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Как вы все знаете, суды — как независимая третья ветвь власти — играют ключевую роль в защите прав всех граждан, особенно в защите непопулярных меньшинств от того, что может быть «тиранией большинства». GLAD выполняет большую часть своей работы в судах, включая Верховный суд США, где мы отстаиваем равенство браков, права людей, живущих с ВИЧ, права родителей из сообщества ЛГБТК и, самое главное, право ЛГБТК и людей, живущих с ВИЧ, на равное достоинство.

В связи с этим мы также должны бороться за защиту и сохранение целостности судов и способствовать обеспечению их открытости для всех на равных условиях. Каждый истец должен получить справедливое и беспристрастное судебное разбирательство, будучи уверенным в том, что судьи, перед которыми он предстанет, привержены верховенству права, что включает в себя соблюдение конституционных гарантий свободы, достоинства и равной защиты каждого.

Это жизненно важно для Верховного суда США, окончательного толкователя федеральных законов и нашей федеральной Конституции. Именно поэтому мы призываем Сенат тщательно проверить судью Нила Горсача, кандидата в Верховный суд, выдвинутого президентом Трампом, чтобы определить, действительно ли он готов защищать жизненно важные гарантии для всех.

Мы в GLAD серьёзно сомневаемся, что судья Горсач соответствует этому стандарту. Друли против Паттона, 601 Федерал. Приложение 632 (10^й В 2015 г. судья Горсач присоединился к мнению, отклоняющему иски трансгендерной заключенной, утверждавшей, что ее конституционные права были нарушены, когда сотрудники тюрьмы много раз начинали и прекращали ее гормональную терапию на протяжении 27 лет и в настоящее время предоставляют ей недостаточную дозировку.

Опираясь на решение 30-летней давности, эти судьи в 2015 году просто отказались признать право на гормональную терапию для заключённых с «гендерным гендерным расстройством». В ответ на её иски о равной защите, об одежде и о содержании в мужском учреждении суд прямо заявил, что тюрьма действовала рационально и что «транссексуальный истец» не входит в защищённую категорию, имеющую право на более пристальное внимание со стороны суда штата.

Мы также обеспокоены свободой вероисповедания и тем, как новые требования относительно свободного исповедания религии могут выдвигаться с целью причинения серьезного вреда сообществу ЛГБТК и женщинам, что противоречит устоявшемуся праву, которое должным образом уважает религиозные убеждения граждан, пока они не наносят вреда другим.

В теперь уже знаменитом (или печально известном) Хобби Лобби В этом деле Верховный суд постановил, что корпорация с ограниченной ответственностью фактически может заявить, что её религиозные убеждения освобождают её от части требований Закона о доступном медицинском обслуживании, касающихся покрытия расходов на контрацептивы. До Верховного суда это дело рассматривалось судьёй Горсачем, который вынес решение в пользу корпорации. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. против Себелиуса, 723 Ф.3д 1114 (10^й (Около 2013 г.). Там судья Горсач написал совпадающее мнение, в котором, по сути, утверждал, что суд не может оспаривать веру человека в то, что конкретное действие делает его соучастником поведения, которое он не одобряет, и, следовательно, оправдывает его действия. Представьте, как эта растяжимая концепция соучастия (не забывайте, что религиозные организации заявляют, что даже подача ими в правительство документа, подтверждающего их право на освобождение от требования о покрытии расходов на контрацептивы, предусмотренного Законом о доступном потреблении (ACA), является соучастием в грехе) может повлиять на ЛГБТК-сообщество, например, на предоставление любых услуг ЛГБТК-лицу.

