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2022 Florida Event: An Evening of Equality

Join us for light hors d’oeuvres, drinks (including a signature cocktail), and lively conversation about the movement for LGBTQ+ equality.

Prezante:

Janson Wu
Janson Wu

Janson Wu, GLAD Executive Director

Hosted by Paul Goulet, Rick Smith, David Hayter, and Dan Borges.

 

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Street parking available. Please take care not to block driveways.

Please do not attend if you are feeling ill or experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19.

This is a Florida casual event.

 

Questions? Contact CJ Tran at ctran@glad.org

Justice for All 2022: GLAD’s Connecticut Event

Sunday, April 24 2022

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

The Studio at Billings Forge
563 Broad Street, Hartford, CT

Konsènan Evènman an

Thank you to all who joined us for a fantastic afternoon of community and celebration. Our congratulations to Rep. Allie-Brennan once again! Our gratitude goes out to our sponsors and to the staff at the Studio and Kitchen at Forge City Works.

About the Honoree:

CT State Representative Raghib Allie-Brennan

Raghib Allie-Brennan proudly represents Connecticut’s 2nd Assembly District in the state’s House of Representatives, having been first elected in November 2018. After graduating from Bethel Public Schools in 2009 and Marymount Manhattan College in 2013, Raghib worked as a policy advisor in the U.S. House of Representatives.

He is one of only two openly gay members of the General Assembly and has been instrumental in advancing proactive LGBTQ policy. In 2019, he successfully led floor debate on legislation to establish a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Health and Human Services Network to make recommendations to the State about how to work toward a safer and healthier environment for the LGBTQ+ community. He has fought discrimination through bills like banning the Gay and Trans Panic Defense in criminal cases and restoring state benefits to Connecticut service members who were denied an honorable discharge due to their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Raghib is a former board member of Triangle Community Center in Norwalk and resides in his hometown of Bethel.

If you have any questions, please contact Mads Ouellette at mouellette@glad.org.


Co Chairs

Jeff Currey
Christiana N. Gianopulos
Anne Stanback & Charlotte Kinlock

Komite Akèy la

Kenneth J. Bartschi & James M. Salemi
Linda Estabrook
Meghan Freed & Kristen Marcroft
Brad & Flint Kleinerman-Gehre
Daniel Livingston
Diana Lombardi
Rev. Aaron Miller
Alice M. Pritchard & Dana Bugl
Gretchen Raffa

As of  April 27, 2022

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Nan yon dokiman zanmi tribinal la, GLAD te mande tribinal la pou konfime eta a lwa ki pa gen diskriminasyon, tankou pou Moun LGBTQ yo

Jodi a, Lakou Siprèm Connecticut la te pibliye rapò li a. desizyon nan Komisyon sou Dwa Moun ak Opòtinite kont Edge Fitness et al., yo te jwenn ke Edge Fitness te vyole lwa anti-diskriminasyon Connecticut la lè li te kenbe yon zòn antrennman apa pou fanm yo.

Tribinal la te jwenn, jan GLAD te diskite nan dokiman zanmi tribinal li a, ke kreyasyon yon eksepsyon jij fè nan lwa anti-diskriminasyon leta a ta kreye yon risk sibstansyèl pou gwoup pwoteje yo ta sibi domaj.

Jan Tribinal la te eksplike a, otorize eksepsyon ta pèmèt eskli fanm ak moun transganr yo sou baz "enterè vi prive gason yo oubyen 'konfò moral' kliyan yo," ki "kontredi objektif lejislasyon antidiskriminasyon eta nou an."

“Connecticut te lontan yon lidè nan enklizyon konplè ak jis moun LGBTQ yo nan tout aspè lavi a,” te di. Jennifer Levi, Direktè Pwojè Dwa Transjan GLAD la"Desizyon jodi a konfime angajman sa a ankò, epi li asire lwa kont diskriminasyon eta a kontinye fonksyone jan li te sipoze pou tout moun li te antre an vigè pou pwoteje yo."

Dokiman GLAD la te soumèt pa avoka Bennett Klein, Jennifer Levi, ak Gary Buseck ansanm ak Kenneth Bartschi nan Horton, Dowd, Bartschi & Levesque, PC nan Hartford. Lambda Legal ak Connecticut TransAdvocacy Coalition te rantre nan dokiman an tou.

