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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

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, в 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

РАДОСТНЫЙ 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.

РАДОСТНЫЙ 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 Parentage 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 являются 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 Закон о родительстве в Коннектикуте (CPA) был а victory years in the making. GLAD co-led the Коалиция «Мы заботимся» 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 Закон штата Мэн о родительстве 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 Массачусетс 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 Безопасность (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 и уход.

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

In June, justice-involved youth in Мэн gained the right to counsel and petition for alternatives to incarceration when Governor Mills signed into law LD 320, An 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 on this 3-year effort к 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 Justice–led bill to begin a process to close Long Creek, Maine’s one remaining juvenile prison. While thв bill did not become law this session, мы 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 the 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 и the child welfare, education, public safety, and corrections systems, with a final report completed by November 2022.

In Massachusetts, РАДОСТНЫЙ поддерживает 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 orientation. S 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, РАДОСТНЫЙ is also advancing structural reforms in our child welfare systems и 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.

In 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.

In Maine this session, GLAD consulted on the substance of and supported 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 the 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, к 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 for 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) и 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 и communities of color, looks forward к supporting the use of this important and innovative tool.

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LGBTQ+ youth and particularly Black, Brown, and Indigenous (BIPOC) youth are over-represented в child welfare systems, and young people impacted by these systems face increased risks of joblessness, homelessness, and interaction with the criminal legal system.

Poverty, structural racism, and anti-LGBTQ bias all play roles in determining which children and families are impacted and separated by the State. GLAD is working both to ensure our child welfare systems can meet the needs of BIPOC LGBTQ+ youth in their care and to move State approaches away from family separation and toward family supports.

In Maine this session, GLAD supported а bill to require the Department of Health and Human Services to provide families in need with assistance to meet basic necessities к prevent children from being removed from homes. This proposal recognizes that what is frequently labeled as «neglect” and therefore cause for family separation is simply poverty and requires the State to address that underlying cause before removing a child. While LD 396, unfortunately, did not pass this session, we’re continuing to push for such changes so that resources are focused on supporting children and families rather than separating them.

In Massachusetts, child welfare advocates, including GLAD, have been calling for change at the MA Department of Children and Families (DCF) for years in response к high-profile catastrophic incidents и daily failings of the youth in DCF custody.

In August, with the contributions and engagement of GLAD, the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ+ Youth released a report on the treatment and outcomes of DCF-involved children that draws a plain conclusion: LGBTQ+ youth in DCF custody are in crisis. Along with alarming findings, the report offers clear insight into improving the lives of youth already in the system, providing more support for families of origin and foster families, and training staff and other professionals on the specific and timely needs of LGBTQ+ youth.

«Life in residential care got even harder after I started identifying as a transgender woman while placed in an all-boys program. The staff misgendered me most of the time. DCF denied me [gender-affirming care]… Their rationale was that they couldn’t «risk it.” In reality, they were risking my life by not giving me the healthcare I needed.” – Youth with а history of DCF involvement

As the Commission Chair says в the introduction to the report, «the status quo for LGBTQ youth in DCF is an emergency.” LGBTQ+ youth experience the repercussions of the lack of a clear, comprehensive agency policy affirming their identities, аn insufficient supply of supportive placements, inadequate training for staff and foster families, and long delays and even denials of access к necessary healthcare. These shortcomings far too often lead to poor health and educational outcomes, violence, harassment, bullying, self-harm, and other devastating impacts. And these impacts often fall most harshly on Black and Brown LGBTQ youth and transgender youth, who face multiple biases and structural barriers.

«As a foster parent to transgender young people, I have not seen that DCF is able to engage in family support work around LGBTQ issues. They are always emphasizing what the parents have not done, rather than how to help them. I don’t know how DCF thinks they are ever going to reunify families if they don’t have empathy or compassion and if they aren’t willing to educate and support the parent. Without that, their job becomes to break families apart.”–Foster Parent

GLAD and our LGBTQ+ Child Welfare Alliance partners are calling on policymakers and legislators к act immediately to improve the child welfare system с the following measures:

Collection and reporting of comprehensive, intersectional data that allows DCF and other responsible entities to track outcomes for LGBTQ+ youth and to understand and meet their needs better. The legislature should pass An Act Relative to Accountability for Vulnerable Children and Families (H.239/S.32) with a requirement that DCF consistently collects и report intersectional sexual orientation and gender identity data.
Development and implementation of a comprehensive LGBTQ+ policy and training for all adults ВОЗ come into contact with LGBTQ+ youth, including staff, foster families, and providers. Neighboring states such as Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont, and sister state agencies like DYS have such policies.
The legislature should pass H.211/S.88 to create an independent Foster Care Review Office to improve accountability, transparency, and oversight for the foster care review process, to strengthen protections for youth in DCF care and custody.
Increase and tracking of affirming placements for LGBTQ+ youth in both foster homes and group settings.
Improved, more timely access to gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth.
Creation of a statutory foster child bill of rights with explicit protections for LGBTQ+ youth, including access to gender-affirming medical care.

