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GLAD Executive Director Janson Wu issued the following statement on the passing Friday of Congressman John Lewis:

GLAD joins the nation today in mourning the loss of Congressman, American visionary and Civil Rights leader John Lewis.

As a young organizer in the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, an architect of the historic 1963 March on Washington and the youngest person to speak from the stage, and as a leader of the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery in pursuit of voting rights for Black Americans, Lewis put his life on the line to push for pivotal civil rights advances. As a member of Congress representing the people of Georgia since 1987 Lewis continued to act for concrete change to better the lives of all Americans, and to speak out at every turn against threats to racial justice, civil rights, and human dignity.

Congressman Lewis’ death is a tremendous loss at a moment when his moral conviction and clarity are needed perhaps more than ever. But his legacy and vision are alive in a new generation of young leaders pushing today to dismantle the systemic racism and white supremacy that persist within our institutions of power. His insistence on believing that America could be a country where true justice prevails for everyone is both an inspiration and a challenge to us all to stay engaged in that work.

Today we say rest in power, Congressman, and thank you. May we follow your lead and your encouragement to keep making “good trouble” in order to keep pushing this country to be all you imagined it could be.

GLAD’s 39th Annual Summer Party Goes Virtual, Honors LGBTQ Advocate Paul Glass and Features Celebrity Appearances

July 17, 2020

Contato:

Amanda Johnston, ajohnston@glad.org | 617-417-7769

GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) will honor LGBT Elders of Color founder and Stonewall Uprising veteran Paul Glass at its first ever virtual Summer Party on Saturday, July 25th at 4:00 pm. Celebrity emcee Varla Jean Merman will preside over the afternoon’s festivities.

This popular event will be a star-studded afternoon with performances from Ashley Gavin, Big Freedia, Christine Dwyer, Emma Willmann, Gerald Goode, Jacob Tobia, Judy Gold, Kit Yan, Matt Deangelis, Milck, Spencer Ludwig, and more.

Honoree Paul Glass has fought for over two decades for a world where none of us have to make the choice between accessing basic social services and living out and proud in our identities. His advocacy began in 2003: “Through friends in Boston, I was connected with the MOCAA (Men of Color Against AIDS) organization and began advocating for myself and other Black men living with and at risk of HIV/AIDS.”

Paul currently serves as a member of two advisory boards for the Office of HIV/AIDS at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and is a member of the Mass. Commission on LGBT Aging, a Cape Cod Coalition for LGBT Older Adults, and Cape Cod Pride.

Paul is a founder and current president of LGBT Elders of Color (EOC). As Paul explains, older LGBTQ people face the challenge of “being treated with dignity and respect by healthcare providers in care facilities and at home.” Elder LGBTQ people of color are further impacted by racism, disproportionate access to quality healthcare, and disproportionate mortality from treatable conditions.

The event will support GLAD’s critical legal work to secure justice and equality for LGBTQ people and people living with HIV.

Free tickets, sponsorships, and more information are available at www.gladlaw.org/events. Sponsors will receive a goodie-filled Summer Party in a Box mailed directly to their home. GLAD’s Silent Auction tradition continues, this year featuring custom art, one-of-a-kind experiences, dining and entertainment items, and more.

The 2020 Summer Party Host Committee is made up of Rob Compton & David Wilson, Sarah Kaplan & Anita McGahan, Joyce Kauffman & Annie Weatherwax, Maria Lopez Richard D. McCarthy & Franc Castro, Matt McGuirk, Dianne R. Phillips & Evelyn C. Kaupp, Scott Pomfret & Scott Whittier, Fred Ramos & Bob Starmer, Alix Ritchie & Marty Davis, and Katherine & Kimberly Weir.

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Por meio de litígios estratégicos, defesa de políticas públicas e educação, a GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders trabalha na Nova Inglaterra e em todo o país para criar uma sociedade justa e livre de discriminação com base em identidade e expressão de gênero, status de HIV e orientação sexual.

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Written by Jennifer Levi, GLAD’s Transgender Rights Project Director, and Shannon Minter, Legal Director of the Centro Nacional para os Direitos Lésbicos.

