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In a post for them., GLAD Transgender Rights Project Director Jennifer Levi and the National Center for Lesbian Rights’ Legal Director Shannon Minter wrote about what’s next after the news of Justice Kennedy’s retirement from the United States Supreme Court — and how our communities can respond.

Justice Kennedy’s departure from the Court is devastating, but it does not mean the end of our work — far from it. It does mean that we have to be more creative, dedicated, disciplined, and hardworking than ever before to make and sustain change. And we have to keep our eyes on the long view, while we fight against Trump administration policies that are devastating our communities right now.

Read the full article here.

Statement of Executive Director Janson Wu on Supreme Court Upholding President Trump’s Muslim Travel Ban

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Today’s Supreme Court ruling upholding President Trump’s shameful Muslim ban is an affront to our core values of justice, inclusivity, and generosity.

The Trump administration’s cruel and xenophobic policies, from targeting Muslims to separating and detaining families at our border, harm particularly vulnerable communities, including refugees and asylum seekers.

Such policies do not make America “stronger” but seek to divide us, and we refuse to be divided.

We are a nation of immigrants, and of diverse beliefs and backgrounds – and we are stronger because of that. GLAD remains in solidarity with all immigrants and refugees and will continue to fight for justice for all of us.

Take Action:

Today in DC: Rally at 11:45am ET at the Supreme Court

This Saturday in Boston, and across the nation, show up to support immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.

Find a Saturday event near you.

NCLR 和 GLAD 提交文件称，法院应立即永久停止特朗普-彭斯禁令

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华盛顿特区——全国女同性恋权利中心 (NCLR) 和 GLBTQ 法律倡导者和捍卫者 (GLAD) 今天提交了支持其简易判决交叉动议的答复在 多伊诉特朗普案——这是第一起旨在阻止特朗普-彭斯跨性别者参军禁令的诉讼。如果科拉-科特利法官裁定原告胜诉，该裁决将永久阻止特朗普-彭斯跨性别者参军禁令生效。今天的诉讼驳斥了政府试图“遮遮掩掩，将马蒂斯计划重塑成与其原本面目相悖的东西：一份确保任何跨性别者都不会以任何身份在我国武装部队服役的蓝图”。原告的回应是最后一次回应。在一系列文件中这必须在法官科拉尔-科特利决定是否可以发布永久裁决阻止该禁令之前发生。

多伊案的原告辩称，特朗普-彭斯的跨性别军人禁令将跨性别美国人单独列为一个群体，并对他们施加与其他军人不同的标准，这毫无正当理由。由于歧视跨性别者的政策需要法院进行更严格的审查，原告辩称，特朗普政府现在既然禁令已经发布，就不应该再忙着编造理由，试图在诉讼中为其辩护。

“禁止跨性别者服兵役，仅仅因为他们的身份，而不是他们的服役能力，这毫无正当理由。政府不能事后编造理由，为一项基于偏见而非真正军事关切的政策辩护。” Shannon Minter，NCLR 法律总监.

“这份文件使我们距离最终解决此案更近了一步。跨性别军人一直为国家冒着生命危险，同时还要抵御本届政府的攻击。他们应该得到荣誉和尊重，而不是退伍证，”他说。 詹妮弗·莱维（Jennifer Levi），GLAD跨性别者权利项目总监.

背景

2016年6月30日：美国国防部经过近两年的审查，认定没有正当理由仅仅因为跨性别者是合格人员而将其排除在军队服役之外，因此通过了允许跨性别者参军的政策。

2017年7月26日：特朗普总统在推特上表示“美国政府不会接受或允许跨性别者在美国军队中担任任何职务。”

2017年8月9日: NCLR 和 GLAD 提交 多伊诉特朗普案这是第一起为阻止该禁令而提起的诉讼，质疑其合宪性，并请求法院在案件审理期间发布全国性的初步禁令，以阻止禁令生效。

2017年8月25日：特朗普总统发布备忘录，命令国防部长詹姆斯·马蒂斯在 2018 年 2 月 21 日之前提交“实施禁令的计划”。马蒂斯部长于 2018 年 2 月 22 日将此计划（“马蒂斯计划”和小组报告）提交给特朗普总统。

2017年10月30日：美国哥伦比亚特区地方法院裁定 多伊诉特朗普案 原告已经证明了他们的诉求成功的可能性，即特朗普总统的禁令违反了平等保护，如果没有初步禁令来阻止禁令，原告将受到无法弥补的损害，并且公共利益和困难平衡有利于授予禁令救济并在法院审理案件期间暂时停止禁令。