В более широком смысле, многие важные правовые гарантии, такие как право на использование противозачаточных средств, право на аборт, право на половую близость и право на законный брак с любимым человеком, основаны на понятиях неприкосновенности частной жизни, автономии и достоинства личности, которые, по мнению Верховного суда, защищены Конституцией, в соответствии с доктриной, называемой «существенной надлежащей правовой процедурой». Судья Горсач проявил скептицизм по отношению ко всей этой области юриспруденции. См. дело Браудер против города Альбукерке, 787 Ф.3д 1076, 1078 (10^й (ок. 2015 г.). В этой же области права он много писал об ассистированном самоубийстве и эвтаназии, утверждая, что они могут быть запрещены как действия, «которые, по определению, подразумевают преднамеренное посягательство на основное благо жизни», которое является неприкосновенным. Нил М. Горсач, Право на помощь при самоубийстве и эвтаназию, 23 Harv. JL & Pub. Pol'y 599, 701 (1999-2000).

В связи с этим в середине 2015 года губернатор Юты пытался прекратить всё федеральное финансирование, проходящее через штат через Planned Parenthood для реализации определённых программ в штате. Planned Parenthood подала иск, и в конечном итоге коллегия из трёх судей Апелляционного суда США Десятого округа вынесла предварительное постановление, запрещающее губернатору прекращать финансирование. Впоследствии Десятый округ в полном составе отказался от повторного слушания дела. Ассоциация планируемого родительства штата Юта против Герберта, 839 Ф.3д 1301 (10^й Судья Горсач выразил особое мнение, заявив, что повторное слушание было необходимо, чтобы позволить губернатору прекратить финансирование. Идентификатор. в 1307.

Наконец, в 2005 году, ещё до того, как стать судьёй, г-н Горсач написал эссе, в котором критиковал «либералов» за их «чрезмерную зависимость от зала суда», стремящихся получить и сохранить права в суде, а не за счёт избирателей и избранных должностных лиц. В качестве примера он приводил равенство браков (это произошло вскоре после того, как GLAD… Гудридж (решение суда Массачусетса), помощь в самоубийстве и школьные ваучеры. Где и от кого мы уже слышали этот восторженный вопль жалоб?

Это ставит под сомнение готовность судьи Горсача выполнять важную работу судов по защите основных прав людей.

Сенату необходимо тщательно изучить послужной список и труды этого судьи, чтобы решить, можно ли доверить ему эту высокую должность, имеющую первостепенное значение для всех нас.

Если там так много дыма, может ли возникнуть пожар?

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GLAD is preparing to fight like hell.

Earlier this week, we saw a leaked draft of a possible Trump administration executive order on “Religious Freedom.” The order targets LGBTQ people, eviscerates women’s healthcare, privileges one religious viewpoint, and offers tax incentives to those who promote it.

It is nothing short of a far-reaching license to discriminate.

Freedom of religion is a cherished and fundamental right in the US, and it is rightly protected in the First Amendment of our Constitution. But that freedom does not include the right to discriminate.

Make no mistake: if this order is signed and its directives are allowed to stand, people will get hurt.

GLAD’s lawyers saw this coming, and are already strategizing about how to fight it.

We stand ready to go to court to protect the rights of LGBTQ people and our families, friends, and allies who would be hurt by this order.

Are you with us?

We know so many people of faith agree that freedom means freedom for all – not freedom to discriminate. But we have all seen the hateful tenor of the current administration and their campaign of divisiveness.

If a final executive order anything like this draft is signed, we will be ready to fight for all our lives, and all our freedom. But we need your help.

GLAD’s lawyers have a 40-year track record of defending and advancing equal justice under the law, from transgender rights, to marriage equality, to ensuring those with HIV can get the healthcare they need. They are strategic, smart, and experienced – and they are fired up.

We won’t give in to divisiveness – and we won’t go back. Give now to ensure that we can keep our laws on the right side of justice and true freedom for all.

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As legal organizations dedicated to securing the freedom and equality of LGBT persons through the courts, we call on the President to nominate, and the Senate to confirm, a new Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who has a demonstrated commitment to the legal equality of the full diversity of LGBT people and their families, and who will honor past Supreme Court decisions recognizing that equality.

Our organizations have represented the plaintiffs in many cases before the Supreme Court that have firmly established the principle over the past 20 years that our Constitution requires equal treatment of LGBT persons under the law, including the freedom to marry.

Further, as organizations dedicated more broadly to our democracy’s fundamental promises of justice and equality, we call on the Senate to reject any nominee to the Court who does not clearly affirm a commitment to upholding the Constitution’s guarantees of liberty and equal protection for all Americans.