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Jodi a, premye paran LGBTQ+ nan Connecticut te siyen Rekonesans Patènite pou asire pwoteksyon legal egal pou pitit yo ak fanmi yo. Lalwa federal egzije pou eta yo bay yon pwosesis sivil senp pou rekonèt patènite lè yon timoun fèt, pwogram Rekonesans Paratènite a. Lè yo byen egzekite yon Rekonesans Paratènite, li gen fòs obligatwa tankou yon lòd tribinal epi yo ta dwe trete li kòm yon rekonesans patènite valab nan tout eta yo. Jiskaske Lwa sou Paratènite Connecticut la te antre an vigè mwa sa a, paran menm sèks nan eta a pa t kalifye pou siyen Rekonesans pou garanti patènite yo, sa ki te mete yon fado long ak koute chè sou paran LGBTQ+ yo epi ki te kite anpil timoun vilnerab.

Stephanie ak Denise Ocasio-Gonzalez, paran yon timoun 2 zan ak yon timoun 14 zan, epi Emily Pagano ak Rachel Prehodka-Spindel, paran marasa 7.5 mwa ak yon timoun 3 zan, te defann kòm yon pati nan We Care Coalition pou adopte Lwa istorik Connecticut sou Parante ane pase a epi pale sou domaj lwa patènite demode ak inegal leta a te lakòz pitit yo. Toulede gwoup paran yo te siyen Rekonesans Patènite maten an nan Bilding Biwo Lejislatif la nan Hartford.

Emily Pagano ak Rachel Prehodka-Spindel Rekonesans siyen ki garanti patènite pou twa pitit yo.

"Siyen Rekonesans Parante yo jodi a, konnen twa pitit nou yo kounye a konplètman pwoteje e nou toulede pral finalman rekonèt kòm paran legal yo se yon gwo soulajman," te di Emily Pagano. “Antanke paran ki pa marye, nou te fè fas ak obstak fwistre e pafwa ki fè pè jis lè n ap eseye pran swen pitit nou yo. Yo pa t pèmèt Rachel pou l te yon manm votan nan Komite Paran yo nan lekòl matènèl piblik Dylan nou an ki gen 3 an paske yo pa t konsidere l kòm yon paran legal. Epi lè tout fanmi nou an te pran COVID dènyèman, yo pa t pèmèt Rachel aji kòm reprezantan medikal Dylan, sa ki te retade kapasite nou pou nou jwenn rezilta tès pitit nou an. Nou tèlman rekonesan ke nou p ap oblije mennen kalite batay sa yo ankò, ni lòt fanmi Connecticut yo p ap oblije fè sa nonplis. Nou fyè de travay nou fè pou defann Lwa sou Parante Connecticut la kòm yon pati nan Kowalisyon We Care la epi nou kontan fè pati jou istorik sa a.”

Stephanie ak Denise Ocasio-Gonzalez te kapab siyen yon Rekonesans Patènite jodi a ki garanti paran Denise ak pitit fi 2 zan yo a, ki te fèt pou Stephanie pandan maryaj koup la.

"Antanke koup marye, nou rekonesan pou nou gen aksè a rekonesans parante sa a pou nou ka pwoteje pitit nou kèlkeswa kote nou vwayaje," te di Stephanie Ocasio-Gonzalez. "Paran LGBTQ+ yo toujou ap fè eksperyans diskriminasyon nan lòt jiridiksyon, epi lefèt ke nou gen aksè nan Connecticut a yon fòm senp ki fonksyone tankou yon desizyon tribinal ban nou pwoteksyon ak sekirite nou t ap tann nan."

Denise se dezyèm paran pitit gason koup la ki gen 14 an depi li te gen 3 an. Yon fwa dispozisyon paran de facto nan Lwa sou Parante Connecticut la antre an vigè 1ye jiyè, y ap kapab asire parante legal Denise sou pitit gason yo a tou.

"Malgre ke nou pral oblije tann sis mwa ankò pou pwoteje pi gran pitit nou an atravè dispozisyon paran de facto yo, nou kontan anpil pou nou pi pre pou nou gen sekirite total pou tout fanmi nou," Stephanie te ajoute. "Li te ankourajan pou nou jwe yon wòl nan edike moun sou baryè fanmi tankou pa nou yo te rankontre, epi nan fè Connecticut yon kote kote tout fanmi yo rekonèt ak pwoteje."