«Ultimately, it took nearly two years to get my child the care she needed. Bias and transphobia from multiple professionals involved in the child welfare system hindered the process. Foster parents do not receive training on this. Can you imagine what happens to a child who ends up in a home where the foster parent does not already know all of this?” – Foster Parent

The findings of the Commission’s report are dire, but our advocacy is working. momentum is building, и а new gender-affirming care policy goes into effect on September 30. Later in the fall, GLAD Senior Staff Attorney Patience Crozier is moderating a series of trainings in collaboration with Child Protection and Child Services on better serving transgender youth and other LGBTQ+ people. There is much to do, but we are working harder than ever to directly impact young people’s treatment and lives in state custody. To get involved, visit GLAD.org/mass-alliance.

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Across the country during the 2021 legislative session, transgender people иметь faced a cruel onslaught of legislation that undermines their civil rights, attempts to exclude them from public life, and even criminalize their identities.

Lawmakers in a handful of states are proposing extreme bills that ban safe, well-recognized medical care for transgender children. In some cases, such bills provide criminal penalties for physicians ВОЗ provide such care. In others, parents could be punished as well. Arkansas is the only state to have enacted a medical care ban to date – over the veto of Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson, ВОЗ chastised the legislature for the extreme nature of the legislation – but we have not seen the end of such attempts. Denying access to established medical care is cruel and unethical, и it puts transgender youth at increased risk. В Arkansas, there have already been reports of youth suicides resulting from this extreme law. Some families are planning to move out of state.

Other damaging bills aimed at transgender youth seek to ban transgender girls from playing school sports with other girls. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia have already enacted laws that ban transgender girls and young women from playing sports at school. These bans deny transgender kids the camaraderie and belonging that comes with being part of a team и valuable lessons like sportsmanship and discipline.

Defeating anti-trans bills in New England

New England is not immune to such dangerous legislative proposals. Transgender and allied аdvocates, РАДОСТНЫЙ attorneys, and our partner organizations, showed up at hearings and advocated against several anti-trans bills in the 2020-2021 session.

Both New Hampshire and Maine saw sports ban bills raised – Maine’s LD 926 and New Hampshire’s HB 198. By listening and responding to concerns, deploying thoughtful advocacy, sharing accurate information, и telling powerful life stories from courageous transgender young people, their parents, classmates, and coaches, GLAD and our partners successfully kept both bills from passing.

Another bill in Maine, LD 1238, would have allowed shelters to exclude transgender women. Both chambers voted the bill down с broad support from shelter providers themselves. And New Hampshire’s bill banning gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth was voted down in Committee, ending its progress for this session.

GLAD is keeping a watchful eye on anti-LGBTQ+ legislative developments across the country. In Tennessee, lawmakers enacted several anti-LGBTQ+ laws this year. GLAD has filed a lawsuit, Curb Records против Ли, against one of those laws, first-of-its-kind legislation requiring businesses to post a «not welcome” sign for transgender patrons and employees on their premises.

A lawsuit to protect businesses who affirm transgender people

The Curb Foundation provided fundraising for the National Museum of African American Music

Tennessee’s HB 1182 requires businesses to post a demeaning notice on their premises if they have policies allowing access for transgender individuals on an equal basis to other patrons.

The law designates precise dimensions, coloring, and language that effectively amounts to a «not welcome” sign that promotes a hostile climate for transgender and non-binary people in the state и denies them equal access to businesses open to the public. GLAD filed a lawsuit challenging the new law in Curb Records против Ли, along with Sherrard Roe Voigt & Harbison, attorney Abby Rubenfeld, и the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR).

The plaintiffs in the case are Grammy award-winning record producer Mike Curb, his label Curb Records, and the Mike Curb Foundation. They collectively argue that the law compels them and other Tennessee businesses to endorse a climate of fear and nonacceptance of transgender and non-binary people. Such a mandate directly contradicts their company values of integrity, respect for diversity, and nondiscrimination.“It’s outrageous to have the government come in and force me to send such a derogatory message to my employees and customers,” Mike Curb said when the law went into effect.