Through strategic litigation, public policy advocacy, and education, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders works in New England and nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status, and sexual orientation. www.gladlaw.org

Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work. www.lambdalegal.org

NCLR is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education. www.nclrights.org

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The President does not get to claim support for LGBTQ people simply by not rolling back an existing order on explicit non-discrimination protections. The records of those the President has surrounded himself with and appointed to his cabinet, from Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions to Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos, paint a different picture of where the administration stands on LGBTQ equality.

Furthermore, LGBTQ people are in every community, and we stand in solidarity with other marginalized groups, including immigrants, Muslims, women, and people of color who have already been the targets of attack by this administration. We will stay vigilant against discrimination on all fronts, and we will not be divided.

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When I found out the Women’s March on Washington was on a Saturday, I had an important choice to make.

Like many other Jews, I don’t do work on Shabbat. I love that the practice of Shabbat is modeled on the divine’s day of rest after the creation of a perfect world. So once a week we are given the opportunity to live as if the world is flawless. As if we, through our actions of the past week, have worked hard enough to make the world whole and for one day we are not obligated to labor or make change. We are provided a metaphorical deep breath and chance to reflect on all the good around us.

But Judaism also gives us the principle of pikuach nefesh, the idea that the preservation of human life overrules nearly any other religious consideration. When someone is under immediate threat, our commandments not to act become irrelevant.

So I marched.

The current political situation and the threat of our new administration’s actions is a real and clear threat to people’s lives. It’s not theoretical or a hysterically imagined future. And it is at odds with our Jewish values.

I’m taking action because an administration came to power that has already shown itself not only to believe that some people are more human or more deserving than other people, but have already started to create policy based on those discriminatory beliefs—policies that will cost people their livelihoods, their health and their lives.

The Torah insists that we maintain the dignity of the poor and work to provide them with a way out of poverty. But President Trump’s administration has promised tax cuts that would reduce federal income by over $6 trillion over the next decade, and experts say that creating his “balanced” budget will plunge more people into poverty: Medicaid will shrink, the Children’s Health Insurance Program will get smaller, the supplemental nutrition assistance program will be cut, housing and energy assistance for the poor will decrease, and more.

Our values tell us we are all created in the image of God and we must value and protect all people, not just those like us. But President Trump has openly mocked a reporter with a disability that impairs the movement of his arms. He removed a webpage from whitehouse.gov that highlighted the government’s commitment to giving people with disabilities access to education and employment. The proposed head of Housing and Urban Development thinks providing fair housing to transgender people is “special treatment.”

President Trump has pledged to force Muslims to register and has implicitly incited nationwide violence against Islamic communities. Steve Bannon, a senior counselor to the president, was executive chairman of Breitbart, a news site that Bannon dubbed the “home of the alt-right” ― a synonym for white supremacists and neo-Nazis. And Jeff Sessions, the current pick for U.S. attorney general, has been known to make racist statements and policies and joked that he hadn’t joined the KKK “because members of the group smoked marijuana.”

Rabbi Sharon Brous said: “Our children will one day ask us: Where were you when our country was thrust into a lion’s den of demagoguery and division? We will say: I stood with love. I stood with hope. I stood with sisters and brothers of all religions and races and genders and sexualities to insist that we will emerge from the darkness and bask in the brilliance of an America that honors the infinite worth of all of God’s children.”

I didn’t march, as some would accuse, just because “my candidate lost.” I’m taking action because an administration came to power that has already shown itself not only to believe that some people are more human or more deserving than other people, but have already started to create policy based on those discriminatory beliefs—policies that will cost people their livelihoods, their health and their lives.

After marching in Selma, Ala., with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel said, “I felt my feet were praying.” I understand that feeling. Marching on Shabbat—fighting for the rights and dignity of all people—felt, to me, like the greatest way to recognize the divine spark in each of us and to recognize our holy obligation to save lives.