Patènite legal pwoteje timoun yo lè li asire paran yo gen responsablite ak dwa klè tankou bay asirans sante, pran desizyon pou swen medikal oswa edikasyon, bay bezwen debaz yo, oswa peye pansyon alimantè pou timoun ak tan paran nan ka separasyon. Lwa sou Patènite Connecticut la, ke Gouvènè Lamont te siyen an Me 2021 epi ki te antre an vigè 1ye janvye 2022, asire aksè egal a patènite legal pou tout timoun, tankou moun ki gen paran ki pa marye, menm sèks, oswa ki pa byolojik.

Anplis bay paran LGBTQ+ yo aksè a sistèm administratif senp lan Rekonesans Parante Avèk yon fòm, ke ou ka ranpli nan lopital la anvan oswa apre nesans la oubyen nan yon Biwo Depatman Sèvis Sosyal pou yon timoun ki pi gran, CPA a ogmante tou chemen aksesib pou timoun ki fèt atravè repwodiksyon asisté epi li ranfòse pwoteksyon pou timoun ki fèt atravè matènite pou ranplase pitit.

“Connecticut te yon lidè nasyonal nan lit pou elaji ak pwoteje dwa moun LGBTQ+ yo,” te di Reprezantan Jeff Currey, prensipal sipòtè Lwa sou Parante Connecticut la"Avèk aksè egal a pwogram Rekonesans Parante a, fanmi LGBTQ+ Connecticut yo kapab kounye a pwoteje isit lakay yo ak kèlkeswa kote yo vwayaje. Mwen fyè pou m wè eta nou an pran etap istorik sa a jodi a pou asire ke tout timoun, ak tout fanmi, jwenn pwoteksyon egal anba lalwa nou yo."

"Lwa sou Parante Connecticut la se youn nan lwa sou parante ki pi santre sou timoun, ki pi enklizif, e ki pi konplè nan peyi a," te di Douglas NeJaime, Pwofesè Dwa Yale ak prensipal redaktè CPA a"Avèk lwa sa a ki an vigè, fanmi Connecticut yo pral trete egalman kounye a, kèlkeswa sèks, oryantasyon seksyèl, oswa sitiyasyon matrimonyal yo, epi paran LGBTQ+ yo ak pitit yo atravè eta a pral gen plis sekirite."

Lwa sou Parante Connecticut la baze sou modèl Lwa sou Parante Inifòm 2017 la. Anplis Connecticut, Kalifòni, Maine, Rhode Island, Washington, ak Vermont fèk mete ajou lwa sou parante yo pou enkòpore rekòmandasyon ki nan UPA a. Yon pwojè lwa menm jan an, Lwa sou Parante Massachusetts la, annatant kounye a nan Massachusetts.

"Yon relasyon legal paran-pitit ki an sekirite se esansyèl pou estabilite ak byennèt yon timoun alontèm, e apati jounen jodi a tout timoun Connecticut yo gen aksè a sekirite sa a kèlkeswa sèks oswa sitiyasyon matrimonyal paran yo oswa sikonstans nesans yo," te di. Polly Crozier, Avoka Senior nan GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders ak yon defansè dirijan pou lwa paran ki mete ajou ak enklizif“Mwen espere lòt eta yo, tankou Massachusetts, eta vwazen an, pral byento swiv egzanp ekselan Connecticut la lè yo mete ajou lwa sou patènite yo pou asire tout timoun gen aksè egal a patènite.”

Ou ka jwenn plis enfòmasyon sou Lwa sou Parante Connecticut la nan www.gladlaw.org/cpa oubyen www.law.yale.edu/cpa

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Making Change Outside of the Courts: Advancing LGBTQ+, Racial, and Economic Justice

Rep. Jeff Currey, Lisa Rosenthall, Professor Doug NeJaime, advocates Stephanie and Denise, and GLAD Senior Staff Attorney Patience Crozier
Rep. Jeff Currey, Lisa Rosenthall, Professor Doug NeJaime, advocates Stephanie and Denise, and GLAD Senior Staff Attorney Patience Crozier

GLAD has long relied on the whole mix of legal, policy, and advocacy tools to build a just society free from discrimination. To advance racial, economic, and LGBTQ+ justice and ensure the greatest possible impact for our communities, GLAD engages in the courts and at policy tables, nan statehouses with legislators and advocates, and in community coalitions across New England and beyond.