Mike Curb identifies his personal connection to the need for acceptance with his grandmother Eloisa Salazar’s experience with discrimination as she grew up on the Mexico-US border: «her experience shaped my family’s and my company’s values.”Curb has been committed к the values of nondiscrimination and inclusion for LGBTQ+ people throughout his career. His company and organization have provided grants and gifts to further access to education, historic preservation, people experiencing homelessness, and many other endeavors in his community. «It is hard to believe that our LGBT community in Tennessee is being assaulted with so much harmful legislation,” Curb says, «at a time when our country needs to come together more than ever before.”

A federal district court issued a preliminary injunction in a second challenge to the law, filed by the ACLU, ordering that HB 1182not be enforced while the courts ultimately determine the law’s constitutionality. GLAD and our partners являются moving forward with our challenge к ensure that the state does not force Curb Records и other affirming businesses to act against their values and businesses interests, and that transgender и non-binary Tennesseans can access public spaces on the same terms as anyone else. Mike Curb and our team hope to get a final ruling by sometime next summer. To be the first to learn when a decision is delivered, sign up for our email updates on GLAD.org.

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Statement on the Confirmation of Justice Beth Robinson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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Statement of GLAD Civil Rights Project Director Mary L. Bonauto on the confirmation of Vermont Supreme Court Justice Beth Robinson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit:

“Justice Robinson’s deep commitments to the rule of law and to equal justice under law – bar none – will make her a remarkable asset to our federal judiciary and our society. As both a litigator and a Vermont Supreme Court Justice, she knows that law is entwined with people’s lives and has the integrity and humility to see both. Her confirmation as the first openly lesbian judge to serve on a U.S. Court of Appeals is another pivotal moment for a remarkable person and for our country, one that hopefully signals a welcome expansion of wider representation on our nation’s high courts.”

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The movement for transgender equality has made incredible advances over the past 40 years (and beyond), opening doors, pushing against barriers, and persisting in the face of personal risk and political backlash. Now, as another round of vicious attacks on transgender rights spreads throughout the country, a new generation is rising up to meet the challenge and demand justice in resourceful and innovative ways.

This virtual roundtable celebrated advocacy across generations and explore where we’ve been, where we are, and what’s next in the movement for transgender rights.

В ролях:

Kylar Broadus, Founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition
Grace Sterling Stowell, Executive Director of BAGLY
Tre’Andre Valentine, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Julián Cancino, Director of the Gender and Sexuality Center at Brandeis University
Lane, youth activist
Leo Austin-Spooner, youth activist

Moderated by Jennifer Levi, GLAD Transgender Rights Project Director

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Justice Across Generations: A Celebration of 4+ Decades of Transgender Rights Advocacy

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This virtual roundtable will celebrate advocacy across generations and explore where we’ve been, where we are, and what’s next in the movement for transgender rights.

В ролях:

- Kylar Broadus, GLAD’s 2021 Spirit of Justice Honoree and founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition
- Grace Sterling-Stowell, Executive Director of BAGLY
- Tre’Andre Valentine, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
- Julián Cancino, Director of the Gender and Sexuality Center at Brandeis University
- Lane, youth activist
- Leo Austin-Spooner, Co-Chair of BAGLY’s Youth Leadership Committee

Moderated by Jennifer Levi, GLAD Transgender Rights Project Director.

ASL and captioning available.

Register to join the event!

If you have questions, please contact Caitlin Walsh at cwalsh@glad.org.

Maine Virtual Weekend of Action

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Join the Weekend of Action to support federal protections for LGBTQ+ people!

The HRC’s Weekend of Action is a great opportunity to make a difference and help pass the Equality Act! This historic federal legislation would update and improve our nation’s civil rights laws by including explicit protections for LGBTQ people, as well as women, people of color, immigrants, and people of all faiths.

What: Make calls to supportive Mainers to ask them to contact elected officials about supporting the Equality Act when it comes up for a vote in the Senate.

When: Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10. Shifts are available both days from 10am-12pm and 6pm-8pm EST.

Where: Wherever you are! You don’t have to live in Maine to participate – we welcome everybody who believes in equality, no matter where you live.

Training will be available at the start of every shift to ensure you feel prepared and informed.

Everyone deserves a fair chance to live free from the fear of harassment or discrimination. Thank you for helping us seize this critical moment to pass the Equality Act. Click here to learn more about the bill and find more ways to get involved.