Last month, the Supreme Court issued a stunning victory for LGBTQ Americans in Bostock v. Condado de Clayton, ruling that LGBTQ people are protected from discrimination in the workplace under federal law. In a decisive 6–3 ruling the court held that the prohibition of workplace discrimination based on sex in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits employers from discriminating because a person is gay or transgender. As a result of that decision, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workers now have nationwide protection. And while Title VII does not apply directly to members of the military, the Court’s analysis is likely to be the death knell for Trump’s transgender military ban.

The decision in Bostock protects LGBTQ workers who are already contributing in every field, from the front lines of the pandemic to finance to healthcare to public service. And because only 23 states have enacted anti-discrimination laws that specifically include LGBTQ workers, the Court’s ruling means millions of LGBTQ workers across the country will now have protection from discrimination for the first time — a remarkable victory in and of itself. Even more broadly, the Court’s determination that anti-LGBTQ discrimination is “necessarily” based on sex will reverberate through the federal courts for years, as LGBTQ people seek to vindicate their rights under numerous other federal sex discrimination laws. In constitutional claims, like that upon which the challenge to the transgender military ban rests, this precedent demands that courts review governmental policies or actions that discriminate against LGBTQ people under the heightened scrutiny applied to sex-based discrimination, not the far less demanding rational basis test, which is weighted heavily in the government’s favor. A governmental policy that is based on sex is presumed to be invalid and may only be upheld if the government can show that is has “an exceedingly persuasive justification.” Because the government cannot demonstrate any justification, much less a persuasive one, for excluding transgender people from military service who stand ready and able to meet the terms of service, the ban cannot ultimately survive.

While LGBTQ people, especially transgender people and LGBTQ people of color, continue to face discrimination and violence in many aspects of their lives, this decision represents a ray of hope. Just a few weeks ago, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule seeking to roll back protections in healthcare for transgender patients. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is expected to propose a rule soon that allows single-sex homeless shelters to deny entry to transgender people. The Supreme Court’s Bostock opinion sweeps away any legal basis for this administration to defend these harmful policies in court.

For our case against President Trump’s transgender military ban, this decision is monumental.

The administration must now confront a definitive precedent that any disparate treatment of transgender people is based on sex. Rather than hiding behind a claim that no real justification for the ban is required, since it does not implicate a constitutionally protected class, the government must now defend the ban on its merits, under a heightened standard that almost always results in the invalidation of a discriminatory rule.

Like so many other sex-based policies in the past, the transgender military ban is based on outdated stereotypes and misconceptions and has no basis in the reality of transgender people’s abilities or lives. Policies like this ban weaken and divide our society, putting political agendas before the safety and prosperity of our nation. As the nation’s largest employer, the military should comply with the Court’s decision and once again permit transgender individuals who meet the same standards as others to serve, as many military leaders, enlisted members, and veterans have urged. And if the administration will not permit the military to do so, we are confident the courts will force the administration’s hand and end this harmful policy.

The ruling in Bostock is the culmination of decades of work and evolving court understanding. As transgender attorneys at leading national LGBTQ advocacy groups, we have always known that our legal arguments against anti-LGBTQ discrimination are sound though it has taken decades for the courts to fully accept them. Now, we are no longer alone in this fight. When we defend transgender service members in court, we do so under the banner of our nation’s highest court, which has recognized that discrimination because a person is transgender is no different than — indeed, is part and parcel of — discrimination based on a person’s sex. In the broad light of that historic ruling, the shadow of President Trump’s vendetta against transgender troops grows shorter by the day.

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Celebrating 5 years of Marriage Equality

In 2015, GLAD worked with a courageous team of attorneys and plaintiffs to win a landmark ruling at the Supreme Court. That decision confirmed that same-sex couples throughout the United States are guaranteed equal access to marriage and to all the rights, benefits and responsibilities associated with marriage. GLAD’s Civil Rights Project Director Mary L. Bonauto strategized and argued at court for over a decade to make this milestone possible.
Learn more about the years-long effort here. 