The march has spurred my commitment to take one action every day to combat the bigotry, hatred and life-threatening policies we are seeing in our highest levels of government: calling an elected official, writing to a news outlet that is not reporting the truth, making a donation to a critical issue, having a hard conversation with someone who doesn’t think voting matters.

At the Women’s March on Washington, Rabbi Sharon Brous said: “Our children will one day ask us: Where were you when our country was thrust into a lion’s den of demagoguery and division? We will say: I stood with love. I stood with hope. I stood with sisters and brothers of all religions and races and genders and sexualities to insist that we will emerge from the darkness and bask in the brilliance of an America that honors the infinite worth of all of God’s children.”

My Judaism is rooted in the value of justice. And I am committed to raising my children in a Jewish community and a larger world that teaches us to care for each other and see ourselves in the strangers around us. But I know that for that world to exist—for that Jewish community to be real—it is my responsibility to stand up, speak out and create the reality I want to see.

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While no one can do everything, everyone must do something.

My husband Adam’s great-grandfather owned a chocolate factory in Germany in the early 20th century. He travelled frequently, and gained a sophisticated perspective on what was happening in his own country. He came to believe that it wasn’t normal and that it was not safe for him, his wife and his child, who were Jewish. They escaped to Argentina, where Adam’s grandmother and mother grew up. Most of the rest of their family did not survive World War II.

A man holding a sign at a rally reading We are all one justice movement

Adam’s family history has always made him feel responsible to have an awareness of injustice, prejudice, and violence in the world. It has spurred him to humanitarian action as a doctor. One of his favorite quotes, by Dostoevsky, is engraved in the entry hall of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum in Geneva:

Everyone is responsible to everyone for everything.

I’ve thought about this quote a lot post-election, when people of good faith are concerned about our country’s future, and about the most vulnerable people among us. Yet, the scope and scale of what lies ahead can feel overwhelming. How much activism is enough? How much should we give? What can we possibly do that is useful? It is easy – and understandable – to feel powerless right now. But we do have power, and we’re obliged to resist. We can rest and restore when we need to – but we cannot retreat. To use another favorite quote of Adam’s, this time by Rabbi Tarfon:

It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world, but you are not free to desist from it either.

While no one can do everything, everyone must do something. What is your “something? It helps to look at the tools we have at hand: elections; courts and the law; direct action; persuasion; and philanthropy. Elections matter, and there are elections in our immediate future – mid-term congressional elections, state level elections, and local elections – that will make a difference in our lives. Making our voices heard by voting and communicating with our elected officials is key to our democracy. There are ballot questions that will demand our attention, such as the attempt to repeal the hard-won Massachusetts transgender public accommodations bill in 2018. Courts have tremendous power to protect us and advance our rights, especially when legislatures are failing. Congress may be unlikely to pass the Equality Act, but we can continue to make progress in federal court – and in many state courts. Who sits on our courts matters, and we cannot stand by silently as they are packed with judges who do not interpret our laws and our Constitution to extend equal justice for all. There is a direct action through line from the suffragists chaining themselves to the White House fence, to Selma, ACT UP, and Black Lives Matter. Direct action can show those targeted they are not alone, as well as push our allies to do the right thing when there are competing forces. None of these tools are effective without public persuasion. It is only when we do the hard work of having face-to-face, nonjudgmental, empathetic conversations with reasonable people who disagree, that we help perfect our society. Finally, philanthropy is the fuel that allows non-profit organizations like GLAD to run at full speed. Adam and I recently reached our goal of giving 10% of our income to organizations whose missions and work we support, inspired by the Jewish concept of tithing. It wasn’t easy, it took some time, and it was a priority. These times call on all of us to determine what we are able to give to support the many organizations on the front lines in the fight ahead. We can’t do everything, but every one of us can do something. This is the way we take care of each other, and guard our future. Choose your something.

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BOSTON, January 23, 2017 — Today, notice will be provided to class members in a $7.5 million settlement that has been reached with Walmart and Sam’s Club (together “Walmart”) in a class action lawsuit that challenged the lack of health insurance benefits for the same-sex spouses of associates between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2013 (the “Settlement Class Period”). To receive payments under the Settlement, Settlement Class Members must file claims with the Settlement Administrator no later than March 20, 2017.