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ОБНОВЛЯТЬ: 24 июня 2022 года Верховный суд отменил федеральные законы о защите абортов. Узнайте больше об этом решении и его разрушительных последствиях:

Пресс-релиз: Возмутительно и немыслимо: GLAD реагирует на позорное решение Верховного суда об отмене Роу против Уэйда
Блог: От печали к решимости
ЧАСТО ЗАДАВАЕМЫЕ ВОПРОСЫ: Что это решение означает для семей ЛГБТК+

Запрет абортов в Миссисипи неконституционен. Репродуктивные права — это права человека.

GLAD сотрудничал с Национальным центром по правам ЛГБТК для подготовки и подачи Записка, поданная в суде от имени 23 организаций ЛГБТК призывая Верховный суд защитить доступ к абортам, поддержать прецедент, созданный в Роу против Уэйда и Planned Parenthood против Кейси, и избежать решения, которое усугубит подчиненное положение женщин.

В документе содержится предостережение Суду о необходимости учитывать как крайнюю редкость, так и опасные, широкомасштабные последствия отмены устоявшейся судебной практики в области равенства и основных прав. В нем также описываются катастрофические реальные последствия отмены Икра и Кейси будет иметь отношение к представителям ЛГБТК.

Хотя это и не обсуждается широко, представители нашего сообщества чаще сталкиваются с нежелательной беременностью в результате сексуального насилия, чаще не имеют медицинской страховки и чаще сталкиваются с распространённой дискриминацией в системе здравоохранения, в том числе в доступе к контрацепции. Ограничения на аборты подвергают и без того уязвимых людей, включая женщин из числа сексуальных меньшинств, повышенному риску бедности, домашнего насилия и негативных последствий для здоровья.

Верховный суд США заслушал устные доводы по делу 1 декабря 2021 года, и мы ожидаем вынесения решения к июню 2022 года.

Документ подписали:

Юристы залива за свободу личности
Совет по глобальному равенству
Равенство Калифорния
Федерация за равенство
Равенство Северная Каролина
Семейное равенство
Адвокаты и защитники ЛГБТК
Кампания за права человека
Сеть действий LPAC
Центр Маццони
Ветераны из числа меньшинств Америки
Проект развития движения
Национальный центр прав ЛГБТК
Национальный центр трансгендерного равенства
Национальная группа действий по вопросам равенства
Национальная ассоциация адвокатов ЛГБТК+
Совет США по сексуальной информации и образованию
Центр права трансгендеров
Фонд правовой защиты и образования трансгендеров, Inc.
Кокус людей, живущих с ВИЧ, США
Институт Уитмена-Уокера
Эван Вольфсон, основатель Freedom to Marry
Фонд свободы Вудхалла

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This Latinx Heritage Month, we are honoring some of the many incredible Latinx activists and organizations whose fight for justice and equality has made a lasting impact in our communities.

Dolores Huerta (she/her) is one of the most influential labor activists of the 20th century and a great leader of the Chicano Civil Rights movement. Her career began in 1955 when she co-founded the Stockton chapter of the Community Service Organization (CSO), which led voter registration drives and fought for economic improvements for Latinx people. In 1962, Dolores and Cesar Chaves founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which soon transformed into the United Farm Workers’ Union (UFW). The UFW and Dolores’ countless boycotts led to the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, which allowed farmworkers to form unions and bargain for better wages and conditions.

Dolores became the first Latina introduced into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1993. She then went on to found the Dolores Huerta Foundation in 2002. The Dolores Huerta Foundation’s purpose is to increase understanding that women’s rights, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrant rights, labor rights, and civil rights are all interconnected universal human rights issues. In 2012, former President Obama awarded Dolores the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her lifetime of advocacy. It was only fitting that Dolores received this award from Obama since he adapted her slogan, “Sí, se puede” as his motto, “yes we can.” Dolores also received the Ripple of Hope Award from the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights in 2020. She continues to be an outspoken advocate for world peace and the rights of immigrants, women, minorities, at-risk youth, and the LGBTQ+ community.