In 2021 we worked in partnership with others to advance bills that will make a difference in the lives of LGBTQ+ families, adults, and youth. Some of these policies target harms individuals face because of poverty, racial inequities, anti-LGBTQ+ bias, or discriminatory laws, while others lay the groundwork for broader changes.

Nondiscrimination Laws: Fair Access to Housing and Public Spaces

KONTAN advocated this year with partners to pass The Rhode Island Fair Housing Practices Act, signed into law in June. Access to housing is a basic necessity and critical to a person or family’s health, stability and wellbeing. Still, too often, discrimination gets in the way of attaining a safe place to live. The Act repeals LGBTQ-only exemptions in Rhode Island law that allowed discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression for smaller housing units, which make up a large percentage of housing stock in the state.

KONTAN also worked in coalition to pass An Act Relating to Health and Safety – State Building Code, which requires single-use bathrooms in places of public accommodation to be labeled restroom rather than restricted by gender. Not only does this protect transgender and nonbinary people from harm when using public restrooms, but it also improves accessibility for disabled Rhode Islanders and young children with differently gendered caretakers and helps everyone by reducing wait times.

Protecting Our Families: Expansion of Parantaj and Adoption Laws

Stephanie, Denise, and their kids in rainbow outfits at Pride
We Care Coalition members Stephanie and Denise, and their kids

As a complement to litigation, GLAD also seeks to pass updated, comprehensive laws to secure parent-child relationships regardless of whether the parents are married or how that child came into the world. These protections yo critical to children’s well-being and address the vulnerability families face from outdated laws and financial barriers in our existing system. GLAD’s work to update parentage and other family-related laws is both an LGBTQ+ equality and a priority for access to justice.

The passage this spring of the Lwa sou Parante Connecticut (CPA) te yon victory years in the making. GLAD co-led la Kowalisyon Nou Pran Swen with Yale Law School Professor Douglas NeJaime, working closely with bill sponsors Representative Jeff Currey and Senator Alex Kasser and other stakeholders on the bill’s text. Our coalition advocated by sharing the stories of impacted children and families in the Constitution state and organizing the effort to secure passage. Families and advocates celebrated what Professor NeJaime called the most comprehensive parentage bill to pass to date, at a signing ceremony in Hartford on the first day of Pride Month. The CPA, which goes into effect January 1, 2022, fills gaps in Connecticut law that left children of LGBTQ, unmarried, or de facto parents vulnerable.

GLAD and our partners also successfully advocated for a critical update to the Lwa sou Parante nan Maine of 2015 to expand access to the Voluntary Acknowledgement of Parentage for LGBTQ parents and others. This acknowledgment form provides a clear, fair, and simple way for parents to establish their legal connection to the child as soon as they are born and protects the family’s integrity and security. Governor Mills signed LD 222, An Act to Update the Maine Parentage Act, in June.

J Shia and her kid, wearing button downs shirts and smiling
Massachusetts parent and MPA Coalition member J. and her child

With these two successful bills and updates in Vermont, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire over the past few years, nearly every state in New England has updated laws recognizing the diversity of how the LGBTQ community forms our families. We are working hard right now to pass the Masachousèt Parentage Act this year. In partnership with Resolve New England, we are leading a coalition of over 50 partner organizations and families to pass An Act Relative to Parentage to Promote Children’s Sekirite (S 1133/H 1714). Learn more, share your family’s story, and get involved at www.massparentage.com.

Other important pending legislation to support families includes An Act To Promote Efficiency in Co-Parent Adoption (S 1124/H 1712) which would ensure a more streamlined process for

Massachusetts co-parent adoptions by LGBTQ couples who petition to adopt their own children, and An Act to Provide Access to Fertility Care (LD 1539), which would make forming families in Maine more attainable for LGBTQ+ couples, and all couples experiencing infertility, by increasing comprehensive medical insurance coverage for fertility diagnostic issues epi treatment.