On the day GLAD’s Mary Bonauto argued the historic marriage equality case at the Supreme Court, she literally had to run to the courthouse, thanks to her errant cab driver:

When Mary Bonauto argued for – and won – national marriage equality at the Supreme Court five years ago, it was a victory based on years of organizing, advocacy, and public education:

Five Years Later, How Obergefell Paved the Way for Bostock and the DACA Decision | Slate

The Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in 2015 brought hope and a sentiment of equality for many couples, but the work did not end there:

LGBTQ Activists: Same-sex Marriage Ruling was ‘No Final Victory” | USA Today

Five years ago today Supreme Court affirmed marriage equality for same-sex couples nationwide with their ruling on Obergefell v. Hodges. Mary L. Bonauto – the attorney who argued that landmark case – answers the questions of how we’re doing now, and what lies ahead, in this special recorded conversation below:

Suprema Corte rejeita fim do programa DACA proposto por Trump

Hoje celebramos mais um decisão importante e positiva A Suprema Corte decidiu proteger o programa de Ação Diferida para Chegadas na Infância (DACA). O Tribunal confirmou que a ação do governo Trump para rescindir o DACA foi ilegal e que o programa deve ser restaurado a menos que e até que o governo consiga apresentar justificativas legalmente adequadas para o seu encerramento.

Embora este seja um passo importante para proteger os jovens que têm os Estados Unidos como o único lar que conhecem, ainda há muito a ser feito. Apelamos ao Congresso para que finalmente aja para aprovar uma reforma imigratória abrangente que seja humana para os milhões de indivíduos indocumentados que vivem, trabalham e contribuem para as nossas comunidades, e que fortaleça todos em nossa nação.

Milhões de pessoas foram trazidas para os Estados Unidos quando crianças e bebês, algumas crescendo sem saber que eram indocumentadas até muitos anos depois, como foi o caso do ativista da reforma imigratória e homenageado pelo GLAD Spirit of Justice em 2018. José Antonio VargasEmbora Vargas não se qualifique como beneficiário do DACA, tendo atrasado o prazo por meses, sua experiência ecoa a de outros Dreamers quando ele diz: "Superficialmente, criei uma vida boa. Vivi o sonho americano. Mas ainda sou um imigrante sem documentos."

Para a comunidade LGBTQ Dreamer, muitos dos quais enfrentariam processos ou violência com base em sua orientação sexual ou gênero em seus países de origem, este é um momento de triunfo, bem como um momento de alívio. No entanto, embora reconheçamos que a decisão de hoje da Suprema Corte certamente causou um suspiro de alívio para muitos, também reconhecemos os muitos que já foram deportados.

Na GLAD, estamos comprometidos em abordar as barreiras sistêmicas que pessoas LGBTQ e todos os imigrantes enfrentam na busca por justiça. O lar é aqui, e lutaremos para que os Sonhadores permaneçam aqui.

LGBTQ Organizations Call for Transformational Change in Policing

The letter can be found below, and a PDF version is available here.

Black people have been killed, Black people are dying at the hands of police, our country is in crisis, and we all need to take action. We cannot sit on the sidelines, we cannot acquiesce, and we cannot assign responsibility to others. We, as leaders in the LGBTQ movement, must rise up and call for structural change, for divestment of police resources and reinvestment in communities, and for long-term transformational change. Now is the time to take action, and this letter amplifies our strong calls for urgent and immediate action to be taken.

Ongoing police brutality and systemic racism has plagued this nation for generations and has been captured on video and laid bare to the public in the United States and around the world. In 2019, more than 1,000 people were killed at the hands of the police. We mourn the unacceptable and untimely deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Philando Castile, Eric Garner, Stephon Clark, Freddie Gray, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Mya Hall, Tony McDade, Rayshard Brooks and many more who were gone too soon.

We have seen with increased frequency the shocking video footage of police brutality. Officers have been recorded instigating violence, screaming obscenities, dragging individuals out of cars, using unnecessary force, holding individuals at gunpoint, and kneeling on peoples’ necks to the desperate plea of “I can’t breathe.” These occurrences are stark reminders of a police system that needs structural changes, deconstruction, and transformation. No one should fear for their lives when they are pulled over by the police. Parents should not have to “have a talk” about how to engage with the police to their children. We as a nation are bleeding, and it is now, once again, time to call for change at every level of government.