2018年3月23日：特朗普总统接受“马蒂斯计划”，并发布备忘录，“撤销”其8月25日的备忘录。

2018年4月20日：被告提出动议，要求解除美国哥伦比亚特区地方法院于 10 月 30 日颁布的全国性初步禁令，禁止跨性别者参军；提出动议，要求驳回原告的第二份修正申诉；并提出简易判决动议。

2018年5月11日：原告提交了要求简易判决的交叉动议，以及反对被告解除禁令和驳回原告投诉的动议。

自提起诉讼以来，NCLR 和 GLAD 一直处于挑战特朗普-彭斯跨性别军人禁令的法律斗争的中心 多伊诉特朗普案这是针对该禁令提起的四起案件中的第一起，诉讼于 2017 年 8 月 9 日提起。

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通过战略诉讼、公共政策倡导和教育， GLBTQ 法律倡导者和捍卫者 致力于在新英格兰和全国范围内创建一个没有基于性别认同和表达、艾滋病毒状况和性取向的歧视的公正社会。 www.GLAD.org

全国女同性恋权利中心 是一个全国性的法律组织，致力于通过诉讼、公共政策倡导和公共教育来促进女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋和变性人群体的人权和公民权利。 www.NCLRights.org

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1968 年遇刺前几周，马丁·路德·金博士在对孟菲斯一群环卫工人的演讲中说道：

现在，我们的斗争是为了真正的平等，也就是经济平等。因为我们现在知道，仅仅整合午餐柜台是不够的。如果一个人连买个汉堡的钱都不够，那么在整合午餐柜台吃饭又有什么好处呢？

环卫工人罢工是为了抗议不安全的工作条件和不平等的薪酬。在他们游行时，马丁·路德·金曾设想发起一场运动——“穷人运动”，以提升民权运动中的经济正义。他认为，平等和公平——获得工作和公平的工资、安全的工作环境、医疗保健和教育——与实现自由密不可分，也与环卫工人争取基本人权的斗争息息相关。

这是他为正义而采取的最后行动之一，也是我们呼吁他完成他的工作的呼吁。.

穷人运动：全国道德复兴的呼吁是一项为期40天的包容性跨运动运动，旨在重燃马丁·路德·金博士为挑战种族主义、贫困、生态破坏和战时经济所做的努力。威廉·巴伯牧师是这项运动的推动者，他呼吁我们每个人都加入这场运动，完成马丁·路德·金博士开创的事业。截至6月23日，每周一，组织者将在全国各州首府举办“行动日”，您可以表达对更公平、更公正的社会的诉求。如需查找您附近的活动并加入该运动，请访问穷人运动网站.

对 GLAD 而言，重燃工作热情意味着在争取 LGBTQ 平等的同时，继续致力于种族和经济正义。在我们废除歧视性法律、通过开创性的包容性和肯定性政策的同时，我们认识到，我们的工作不会、也不能止步于此。我们还必须挑战社区之间根深蒂固的种族和经济差距，使平等和公平惠及每个人。

我们在争取 LGBTQ 人群和艾滋病毒感染者的平等权利方面取得了令人难以置信的进步，从赢得结婚自由到确保艾滋病毒感染者受到《美国残疾人法案》的保护免受歧视，再到更新家庭法以反映当今家庭的美丽多样性。

然而，即使在马萨诸塞州这样的一个州，同性恋者反歧视联盟的总部所在地，我们在平等方面取得了巨大的进步，但并不是我们社区中的每个人都能从我们的胜利中得到同等的鼓舞。

最近芬威研究所和波士顿指标公司报告提供了马萨诸塞州 LGBTQ 社区健康状况的快照，并揭示了我们正在进行的工作必须面对的一些种族和经济差异。

例如，全州LGBTQ群体贫困率过高，跨性别者的贫困率甚至更高。此外，无家可归的LGBTQ青少年中，有色人种的比例也过高。污名化、偏见，以及不被认可或不受欢迎的家庭环境，是导致LGBTQ群体和有色人种群体贫困率和无家可归率上升的一些因素。我们从其他研究中得知，这些趋势正在全国范围内蔓延。

striking-sanitation-workers-i-am-a-man — 孟菲斯国家民权博物馆的展览描绘了 1968 年环卫工人的罢工。

这份报告不仅仅关乎数字和百分比，它关乎那些勇敢发声、展现自我、要求被重视的真实人物。他们是问题背后鲜活的人，就像孟菲斯环卫工人在游行时举着“我是一个男人”的标语一样，他们提醒着我们，我们为何要为正义而战。