Supporting LGBTQ+ Youth: Schools, Child Welfare, and Juvenile Justice Systems

In June, justice-involved youth in Maine gained the right to counsel and petition for alternatives to incarceration when Governor Mills signed into law LD 320An Act to Provide the Right to Counsel for Juveniles and Improve Due Process for Juveniles into law. GLAD worked with bill sponsor Rep. Victoria Morales, whose district includes the Long Creek juvenile facility, and advocacy partners sou this 3-year effort pou make necessary reforms to the juvenile justice system. The bill:

  • Sets a minimum age of twelve for commitment to a juvenile correctional facility and provides that younger children may be detained no more than seven days unless the parties agree
  • Ends the mandatory one-year minimum commitment to juvenile correctional facilities
  • Requires judges to consider both the age of a young person and whether the offense committed would be regarded as a misdemeanor if committed by an adult when deciding whether incarceration is appropriate
  • Creates opportunities for judicial reviews of commitments; and appoints lawyers for both committed and detained young people

Keeping young people with supportive families, connected to resources, and out of correctional facilities is crucial to their opportunities for accountability and development for healthy adulthood. GLAD also supported a Maine Youth Justiceled bill to begin a process to close Long Creek, Maine’s one remaining juvenile prison. While thnan bòdwo did not become law this session, nou applaud MYJ’s leadership on the issue. GLAD will continue to work in partnership with them and others on structural changes to our juvenile justice systems, including efforts to close Long Creek.

Also becoming law this June was An Act Regarding School Discipline for Maine’s Youngest Children, which essentially prohibits suspensions and expulsions for children in grade 5 or lower and bars the withholding of recess except for restorative justice interventions. Under the leadership of Rep. Victoria Morales and with la collaboration of Disability Rights Maine, the Maine Children’s Alliance, GLAD, and others, this revision of punitive disciplinary measures can keep children engaged in school and prevent issues of the school-to-prison pipeline, outcomes which disproportionately impact students of color and students with disabilities, including those who are LGBTQ+.

GLAD and partner organization OUT Maine collaborated with the Maine Department of Education on its first-ever LGBTQI+ website for the Department, launched in August. The site includes resources on student action groups, student rights, medical and mental health information, and much more, supporting and sustaining inclusive learning environments and contributing to student success at school and over a lifetime.

GLAD is co-leading a Racial and Equity Committee of the Maine Law Court’s Justice for Children Task Force to develop accurate information and support sound policy and interventions. With funding and leadership from the Maine Judicial Branch, the Task Force has commenced a multi-agency demographic data study about what data is collected in the Judicial Branch epi la child welfare, education, public safety, and corrections systems, with a final report completed by November 2022.

Nan Masachousèt, KONTAN sipò Citizens for Juvenile Justice in their efforts to pass An Act Improving Juvenile Justice Data Collection (S 1558/H 1795). This bill requires collecting critical demographic data at all stages of the juvenile justice system, including age, race, ethnicity, primary language, gender identity, and sexual orientationS 1558/H 1795 also requires an annual report overseen by the Child Advocate to ensure that the state uses resources efficiently to protect public safety and improve outcomes for youth.

Together with other LGBTQ+ and youth advocacy organizations, KONTAN is also advancing structural reforms in our child welfare systems epi seeking to improve conditions for youth affected by these systems.

Respect for Our Humanity: Criminal Justice Reform and Reducing Prison Brutality

Transgender people face particular levels of brutality and harassment when incarcerated. GLAD has worked to address these harms through litigation and policy in prison systems across New England and the country. This year, GLAD worked with Maine Trans Net, legislative leaders, and corrections and law enforcement to craft a bill to improve health and safety conditions for transgender people when incarcerated in jails and prisons. LD 1044, which became law this summer, explicitly requires Maine DOC to respect and acknowledge an incarcerated person’s consistently held gender identity for placement irrespective of anatomy or physique, except for significant management, security, or safety reasons. The new law also requires Maine DOC to provide the programming and commissary items consistent with a person’s gender identity.

GLAD also supported and commends our partners in successfully passing bills to decriminalize homelessness and ban face recognition surveillance in Maine (similar legislation, S 47/H 135, is pending in Massachusetts). We are supporting partners in Massachusetts seeking to ensure cost-free phone calls for incarcerated people (Mass.  S 1559), stop police profiling of transgender and low-income women by removing “common nightwalkers” and “common streetwalkers” from MA law (S 992/H 1800), move toward full decriminalization of sex work (H 1867) and pass comprehensive health and safety reforms for incarcerated LGBTQI people (S 1566/H 2484). GLAD also supported a bill in Maine, now law, to provide a defense to prostitution for reasons of economic hardship, preventing injury, or threats.