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with more than 400 other civil rights organizations including LGBTQ organizations, outlined critical steps ranging from demilitarizing law enforcement to ending qualified immunity that must be taken at the federal level to end police brutality and create accountability. In response to the continued violence, Representative Karen Bass (D-CA), working closely with the Congressional Black Caucus and other leaders in Congress, introduced the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 that reflects those core priorities which we support.

We also call for a divestment of public funding from police and a reinvestment in communities. Specifically, both the power and scope of police responsibilities should be significantly curtailed, by shifting certain responsibilities — such as mental health crisis response — from armed police officers to the professionals who are properly trained and better equipped to manage those responsibilities. True change must include the following principles.

Divesting of Public Funding From Police and Investing in Our Communities

Public funding should be shifted from police to reinvesting in our communities. Crime is often a symptom of scarcity and our frayed social safety net is sorely underfunded. The United States spends twice as much on policing, prisons, and courts as it does on direct welfare programs such as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and supplemental social security. Congress, states, and local governments can reduce incidents of crime and create healthy communities by investing in direct assistance programs, affordable housing, education, mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and early intervention programs (including violence interruption programs).

Shifting Most First Responder Responsibilities Away From Police

Our current crisis-response system should place healthcare workers, like social workers and psychiatrists, at the frontline of immediate health crisis events, not police officers. Inadequate healthcare and a lack of social safety nets have led to increased police interaction with individuals experiencing mental health crises. As a result, police officers are often called to assist in mental health emergencies, despite having little or no relevant training. This should change.

End Predictive Policing

We must address and stop the current use of predictive policing techniques that disproportionately affect minority communities. Predictive policing forecasts crime using algorithmic techniques, based on historical crime data, to determine where to deploy police and who is most likely to commit a crime. Not only does this dangerously reinforce discriminatory biases in the criminal justice system, resulting in over-policing of vulnerable communities, such as people of color and those from the LGBTQ community, but there is a lack of transparency from agencies that employ this method. Law enforcement agencies are often not required to share how or what data is being analyzed. Furthermore, these predictive technologies serve to escalate the level of enforcement and increase police presence in communities that are already over-surveilled. All law enforcement strategies must take into account the privacy concerns of the communities being policed, as well as the impact of over-policing on vulnerable communities. The use of predictive policing algorithms disregards both.

Police Union Contracts Should Be Made Public and Officers Held Liable

Currently, police union contracts make it nearly impossible for civilians to view information about officers, including incidents of prior misconduct. In doing so, police officers are shielded from accountability for their actions. The disciplinary history of a police officer whose personnel records are riddled with instances of misconduct and bad behavior should not be protected from public scrutiny. Making these contracts public and removing barriers that restrict access to records of police misconduct would allow for greater transparency and oversight and are necessary for public safety. Police union contracts must also hold police officers financially liable for killings and excessive use of force, including ending paid administrative leave and eligibility to be rehired by police departments.

As we consider these proposals, we should also evaluate how we reduce our over-reliance on policing to secure public safety.

We, the undersigned, call out for change and call out for change now. There is no state, no municipal jurisdiction, and no law enforcement agency where transformational changes are not necessary and urgent. When celebrating Pride Month this June, we must remember that the protests and riots from Compton’s Cafeteria to Stonewall were sparked by Black and Latinx transgender women calling for police reform due to harassment and mistreatment of LGBTQ people. We commemorate the history of the LGBTQ Movement, namely our resistance to police harassment and brutality across the nation, when such violence was common and expected. We remember this time as transformative, where we overcame our pain and fear to push for the ability to live a more authentic and free life. Today, we join together again to say that enough is enough. The time for structural change and transformation is now.