On December 22, 2016, the District Court presiding over the class action lawsuit granted preliminary approval of the Settlement, and directed the parties to send notice to Settlement Class Members so that they can learn about the Settlement and have the opportunity to submit claims to receive payments.

Walmart voluntarily began making the same Health Insurance benefits that it provides to opposite-sex spouses of its associates available to same-sex spouses of its associates as of January 1, 2014. Walmart denies it did anything wrong. The Court did not decide in favor of Plaintiff or Walmart. Instead, both sides agreed to a settlement.

“Settlement Class Members” include those individuals who, during the January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2013 Settlement Class Period, (1) worked at Walmart or Sam’s Club in the United States or Puerto Rico; (2) were legally married to a same-sex spouse; and (3) would have been eligible for spousal Health Insurance Benefits from Walmart or Sam’s Club but for the limitation on providing spousal Health Insurance Benefits to same-sex spouses.

Under the Settlement, Walmart has agreed to pay $7.5 million into a Settlement Fund. Up to $3.5 million of the Settlement Fund will be used to make payments to Settlement Class Members for certain documented out-of-pocket healthcare and/or health insurance costs incurred by their same-sex spouses during the Settlement Class Period. The remaining Settlement Fund, after deducting court-approved attorneys’ fees and expenses, a service award to the Named Plaintiff, and claims administration costs, will be used to make payments to Settlement Class Members who submit claims calculated based on the number of months they would have been eligible for spousal health insurance benefits during the Settlement Class Period. These “short form claimants” can receive a pro-rata share of the remaining funds based on the number of months they are eligible, up to $5,000 per year or up to $15,000 for the three year period. In addition, Walmart has committed to treating same-sex and opposite-sex spouses equally in providing health insurance benefits so long as to do so is consistent with applicable law.

To get a payment, Settlement Class Members must fill out and send in a Claim Form by March 20, 2017. Claim Forms and complete information about the Settlement are available at www.WalmartSameSexSpouseBenefitsSettlement.com.

If Settlement Class Members do nothing, their rights will be affected but they will not get a Settlement payment. Any Settlement Class Member who does not want to be legally bound by the Settlement must exclude themselves from it by March 20, 2017. Settlement Class Members who do not exclude themselves will not be able to sue or continue to sue Walmart for any legal claim resolved by this Settlement or released by the Settlement Agreement. Settlement Class Members who do not exclude themselves may object and notify the Court that they or their lawyer intends to appear at the Court’s Fairness Hearing. Objections are due March 20, 2017. More information is available at www.WalmartSameSexSpouseBenefitsSettlement.com.

Judge William Young will hold a final approval hearing in this case (Cote v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 15-cv-12945-WGY) at 2:00 p.m. on May 11, 2017 at the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Way, Boston, MA 02210. At this hearing, the Court will decide whether to approve: the Settlement; Class Counsel’s request for attorneys’ fees (up to 25% of the Settlement Fund) and costs; and $25,000 as a service award to the Class Representative. Settlement Class Members or their lawyers may appear at the hearing at their own expense.

For more information visit www.WalmartSameSexSpouseBenefitsSettlement.com or call 1-877-241-7543.

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Сегодня ведущие национальные защитники прав ЛГБТ-сообщества выступили с призывом к срочным действиям в связи с изменением климата и заявили о своём решительном несогласии с кандидатурой избранного президента Трампа на пост главы Агентства по охране окружающей среды. Сегодня в Комитете Сената по окружающей среде и общественным работам состоялись слушания по утверждению кандидатуры Скотта Пруитта.