Living Life: Ensuring Access to Accurate Identification

All of us need accurate ID, and for transgender and non-binary people, it is essential for their safety and security. GLAD continues to work across New England to ensure everyone can access ID that reflects who they are, without barriers.

State ID illustrationIn August, we supported Rho, a non-binary Granite Stater, in successfully advocating for the New Hampshire DMV to remove barriers in choosing an “X” gender marker on their state-issued driver’s license or ID. Now people do not have to get a medical provider to attest to their non-binary gender identity, which can be a significant barrier to updating their ID. This policy change also applies to anyone changing their gender marker to X, M, or F and means that New Hampshire joins the rest of New England, as well as other states and municipalities, in having a straightforward process for people to have accurate state ID that affirms who they are.

Nan Maine sesyon sa a, GLAD consulted on the substance of and sipòte LD 209 – An Act Concerning Name Changes for Minors, which clarifies and streamlines the process by which a parent or guardian can request a name change for a minor child by filing a petition in Probate court. The law drops the requirement to publish notice of the name change, allowing for confidentiality. It sets forth factors for judicial consideration, including the minor’s expressed preference and la child’s best interest. We also worked with community partners to pass LD 855 – An Act Regarding the Issuance of a Birth Certificate Following a Gender Marker Change, pou ensure that new birth certificates issued following a name or gender marker change are not marked as amended, a crucial consideration to protect privacy and safety pou transgender individuals.

In Massachusetts, we are working with coalition partners to advocate for An Act Relative to Gender Identity on Massachusetts Identification (S 2282/H 3521) epi An Act Providing for a Gender-Neutral Designation on State Documents and Identifications (H 3126), bills that would codify a gender-neutral (“X”) designation for all Massachusetts forms and identification documents, including birth certificates.

Racial Impact Statements

A landmark achievement in the Maine 2021 legislative session with the potential to impact the lawmaking process and across systems is the enactment of LD 2, An Act to Require the Inclusion of Racial Impact Statements in the Legislative Process. Conceived and sponsored by Assistant House Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross, the law provides that any legislation considered in Maine may be evaluated for its racial impact at the request of any legislator or committee. GLAD provided LGBTQ-community testimony in support of LD 2. With the guidance of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and other leaders epi communities of color, looks forward pou supporting la use of this important and innovative tool.

Li nimewo bilten bianyèl nou an pou otòn 2021 an, GLAD Briefs.

Soule et al. kont Asosyasyon Lekòl CT et al.

On October 14, 2021, GLAD filed a friend-of-the-court (amicus) brief along with the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Center for LGBTQ Rights.

Demandan yo nan Soule et al. kont Asosyasyon Lekòl CT et al., three high school students – two of whom have since graduated – sought a judicial order that no transgender girls or young women may participate in school sports. This would effectively ban trans girls from school sports. GLAD’s briefs urges the court to affirm the lower court’s dismissal.

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Nan dat 1ye janvye 2022, Lwa sou Parante Connecticut antre an vigè. Mizajou enpòtan sa a nan lwa leta a sou parante rekonèt epi pwoteje fanmi LGBTQ+ atravè Connecticut.

Si ou te rate webinè a pou fanmi yo ak paran ki gen entansyon fè pitit nan dat 23 septanm nan, gade diskisyon ki anba a pou jwenn enfòmasyon ou bezwen anvan lalwa a antre an vigè!

Prezante:

  • Patience Crozier, Avoka Ansyen, GLAD
  • Douglas NeJaime, Pwofesè Dwa, Lekòl Dwa Yale
  • Malina Simard-Halm, etidyan dwa nan Yale ak manm konsèy administrasyon Family Equality ak COLAGE

Evènman sa a te kopatwone pa GLAD ak Yale Law School.

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Community Webinar: Connecticut Parentage Act

Nan dat 1ye janvye 2022, Lwa sou Parante Connecticut goes into effect. This critical update to the state’s parentage law recognizes and protects LGBTQ+ families across Connecticut.

Join the webinar for families and intended parents to get the information you need before the law goes into effect!