Signers

  • African American Office of Gay Concerns
  • African Human Rights Coalition (AHRC)
  • AMAAD Institute
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • American Protestant Union
  • Annapolis Pride
  • APAIT
  • APLA Health
  • Aqua Foundation for Women
  • Arianna’s Center
  • Asexual Outreach
  • Asexual Visibility and Education Network (AVEN)
  • AsylumConnect
  • Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network
  • AVOL Kentucky
  • Riley Sober House
  • Basic Rights Oregon
  • Baton Rouge Pride
  • Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice
  • Being Alive/People with AIDS Action Coalition, Inc.
  • Bet Mishpachah
  • BHT Foundation
  • Bi Women Quarterly
  • BiLaw
  • Billy DeFrank LGBTQ+ Community Center
  • BiPOL
  • Bisexual Organizing Project (BOP)
  • Bisexual Resource Center
  • BJF Interiors
  • Black Trans Advocacy Coalition
  • Black Trans Women Inc
  • Blue Ridge Pride Center, Inc.
  • Boston Gay Men’s Chorus
  • Boston Pride
  • Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center
  • Brooklyn Community Pride Center
  • Campaign for Southern Equality
  • Orgulho do Campus
  • CANDLE
  • Care Resource Community Health Centers, Inc.
  • Cascade AIDS Project
  • CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers
  • Central Outreach Wellness
  • Cincinnati Men’s Chorus
  • Coastal Bend PRIDE Center
  • Colors+
  • Community Education Group
  • Compass LGBTQ Community Center
  • Contigo Fund
  • Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
  • Dallas Voice/Voice Publishing Co.
  • Deaf Queer Resource Center
  • Desert AIDS Project
  • Diocese of Southern Ohio
  • Disciples LGBTQ+ Alliance – AllianceQ
  • Dolphin Democrats
  • Drag Story Hour- Arizona
  • East Bay Getting to Zero
  • EduTechnologic
  • End Hep C SF
  • Equal Rights Washington
  • Equality Arizona
  • Equality Business Alliance
  • Igualdade Califórnia
  • Equality Delaware Foundation
  • Igualdade Flórida
  • Equality Michigan
  • Equality Nevada
  • Equality New York
  • Igualdade na Carolina do Norte
  • Equality Ohio
  • Equality Prince William
  • Igualdade Texas
  • Equality Utah
  • IgualdadeMaine
  • Equitas Health
  • Equitas Health Institute
  • Igualdade Familiar
  • Fijate Bien Program/MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights
  • FL NOW (National Organization for Women)
  • Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus
  • Florida Trans Proud Inc
  • FORGE, Inc.
  • Four Corners Rainbow Youth Center
  • Frank Harr Foundation
  • Freedom for All Americans
  • Freedom Through Healing
  • FreeState Justice – Maryland’s LGBTQ+ Advocates
  • Friendly House Inc/SAGE Metro Portland
  • GAPIMNY—Empowering Queer & Trans Asian Pacific Islanders
  • Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center
  • Gay Freedom Band of Los Angeles (GFBLA)
  • Gender Equality New York
  • Georgia Equality
  • Get Out And Trek (GOAT)
  • FELIZ
  • GLBT Alliance of Santa Cruz
  • GLBT Historical Society
  • Advogados e Defensores Legais GLBTQ (GLAD)
  • GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
  • GLSEN
  • GLSEN Southern Nevada
  • GMHC
  • Harvey Milk Festival, Inc
  • Harvey Milk Foundation
  • Have A Gay Day
  • Hawai’i Institute for Human Rights
  • Hearts on a Wire
  • Henderson Equality Center
  • Hester Street Fair, LLC
  • Hetrick-Martin Institute: New Jersey
  • Holyoke Pride
  • Hope & Help, Inc.
  • Horizons Foundation
  • Houston GLBT Political Caucus
  • Howard Brown Health
  • Hudson Pride Center
  • Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation
