to their groundbreaking transgender legal rights work in litigation, legislation and public policy, they have each litigated cases securing marriage equality for same-sex couples, establishing protections for LGBTQ youth, parents, and families, and enforcing non-discrimination protections. In 1993, Minter started the nation’s first Youth Project at an LGBTQ legal organization, at NCLR. Levi litigated her first transgender rights case at GLAD Law in 1999 and formally founded the first Transgender Rights Project at an LGBTQ legal organization in 2008.

“I have had the good fortune to work side by side with Shannon and Jennifer as they have fought to advance the rights of transgender and queer people. Our movement couldn’t have come this far without the legal and policy strategies they pioneered, individually and as collaborators,” said Chai Feldblum, legal scholar, LGBTQ activist, and former Commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. “It has been the litigation and policy work that Jennifer and Shannon have done over the past many, many years that has provided the real protection for transgender and queer people.”

The Spirit of Justice Award Dinner is GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders’ flagship event, now in its twenty-fifth year. Past Spirit of Justice honorees include Nadine Smith, Tony Kushner, Governor Deval Patrick, Massachusetts Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall, Bishop Gene Robinson, Phill Wilson, former Attorney General Eric Holder, Jose Antonio Vargas, Chai Feldblum, and Kylar Broadus. The 2023 honorees were the plaintiffs in the landmark Goodridge v. MA DPH case that made Massachusetts the first state where same-sex couples could legally marry, in recognition of the 20th anniversary of that historic ruling.

The 2024 Spirit of Justice Award Dinner is co-chaired by Jamie Bergeron, Gavin Alexander, and Jean-Phillip Brignol. More details are available at glad.org/events/2024SOJ

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