Wilson Cruz (he/him) is an advocate for LGBTQ+ youth of color, a member of the board of GLSEN and trailblazing actor. Wilson is known for his groundbreaking roles on television, such as his 1994 role as gay teen Rickie Vasquez on the ABC series “My So-Called Life.” Wilson served on the board of directors and then staff of GLAAD from 1997 to 2012. Wilson dedicates his time to building support for LGBTQ+ youth in Puerto Rico and from Latinx backgrounds. Due to his broadly impactful activism and support of LGBTQ+ organizations, Wilson has received the Emery S. Hetrick Award from the Hetrick-Martin Institution for outstanding contributions to LGBTQ+ youth and beyond. Wilson continues to boldly make TV history in his current role as Dr. Hugh Culber on Star Trek: Discovery as one of the first openly gay characters in the franchise.

MJ Rodriguez (she/her) is an actor and an advocate for the Black and Latinx transgender community. She has opened doors for transgender artists and continues to advocate by speaking up and emphasizing the importance of media representation of the LGBTQ+ community, especially for trans people of color. MJ is best known for her role as Blanca in the hit FX show “POSE,” which has broken many visibility barriers. MJ made history as the first trans woman to be nominated for a lead acting Emmy and the first openly trans woman to win Best Actress for Television at the Imagen Awards in 2019. In 2020 she was named the Advocate’s «Woman of the Year” to honor her boundary-breaking performances and her dedication to activism.

Aiden Thomas (he/they) is a nonbinary, transgender author who advocates fiercely for diverse representation in all media. Aiden was the first openly trans author on the New York Times bestseller fiction list with Cemetery Boys, which climbed to 8th place for Young Adult Hardcover books. Cemetery Boys brings rare visibility to the unique vulnerabilities of youth who have overlapping social identities, with representation of queerness and transness within Latinx families and culture.

Iván Espinoza Madrigal (he/him) is the Executive Director of Lawyers for Civil Rights. He advises federal and state policymakers on the legal needs of people who have identities that range across sexual orientation, gender identity, race, and immigration status. Before joining Lawyers for Civil Rights, Iván was the Legal Director of the Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP). His advocacy centered HIV as an issue impacted by racial justice, immigration, criminal justice, and public health. Before he worked at CHLP, Iván was a staff attorney at Lambda Legal where he developed an initiative that addresses the legal needs of LGBTQ+ and people of color and low-income people living with HIV and worked on the marriage equality fight at the state and Supreme court levels.

In recognition of Iván’s important contributions, the Boston Business Journal profiled him as an “Emerging Leader Fighting for Justice” in 2015. Iván has a community-driven model to his work that has led to dozens of law-changing cases on behalf of people of color and immigrants.

Mijente is a Massachusetts-based organization that advocates for Latinx and Indigenous liberation and fights for racial, economic, climate, and gender justice. Created in 2015 after the #Not1MoreDeportation campaign, Mijente recognized that society needed to come together and stand up to the ongoing threats against the Latinx community. Mijente’s mission centers BIPOC and LGBTQ+ people, understanding that unity against shared oppression is essential in creating change and achieving justice.

In 2020, Mijente helped organize a petition that led to the Nashville LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce divesting completely from its ties with CoreCivic, a private prison corporation with strong links to ICE and other unethical business practices.

Hyde Square Task Force is an organization that supports Latinx youth and encourages them to learn, grow, and achieve academically. HSTF’s education aims to equip youth to advocate for themselves and build an equitable Boston. Hyde Square Task Force was created in the 1980s from a partnership between neighbors and leaders to address the ongoing violence facing the Hyde/Jackson neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, MA. From then on, HSTF became an organization that values itself on ensuring that Boston’s Latin Quarter continues to grow as a diverse hub of Afro-Latin arts and a sustainable home for Greater Boston’s Latinx community.

Hyde Square Task Force’s Youth in Action (Jóvenes en Acción) program, alongside their various College Success, Creative Development, and Community Engagement programs, encourage youth to contribute to and learn from working in partnerships with neighbors in the Latin Quarter through Afro-Latin arts and advocacy.

The Hispanic Health Council is a Connecticut-based organization focused on improving Latinx health and access to healthcare and promoting equity for other vulnerable communities through research, advocacy, and culturally competent services. The organization prioritizes addressing the cultural and linguistic barriers between the Latinx community and the healthcare system, which results in health disparities. In the 1980s, the Hispanic Health Council was a leader in HIV/AIDS knowledge and a pioneer in the concept of needle exchange. The Hispanic Health Council uses system and policy advocacy to impact the multitude of barriers to optimal health experienced by Spanish-speaking communities and to guarantee that all people have access to high-quality medical care. They have worked continuously to empower the Latinx community and strengthen their impact on policy.