  • Human Rights Alliance Santa Fe
  • Campanha de Direitos Humanos
  • Identity, Inc.
  • Igualdade na Imigração
  • Inside Out Youth Services
  • Institute for LGBT Health and Wellbeing
  • International Association of Providers of AIDS Care
  • InterPride
  • Jackson Pride Center
  • JustUs Health
  • KatKeo Properties LLC
  • Keshet
  • Lakeside Pride Music Ensembles
  • Lambda Legal
  • Latino LinQ
  • Lesbians of Color Symposium (LOCS) Collective, Inc.
  • Lesbians Who Tech & Allies
  • Leslie Lohman Museum of Art
  • LGBT Caucus of the California Democratic Party
  • LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland
  • LGBT Life Center
  • LGBTQ Allyship
  • LGBTQ Center OC
  • LGBTQ Center of Bay County
  • LGBTQ Community Center of Southern Nevada
  • LGBTQ Community Center of the Desert
  • LGBTQ Northwest Indiana / Northwest Indiana Pride
  • LGBTQ+Allies Lake County
  • Liberty City LGBTQ Democratic Club
  • Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth (LIGALY)
  • Long Island LGBT Community Center
  • Lorain County LGBTQ+ & Allies Task Force
  • Los Angeles Bi Task Force
  • Los Angeles LGBT Center
  • Mass Equality
  • Math4cure
  • Centro Mazzoni
  • Media for the Public Good, Inc. / OutCasting Media
  • Meroe & Wellness, LLC
  • Methodist Federation for Social Action
  • Projeto de Avanço do Movimento
  • Nashville LGBT Chamber
  • Nashville Pride
  • National Black Justice Coalition
  • Centro Nacional para os Direitos Lésbicos
  • Centro Nacional para a Igualdade Transgênero
  • Coalizão Nacional para a Saúde LGBT
  • National Equality Action Team (NEAT)
  • National LGBT Cancer Network
  • National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC)
  • Força-Tarefa Nacional LGBTQ
  • National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals, Inc.
  • National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA)
  • National Queer Theater
  • National Trans Visibility March
  • National Working Positive Coalition
  • New England Aces
  • New York City AIDS Memorial
  • New York City Gay Men’s Chorus
  • New York LGBT Network
  • North Carolina AIDS Action Network
  • North Shore Alliance of LGBTQ Youth
  • Oakland LGBTQ Community Center
  • Oasis Legal Services
  • Oklahomans for Equality
  • ONE Archives Foundation
  • One Colorado
  • One Orlando Alliance
  • one-n-ten
  • Openhouse
  • ORAM – Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration
  • oSTEM
  • Our Family Coalition
  • Out & Equal
  • Out Boulder County
  • OUT Georgia Business Alliance
  • Out in Tech
  • Ao ar livre
  • Out In The Vineyard
  • Out Leadership
  • Out on Film
  • OutCenter of Southwest Michigan
  • Outfest
  • OutNebraska
  • OutRight Action International
  • OUTspoken Leaders
  • Palm Beach County Human Rights Council
  • Pan Eros Foundation
  • Partnership Project
  • Peer Support Space, Inc.
  • Peoria Proud
  • PFLAG Cabo Cod
  • PFLAG Crown Point (Northwest Indiana)
  • PFLAG Nacional
  • PFLAG NYC
  • PFLAG Olympia
  • PFLAG Orlando, Inc.
  • PFLAG South Miami
  • PFLAG Spartanburg
  • PFLAG Washington State Council
  • PFund Foundation
  • Philadelphia Family Pride
  • Phoenix Gay Men’s Chorus
  • Phoenix Pride
  • Planned Parenthood Keystone
  • Planned Parenthood Keystone’s Youth Programs (Rainbow Room, The Spectrum, The Curve)
  • Plexus LGBT Chamber of Commerce
  • Point Foundation
  • PRC
  • Pride Arts (Pride Films and Plays)
  • Pride at Work
  • Pride Center of the Capital Region
  • Pride Center West Texas
  • Pride Community Center, Inc (Brazos Valley, Texas)
  • Pride Community Services Organization