Prezante:

  • Patience Crozier, Avoka Ansyen, GLAD
  • Douglas NeJaime, Pwofesè Dwa, Lekòl Dwa Yale
  • Malina Simard-Halm, etidyan dwa nan Yale ak manm konsèy administrasyon Family Equality ak COLAGE

This event is co-sponsored by GLAD and Yale Law School.
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Ane sa a, nan Jounen Give OUT la, nou vle di mèsi a tout sipòtè nou yo paske yo te la pou nou pandan tout ane a. Nou vle pataje lanmou a tou lè nou ankouraje sipòtè GLAD yo pou yo aprann sou gwoup k ap fè travay enpòtan toupre w.

Lis sa a prezante kèk nan patnè nou yo nan New England ak lòt òganizasyon ke nou vle mete aksan sou travay inovatè yo. Nou remèsye nou sensèman – nou pa t ap ka fè travay sa a san ou.

Pwojè Espas Afimasyon

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Nouvèl Anpshire

Pwojè Affirming Spaces (ASP), ki pwograme pou lanse an Out 2021, pral sèvi kominote trans ak GNC nan NH, sitou lè li konekte moun TGNC yo ak biznis ak sèvis lokal ki aksepte TGNC yo. ASP gen plan tou pou angaje l nan edikasyon ak defans kominote a.

Fè yon don pou Pwojè Espas ki Afime yo

Coyote RI

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Rhode Island

Coyote, ki vle di "Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics," te fonde okòmansman an 1973 pa Margo St. James, ki te depoze epi genyen yon pwosè aksyon kolektif an 1979 pou dekriminalize travay sèks andedan kay nan Rhode Island. Coyote, ki te rekòmanse aktivis li an 2010 an repons a kriminalizasyon konplè pwostitisyon nan Rhode Island an 2009, se yon kowalisyon travayè sèks aktyèl ak ansyen ki defann dwa imen, sante, travay ak dwa sivil travayè sèks nan Rhode Island ak atravè peyi a.

Fè yon don pou Coyote RI

Kwen Kiltirèl Kamora a

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Hartford, CT

Kamora Herrington, aktivis la, te fonde Kamora's Cultural Corner (KCC). Li santre sou atis LGBTQ+ nwa yo ak pèspektiv yo, li kreye espas entansyonèlman pou bati kominote, gerizon, ak koneksyon atravè atizay queer nwa. Nan mwa novanm 2020, KCC te òganize yon "Black Art Heals Tour" pou ekspoze atizay yo nan tout Sidès la.

Fè yon don pou Kwen Kiltirèl Kamora a

Maine Anndan Deyò

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Pòtlàn, ME

Maine Inside Out (MIO), fonde an 2008, òganize pwogram teyat nan Long Creek Youth Development Center, sant koreksyon pou jèn nan Maine. MIO kontinye angaje jèn yo lè yo lage nan Long Creek atravè angajman kominotè, sipò kanmarad ak granmoun, defans enterè patisipan yo, devlopman lidèchip, ak ranfòsman konpetans pratik.

Fè yon don pou Maine Inside Out

Deyò nan ouvè a

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Brattleboro, Vermont

Out in the Open se yon mouvman jistis sosyal ki gen plizyè pwoblèm ladan l ki konekte moun LGBTQ nan zòn riral yo pou konstwi kominote, vizibilite, konesans ak pouvwa. Ane pase a, Out in the Open te òganize yon Rezo Sipò Swen Kominotè Riral pou bay èd mityèl bay kominote LGBTQ+ VT nan zòn riral la pandan pandemi Covid-19 la.

Fè yon don pou Out in the Open

Deyò Kounye a

Out Now Logo

Springfield, MA

Out Now, fonde an 1995, bay yon espas an sekirite pou jèn LGBTQ+ yo aprann epi eksplore tèt yo ak istwa mouvman LGBTQ+ la pandan y ap devlope ladrès lidèchip. Anpil pwogram Out Now yo gen ladan yon atelye Liberasyon nou! Teyat moun ki oprime yo.

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Sè yo Dechaine

Sisters Unchained Logo

Plèn Jamayik, MA

Sisters Unchained, yon òganizasyon ki te fonde an 2015 pa Ayana Aubourg, Meron Teklehaimanot, ak Vanessa Ly, bay yon espas an sekirite pou pitit fi manman ki te nan prizon anvan oswa kounye a, pou yo ka geri epi reyalize chanjman sosyal transfòmatè. Sisters Unchained se yon òganizasyon abolisyonis prizon ki sipòte altènativ kominotè pou prizon.

