GLAD te depoze yon zanmi brief with the Maine high court in support of a transgender man who was denied a name change by Cumberland County Probate court. Ignoring the well-established legal standard that allows anyone to take a new name as long as it is not for fraudulent purposes, the probate judge asked persona, intrusive questions about the petitioner’s reasons for the change and then ultimately denied it.
On June 24, 2010 the Maine Supreme Judicial Court vacated the judgment of the Cumberland County Probate Court and ordered that the petitioner, A.M.B., receive a new hearing on his name change application.
GLAD te reprezante Vil Portland, Maine, kont yon atak sou rejis patenarya domestik vil la pa dis kontribyab, ansanm ak de òganizasyon anti-omoseksyèl, Center for Marriage Law ak Alliance Defense Fund Law Center, ki te deklare ke restriksyon kont maryaj omoseksyèl Maine a ak otorite jeneral li pou kontwole maryaj te anpeche Vil la bay benefis minisipal bay fanmi angaje, ki pa marye k ap viv epi k ap travay nan Vil la. Nan dat 28 avril 2004, Jij Thomas Humphrey nan Tribinal Siperyè Konte Cumberland te pran yon desizyon an favè Vil Portland, li te rekonèt ke entèdiksyon Lejislati Maine a sou maryaj koup menm sèks pa t anpeche òdonans patenarya domestik la, epi li te konkli ke vil la te byen nan otorite li pou pwoteje sante ak byennèt sitwayen li yo atravè rejis la.
Desizyon sa a te vini yon semèn apre lejislati Maine nan te pran mezi pou kreye dwa sivil egal pou tout sitwayen li yo. Gouvènè John Baldacci te siyen yon lwa ki kreye patenarya domestik pou granmoun etewoseksyèl oswa omoseksyèl ak lezbyèn ki ap viv ansanm sou akò alontèm. Nouvo lwa a bay patnè domestik yo menm dwa eritye ak yon mari oswa yon madanm lè yon patnè marye mouri san testaman epi li pèmèt yon patnè domestik sivivan fè aranjman fineray ak antèman.
GLAD, along with Maine co-counsel, won the right to seek full parental rights and responsibilities for a non-biological lesbian mother in Maine whose former partner, the child’s biological mother, was seeking to terminate any legal relationship between our client and the child the women have raised together. Maine’s highest court (the Law Court) ruled unanimously that a de facto parent, one who has a parent-child relationship on the basis of conduct rather than merely on a biological or adoptive relationship, has equal footing to seek parental rights and responsibilities.
GLAD represented a committed lesbian couple from Kennebec County who jointly decided to have children together. They took all legal steps available to them to protect their relationship with each other and their son, executing parenting agreements, wills, and other financial and medical documents. They also petitioned the Probate Court in Kennebec County for a full co-guardianship of their son so that either could act legally on his behalf.
The Probate Court Judge reported the case to the state’s highest court, the Maine Law Court, and asked whether two unmarried people may be co-guardians of a child if one is the natural parent and the other is not. On November 4, 2003, the Maine Law Court affirmed that the Probate Courts have the power to grant full co-guardianships in these cases, enabling gays and lesbians to create a legal relationship to their children. Co-guardianships are in place until the child is 18, unless it is terminated earlier to serve the child’s best interests. Unlike the “delegation of parental authority” that some parents complete, the co-guardianship does not have to be renewed every six months.
GLAD te genyen restorasyon benefis asirans andikap pou yon nonm Portland ki t ap soufri ak fatig andikape kote konpayi asirans lan t ap chèche sèlman konte sou estabilizasyon ak nouvo medikaman pou mete fen nan benefis yo.
Yon ka kote yon lekòl nan sid Maine t ap chache "rezoud" arasman yon elèv ki te dire dezan an lè yo te gradye l yon ane pi bonè; GLAD te reyisi retounen konsantre sou yon edikasyon apwopriye epi mete fen nan arasman an.
On July 26, 2000, GLAD won a ruling that Massachusetts non-discrimination law applies equally to every employee of Massachusetts companies, even if the employee works out-of-state. GLAD represented two women from Maine who worked in Maine and were essentially terminated after their employers learned they were lesbians. Our clients filed a complaint at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) under the Massachusetts non-discrimination law because their former employer was a Massachusetts-based company. After the MCAD dismissed our clients’ claim for lack of jurisdiction because the events occurred in Maine, GLAD appealed to Suffolk Superior Court. The Superior Court denied motions to dismiss by the MCAD and the employer, and the MCAD then agreed to reverse its position and announced that it would hear claims brought by out-of-state employees against in-state employers. The employer also negotiated a settlement with our clients.
Nan premye ka li a ki te abòde VIH, Lakou Siprèm Etazini an te deside 5 kont 4 nan Bragdon kont Abbott ke Lwa federal sou Ameriken ki gen Andikap (ADA) entèdi diskriminasyon kont moun k ap viv ak VIH, kit yo montre nenpòt sentòm vizib oswa yo gen yon dyagnostik SIDA. Desizyon Tribinal la an 1998 se yon viktwa enpòtan pou moun k ap viv ak VIH paske ADA a ak lwa leta ki sanble sou diskriminasyon kont andikap yo se sèl baz legal pou konbat diskriminasyon ki gen rapò ak VIH nan travay, lojman ak swen sante.
Nan ka sa a, Sidney Abbott, yon rezidan Bangor, Maine, te ale nan Randon Bragdon, DMD pou yo te plen yon kavite. Poutèt laperèz li te genyen pou yon pasyan pa t ka transmèt VIH, Doktè Bragdon te refize plen kavite li nan biwo li a sèlman paske Madanm Abbott te di nan yon kesyonè medikal ke li gen VIH. Doktè Bragdon te deklare ke moun ki gen VIH ki pa t ko manifesteman malad pa t satisfè definisyon "andikap" ADA a. ADA a defini yon andikap kòm yon kondisyon sante ki "limite anpil youn oubyen plizyè aktivite enpòtan nan lavi yo."
Nan desizyon istorik li a, Lakou Siprèm nan te dakò ak GLAD ke prezans sentòm vizib oswa maladi pa nesesè pou pwoteksyon anba ADA a. Jij Anthony Kennedy, ki t ap ekri pou Lakou a, te bay yon entèpretasyon laj ak ekspansif pou definisyon "aktivite prensipal lavi yo," epi li te note espesyalman ke Sidney Abbott te limite anpil nan aktivite prensipal lavi repwodiksyon an akòz risk pou l enfekte patnè li ak pitit li.
Sepandan, langaj ak rezònman Tribinal la ale pi lwen pase reyalite ka Sidney Abbott la epi asire ke tout moun ki gen VIH pral kouvri pa ADA a. Nan yon analiz long, Tribinal la te andose entèpretasyon ADA ki te la depi lontan pa Depatman Lajistis Etazini ak Komisyon Egalite Opòtinite nan Travay, ki te jwenn ke ADA a pwoteje moun ki enfekte ak VIH ki gen sentòm ak moun ki pa gen sentòm kont diskriminasyon, an pati paske VIH limite tou de pwokreyasyon ak relasyon seksyèl. Tribinal Siprèm nan te mande tribinal ki pi ba nan peyi a pou yo swiv entèpretasyon ajans sa yo. Definisyon laj Tribinal Siprèm nan pou "andikap" ak andoseman li bay entèpretasyon administratif sa yo nan ADA a vle di ke Bragdon kont Abbott se yon gwo viktwa, pa sèlman pou Sidney Abbott, men pou tout moun k ap viv ak yon andikap.
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