  • Pride Films and Plays/Pride Arts
  • Pride Fund 1
  • Pride Law Fund
  • Project MORE Foundation
  • Project No Labels
  • PROMO
  • Proud Haven Inc
  • Q Christian Fellowship
  • QLatinx
  • QLaw Foundation of Washington
  • Queens LGBT Center (Q-Center)
  • Queer Connect, Inc.
  • Queer Kid Stuff
  • Queerocracy
  • Rainbow Elder Care of Greater Dayton
  • Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance
  • Rebellious PR & Consulting
  • Reconciling Ministries Network
  • Resource Center
  • Rhode Island Pride
  • Ring of Keys
  • Rockland County Pride Center
  • RUSA LGBT – Russian-speaking American Association
  • Sacramento LGBT Community Center
  • Safe Schools Action Network
  • SAGE — Advocacy and Services for LGBT Elders
  • SAGE Metro Detroit
  • SAGE Upstate
  • San Diego LGBT Visitors Center
  • San Diego Pride
  • San Francisco AIDS Foundation
  • San Francisco Community Health Center
  • San Francisco Dykes on Bikes® Womens Motorcycle Contingent
  • Sandhills PRIDE
  • Sarwood Inc.
  • SAVE – Safeguarding American Values for Everyone
  • Seattle Aces and Aros
  • Seattle Choruses: SMC/SWC
  • Projeto Sero
  • SF LGBT Center
  • Side by Side VA
  • Silver State Equality-Nevada
  • SOJOURN
  • Southern Arizona Gender Alliance
  • SpeakOUT Boston
  • Spectrum Spokane
  • Stanislaus LGBTQ+ Collaborative for Well-Being
  • StartOut
  • Still Bisexual
  • Stonewall Columbus
  • Stonewall Democratic Club
  • Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio
  • Stonewall National Museum & Archives
  • Stonewall Sports – Richmond
  • SunServe
  • TBuddy
  • Tennessee Equality Project
  • Texas Pride Impact Funds
  • The Affirmative Couch, LLC
  • The Bearded Ladies Cabaret
  • The Box Gallery
  • The Bros in Convo Initiative
  • The Chroma Museum
  • The Cubbyhole Bar
  • The DC Center for the LGBT Community
  • The Diversity Center
  • The Fund for Community Reparations for Autistic People of Color’s Interdependence, Survival, and
  • Empowerment
  • The Great Griffon
  • The Hetrick-Martin Institute
  • The Human Rights Alliance Santa Fe
  • The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
  • The LGBT Asylum Project
  • The LGBT Center of Greater Reading
  • The LGBT Pink Panthers Movement
  • The LGBTQ Center Long Beach
  • The LOFT LGBT Community Services Center
  • The OUT Foundation
  • The Pride Center at Equality Park
  • The Pride Center of Maryland
  • The Rainbow Times
  • The San Diego LGBT Community Center
  • The Source LGBT+ Center
  • The Spahr Center
  • The Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative
  • The Transgender Training Institute
  • The TransLatin@ Coalition
  • O Projeto Trevor
  • Three Dollar Bill Cinema (Seattle Queer Film Festival)
  • TPAN
  • Trans In Color
  • TransFamily Support Services
  • Transgender Assistance Program Virginia
  • Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund
  • Transgender Michigan
  • transnewyork
  • TransOhio
  • Verdadeiras Cores Unidas
  • True Colors, Inc.
  • Truth Wins Out
  • TurnOut
  • Under The Arc
  • UNITY COALITION|COALICION UNIDA
  • Uplift Outreach Center
  • Uptown Gay & Lesbian Alliance (UGLA)
  • Valley AIDS Council
  • Valley Community Healthcare
  • Virtual Arizona Pride
  • Watermark
  • Waves Ahead Corp & SAGE Puerto Rico
  • WayOUT
  • Wenatchee Pride
  • White Mountains Pride
  • Whitman-Walker Institute
  • William Way LGBT Community Center
  • Woodhull Freedom Foundation
  • Yakima Pride
  • Yale GALA: Yale’s LGBT Alumni
  • Young Democrats of Georgia LGBTQ+ Caucus
  • Youth Outlook
  • Orgulho Jovem, Inc.
  • Zebra Coalition