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GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) announced today that its 2021 Spirit of Justice Award will go to Kylar W. Broadus, Esq. GLAD will present the award to Broadus at the 22nd Annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner on October 21, 2021.

After a virtual Spirit of Justice in 2020, GLAD’s annual dinner and award gala returns to Boston at a new venue, the Boston Park Plaza. Those outside Massachusetts or otherwise unable to attend in person will also be able watch a livestream of the program online.

Honoree Kylar Broadus is a trailblazing transgender rights pioneer. A Black trans man, attorney, author, professor, and founder of the Trans People of Color Coalition, his legal expertise and advocacy have advanced civil rights for transgender people over decades. Kylar, who currently sits on the board of the National Black Justice Coalition, has made substantial contributions to the work of nearly every national LGBTQ rights organization, including the National LGBTQ Task Force, Freedom for All Americans, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and GLAD. He has published essential essays on transgender employment and family legal rights in Права трансгендеров и Transgender Family Law (the latter co-edited by GLAD Transgender Rights Project Director Jennifer Levi) and has consulted on major federal civil rights legislation, including the Matthew Shephard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Act and the Employment Nondiscrimination Act (now the Equality Act), for which he was the first out transgender person to testify before the U.S. Senate in 2012. Kylar’s impact on the evolution of employment nondiscrimination law was recognized by President Barack Obama when he was invited to join the President at the 2014 signing of an executive order extending protections to LGBTQ federal employees.

“Kylar’s fingerprints are on nearly all aspects of the work done to advance legal rights for transgender people throughout the country,” said Jennifer Levi, GLAD Transgender Rights Project Director. “His legal insight, activism, and willingness to boldly speak truth with compassion has made a tremendous difference in the lives of transgender people everywhere. I couldn’t be more thrilled that GLAD is honoring him with the extremely well-deserved Spirit of Justice award.”

“It is wonderful to be honored by my friends at GLAD, an organization whose groundbreaking work I admire and value so highly,” said Broadus. “GLAD’s work has for decades advanced and protected LGBTQ people’s ability to live without fear of harassment, seek work and economic opportunity free from discrimination, and access healthcare and other critical, life-saving services. We need that advocacy now more than ever. That I’ve had so many opportunities to proudly partner with GLAD in this important work makes receiving this award all the more meaningful.”

In addition to the presentation of the Spirit of Justice award to Broadus, the event will feature remarks from GLAD Senior Staff Attorney Polly Crozier and from transgender youth advocate Ashton Mota and his mother, Carmen Paulino. Hailing from Lowell, Massachusetts, Ashton is a passionate and well-respected young voice on transgender equality. He courageously shared his story during the Yes on 3 campaign to defend nondiscrimination protections in Massachusetts in 2018 and spoke at a White House Pride month event earlier this year, where he also introduced President Biden. Ashton’s mother, Carmen, is a fierce advocate for her son as well as for transgender youth impacted by the foster care system.

“Following an extraordinarily difficult year for everyone, we look forward to safely reconnecting as a community at October’s Spirit of Justice event,” said Janson Wu, GLAD Executive Director. “Kylar Broadus, Ashton Mota, and Carmen Paulino are incredible leaders in the ongoing fight for racial, economic, and LGBTQ justice. It’s an honor to have the opportunity to celebrate their inspiring work, and to do so among a community of supporters who have demonstrated over and over again in this challenging year their dedication to creating a more fair and just society for all.”

Previous Spirit of Justice honorees include Grace Sterling Stowell, Chai Feldblum, Jose Antonio Vargas, the Honorable Eric H. Holder Jr, Phill Wilson, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Urvashi Vaid, Margaret J. Marshall, Deval Patrick and his family; Reverend Irene Monroe; Bishop Gene Robinson; Beth Robinson, John Ward, Terrence McNally, Mandy Carter; Reverend William Sinkford, Tim Gill, Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon, Tony Kushner, Laurence Tribe, and Mary L. Bonauto.

About the Event

GLAD’s 22nd Annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner is chaired by Annika Bockius-Suwyn and Ray Cheng and will take place Thursday, October 21 at the Boston Park Plaza. The evening’s program will also be streamed from the venue for those who are unable to attend in person. The venue is mobility accessible and CART interpretation services are provided. GLAD is following state and federal guidance regarding COVID. More details, including updated COVID protocols as well as tickets and sponsorships for both the in-person dinner and the virtual event are available at www.gladlaw.org/soj.

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Watch Kylar’s powerful acceptance speech from the 22nd Annual Spirit of Justice Award Dinner