Fè yon don pou Sisters Unchained

Rezo TGI RI a

TGI Network Logo

Pwovidans, Rhode Island

Rezo TGI a te fonde an 2011 epi li sèvi moun trans, entèseks, ak moun GNC (TGI) nan Rhode Island atravè sipò, defans dwa, ak edikasyon. Kounye a, Rezo TGI a ofri twa gwoup sipò dirije pa kanmarad pou moun ki an dout, moun TGI, ak moun yo renmen yo.

Fè yon don pou Rezo TGI nan RI

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Stephanie, Denise, and their kids in rainbow outfits at Pride
Stephanie ak Denise, manm We Care yo, ansanm ak pitit yo.

Gouvènè Ned Lamont te siyen Lwa sou Parante Connecticut la (CPA), yon viktwa ki te pran plizyè ane ap prepare. Lwa sa a pral antre an vigè 1ye janvye 2022. Gwo lwa sa a ranpli twou nan lalwa Connecticut ki pa pwoteje anpil relasyon timoun-paran. CPA a pral mete ajou lalwa Connecticut la pou asire tout timoun gen aksè egal a paran legal, tankou moun ki gen paran ki pa marye, menm sèks, oswa ki pa byolojik.

Depi 2018, GLAD ak Pwofesè Dwa Yale Douglas NeJaime te dirije efò pou pase CPA a. Avèk lidèchip GLAD ak Pwofesè NeJaime ansanm ak travay di, defans san fay, ak istwa pèsonèl fanmi Connecticut yo, ekspè legal yo, ak òganizasyon kominotè yo, la Kowalisyon Nou Pran Swen te fòme. Avèk lidèchip lejislatif Reprezantan Jeff Currey ak Senatè Alex Kasser, nou te kreye momantòm pou wè CPA a jwenn pase nan Chanm lan (141-1), apre sa Sena a (inanim), avèk vòt toulede pati yo ki te an gwo pati.

childhood photo of Malina with her dads and siblings
Malina, yon manm Kowalisyon We Care, lè l te timoun ak fanmi li.

Viktwa enpòtan sa a elaji dosye kolaborasyon pou fè avanse pwoteksyon konplè sou parante pi lwen toujou nan New England, pandan Rhode Island te pase lwa sou parante li a nan ete 2020, apre Maine (2015) ak Vermont (2018). Pami lòt pwoteksyon vital yo, refòm sa yo, ki baze sou Lwa Inifòm sou Parante a, bay klarifikasyon sou kijan pou etabli parante pou timoun ki fèt atravè repwodiksyon asisté, matènite pou ranplase, ak paran menm sèks ki pa marye, elaji aksè a rekonesans volontè parante, bay tribinal yo konsèy sou kijan pou rezoud konfli sou reklamasyon patènite, epi bay chemen pou rekonèt plis pase de paran. Lejislasyon sa a santre sou timoun yo epi li vize pwoteje relasyon yo ak moun yo konnen kòm paran. Refòm patènite sa yo nesesè ijan pou tout fanmi, e patikilyèman pou fanmi LGBTQ+ yo.

Ashley and Adriana at their baby shower surrounded by balloons and a cake that says "baby"
Manm We Care yo, Ashley ak Adriana

Nan moman sa a, Massachusetts rete sèl eta Nouvèl Angletè a san yon lejislasyon konplè sou parantaj. Pou satisfè bezwen kritik sa a, GLAD ap plede pou Lwa sou Parante Massachusetts la pandan sesyon lejislatif sa a. Nou te mete tèt ansanm ak fanmi ak òganizasyon kominotè nan Massachusetts pou fòme Kowalisyon Lwa sou Parante nan Massachusetts la. Èske ou te fè eksperyans dirèkteman ak vilnerabilite lwa parante ki demode yo? Ou ka ede fè pati travay pou pwoteje timoun ak fanmi yo lè w pataje istwa w epi enskri pou dènye nouvèl sou massparentage.com.

 

Rep. Jeff Currey, Lisa Rosenthall, Professor Doug NeJaime, advocates Stephanie and Denise, and Patience Crozier
Reprezantan Jeff Currey, Lisa Rosenthal nan RMACT, Doug NeJaime, Pwofesè Dwa Yale, defansè Stephanie ak Denise, ak Patience Crozier nan GLAD.

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