Ведущие защитники прав ЛГБТ в стране призывают к действиям по борьбе с изменением климата и выступают против кандидата на пост главы Агентства по охране окружающей среды

Каждый день мы работаем над тем, чтобы сделать жизнь лучше для нашей молодёжи из числа лесбиянок, геев, бисексуалов и трансгендеров, — чтобы помочь семьям понять и поддержать их, а также создать безопасные и поддерживающие школы и сообщества. Но мы также глубоко обеспокоены физическим миром, который унаследуют молодые люди из числа ЛГБТ и все молодые люди страны, — потенциально миром с более экстремальными засухами, опасными волнами тепла, разрушительными наводнениями, смертоносными штормами, пугающими болезнями и исчезающими прибрежными общинами. Если мы не предпримем решительных мер сейчас, эти изменения серьёзно поставят под угрозу здоровье наших сообществ, экономическую безопасность и саму их безопасность в ближайшие годы — и мы уже видим последствия сегодня, по всей стране и во всём мире. Никто не может взглянуть на решающую научную сторону и огромные последствия изменения климата и сказать: «Это не моя проблема».

Именно на этом фоне мы, защитники ЛГБТ-сообщества, должны решительно выступить против назначения Скотта Прюитта на пост администратора Агентства по охране окружающей среды (EPA). Будучи генеральным прокурором Оклахомы, Прюитт неустанно трудился над подрывом миссии EPA по обеспечению чистого и безопасного воздуха и воды, а также защите работников, потребителей и местных сообществ от потенциально смертельных экологических рисков. Прюитт — убеждённый отрицатель изменения климата, продолжающий распространять ложь о научных исследованиях в области энергетики и климата. Как сообщала газета New York Times в 2014 году, Прюитт регулярно позволял лоббистам энергетической отрасли составлять свою переписку с федеральными чиновниками.

Прюитт также имеет долгую историю активного противодействия достоинству и юридическому равенству ЛГБТ-сообщества. Он осуждал и пытался оспорить решения федерального суда о свободе вступать в брак, а также участвует в инициировании судебного процесса, направленного на то, чтобы лишить трансгендерных работников защиты от дискриминации на рабочем месте. Однако, будучи главой Агентства по охране окружающей среды (EPA), он будет отвечать за обеспечение равных возможностей трудоустройства в крупном федеральном агентстве.

Изменение климата, вероятно, является самой серьёзной проблемой, с которой мы столкнёмся в ближайшие годы и прямо сейчас. Мы призываем каждого члена нашего сообщества принять участие в гражданских действиях для предотвращения катастрофических последствий изменения климата. Мы также призываем избранного президента Трампа отозвать кандидатуру Скотта Пруитта, а если он этого не сделает, мы призываем Сенат отклонить его кандидатуру.

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The Senate has a responsibility to consider Session’s record in weighing whether he should be confirmed for this important office. We agree that when they look to his record, particularly regarding people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ people, women and people with disabilities, they must agree he should not.

GLAD has joined The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and a coalition of over 600 national, state and local organizations in a letter expressing strong opposition to the confirmation of Senator Jeff Sessions as Attorney General.

“In our democracy, the Attorney General is charged with enforcing our nation’s laws without prejudice and with an eye toward justice. And, just as important, the Attorney General has to be seen by the public – every member of the public, from every community – as a fair arbiter of justice. Unfortunately, there is little in Senator Sessions’ record that demonstrates that he would meet such a standard.”

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The full, devastating impact of yesterday’s election is yet to be known, but I woke up this morning knowing that, first, we must take care of each other.

This is not business as usual. The rhetoric of racism, misogyny and Islamophobia that we endured during the campaign cannot become policy, and cannot become who we are. All of our collective efforts will be more vital than ever.

It will be more vital than ever to have the backs of the most vulnerable in our community, including people of color, youth, transgender people, , religious minorities, immigrants, and people with low incomes.
It will be more vital than ever to defend our Constitution and its bedrock promises of equality.
It will be more vital than ever to use all the tools at our disposal – litigation, advocacy, and dialogue on the local and national level – to safeguard the gains of the last 50 years, since the beginning of the modern civil rights movements.
It will be more vital than ever to reach out to every American of good will to come together as one justice movement..

GLAD is not going anywhere. We are here, and we will continue fighting like hell for all of us.

Our community has been through extremely hard times before, and every time, our community has stepped up – because we are resilient, we are brave, and we are strong. We will continue to move forward, together, to fight for justice for all.