Click here for a PDF version of the letter.

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Five years ago on June 26, the White House (and everyone’s social media feeds) were lit up in rainbows to celebrate the historic Obergefell ruling that brought marriage equality to the entire U.S. How are we doing five years later? What’s changed since 2015? And what lies ahead? Find out from Mary L. Bonauto – the attorney who argued the landmark case before the Supreme Court – in this unique opportunity to go behind the scenes for the questions and even some answers.

Watch the June 18 Justice HangOUT with Mary L. Bonauto below, and sign up to attend upcoming HangOUTs!

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Victory! Supreme Court ruling affirms legal protections for LGBTQ workers nationwide

Washington, D.C. (June 15, 2020) – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a watershed ruling affirming that federal law protects LGBTQ workers from job discrimination. In response, GLAD Civil Rights Project Director Mary L. Bonauto issued the following statement:

Today’s historic ruling affirms critical legal protections for LGBTQ people across the country. The Supreme Court has settled the question of whether federal employment nondiscrimination law protects transgender, lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. The answer is a definitive “yes.”

O 6-3 ruling authored by Justice Gorsuch recognizes that existing federal sex discrimination protections for workers apply to LGBTQ people based on well-established precedent and because a person’s sexual orientation or transgender status can only be understood in relationship to their sex. This conclusion “has been standing before us all along,” the majority opinion states. Further, prohibiting employment discrimination is a “major piece of civil rights legislation” written in “starkly broad terms.” As a result, the Court holds employers are liable for discrimination when an individual’s “sex is a but-for cause” of harm to an employee.

Today’s decision joins other foundational sex discrimination opinions about sexual harassment (1986), sex stereotyping (1989) and same-sex sexual harassment (1998), all of which the Supreme Court has found to be within the broad scope of what Congress wrote into federal Title VII law.

Our civil rights laws are intended to help our country live up to its promises of equality, and today’s decision from the Supreme Court brings us another step closer to that promise.

And as right and welcome as this ruling is, our work is not done. Our federal and many state laws still leave too many LGBTQ people and others unprotected in critical areas of life including access to public places like stores or public transportation, or in federally funded vital social services. Today’s ruling also arrives against the backdrop of pervasive systemic racism and racist violence, that imposes incalculable and intolerable costs on Black Americans and all people of color, including those who are LGBTQ.

The fight for LGBTQ justice is inseparable from the fight for racial justice. As we celebrate today’s decision, we must continue working with Congress, state and local officials, and all institutions and all people in this nation to ensure discrimination is off limits in every arena. We must strive to ensure that the words of our statutes have meaning and real-world impacts for all Americans.

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Today marks the fourth anniversary of the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub. 49 lives were taken by violence during Latin night at a club that was a gathering place for many young LGBTQ people of color.

Each year on the anniversary of Pulse we #HonorThemWithAction. I urge you to visit www.HonorThemWithAction.org to mark this day and commit to action.

This painful anniversary corresponds with Pride month, and this year comes at a time when so much collective grief and anger over persistent, systemic racism and violence, including police violence, is culminating in nationwide, even worldwide, protest. We know from the memory of the first Pride the power to make change that can come when we collectively demand it loudly and do not stop until we are heard.

This season of remembrance, protest, and Pride throws starkly into relief how much of the advances and casualties for our LGBTQ community are borne by BIPOC queer and transgender people. From one of the first bricks thrown at Stonewall, to Tony McDade and other Black transgender victims of police violence, to the ongoing epidemic of violence against transgender women of color — we mourn too many beautiful lives lost even as we honor the courage of those who have fought again and again to have basic rights recognized.

As we move further into Pride season, we are deepening our commitment to our interconnected fights for racial justice and LGBTQ justice. I invite you to visit our racial justice resources page, and to share with us how you are showing up in this fight. It will take all of us.

In Massachusetts we are also supporting the Trans Resistance Vigil and March and the Transgender Emergency Fund.

Trans Resistance Vigil and March
Saturday, June 13, 2020 3pm-5pm
Playstead Field at Franklin Park

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We have said it before but it bears repeating. Black lives matter. Black queer and trans lives matter. The LGBTQ equality movement has taken steps forward through the courage and tenacity of Black trans people like Marsha B. Johnson and so many others. During Pride month and every month we must show up for and with those in our community who are the most vulnerable to violence and erasure.

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