他们的经历告诉我们，我们还有很多工作要做，以确保我们社区中的每个人，特别是我们最脆弱的群体——有色人种社区、LGBTQ 老年人、艾滋病毒感染者、无家可归或流落街头的跨性别青年——能够平等地获得我们都需要和应得的基本人权：工作、公平的工资、医疗保健、教育和一个可以称之为家的地方。

如果我们要在争取平等和公平的斗争中取得成功，LGBTQ运动就必须正视我们自身社群内部的种种经历和差异。当我们拥抱社会正义斗争中的交汇点和共性，以及多样性中的力量时，我们的运动将会更加强大。归根结底，正是我们共同的人性将我们凝聚成一个正义运动。

要了解有关穷人运动的更多信息，并查找您附近的活动，请访问 www.poorpeoplescampaign.org.

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We’ve always known the government has no military justification for the Trump-Pence transgender service ban. The government’s plan for ridding the military of transgender people is based on discrimination. Plain and simple.

And now we have the government’s own documents that show it.

Key documents received from the government literally show a straight line between Trump’s tweets last July and the recently announced implementation plan.

A straight line from Trump’s tweets announcing his transgender military ban to the Mattis Plan to execute it.

On May 11, together with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, GLAD filed a motion for summary judgment in 多伊诉特朗普案. If our motion is granted, the court would permanently block the ban from taking effect.

This ban weakens our military. And in violating the equality guarantees of the Constitution, it demeans us all.

It harms transgender people. It’s an attack on American values. That’s why we’ve filed to put a stop to it for good.

While the administration is making claims that transgender people are “non-deployable,” thousands of transgender Americans are currently serving our country with honor and distinction. Many of our plaintiffs have done several tours of duty, including a transgender woman who has done two in Iraq.

The Trump-Pence ban relies on sweeping generalizations and false stereotypes about transgender people. But we saw right through their charade because we’ve seen this strategy before.

The Trump administration’s defense rests on a faulty argument that strikes at the core of who transgender people are. Their harmful “logic” goes like this: sure, transgender people can serve, as long as they serve in their birth sex.

It’s the same failed argument we heard when we fought for marriage equality: of course, a gay person could get married, as long as it was to someone of the opposite sex.

The Trump-Pence ban is harming brave servicemembers. And it is also part of this administration’s coordinated attack on all marginalized people.

Lives are in disarray and futures are at stake. But our community is strong, our passion for justice is great, and we won’t back down.

GLAD、NCLR 提交动议，永久停止特朗普和彭斯的跨性别军人禁令

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NCLR 和 GLAD 提交的新跨性别军人禁令将加速法院最终裁决，永久终止特朗普和彭斯的禁令

GLAD 说， “政府自己通过调查新获得的文件显示，3 月 23 日的“马蒂斯计划”同样是违宪的、绝对的禁令……特朗普总统在推特上宣布”

NCLR 表示，“目前有数千名跨性别军人正在服役—我们的一个 多伊 原告实际上曾多次在国外服役，其中两次在伊拉克。禁令削弱了军事准备。

华盛顿特区——跨性别军人禁令原告 多伊诉特朗普案，第一起挑战特朗普-彭斯禁令的诉讼，提起了简易判决交叉动议昨晚在美国哥伦比亚特区地方法院。原告的动议声称无可争议的事实表明该禁令（包括 3 月 23 日马蒂斯的实施计划）侵犯了他们的平等保护和正当程序权利，法院应提供永久性的宣告和禁令救济，以防止特朗普 - 彭斯禁令的实施。

原告的动议称，这项禁令是唯一一项“基于阶级成员身份而非个人服役能力而将人们排除在军事服役之外的政策”，并呼吁“没有其他军事政策将某一类人排除在美国武装部队参军或服役的平等机会之外”。该动议还描述了 3 月 23 日 “马蒂斯计划”和小组报告被认为是“最值得关注的未竟之事”：它没有、也无法证明跨性别者无法满足现有的军事服役标准。相反，“马蒂斯计划”和专家组报告基于关于心理健康和可部署性的错误刻板印象，进行了笼统的概括。

原告昨晚还提出了另一项动议反对政府驳回案件和解除全国初步禁令的动议由美国哥伦比亚特区地方法院地区法官科琳·科拉尔-科特利于 2017 年 10 月 30 日发布。

“政府自己通过调查新获得的文件显示，3 月 23 日的‘马蒂斯计划’与特朗普总统在推特上宣布的违宪、绝对禁止所有跨性别者服兵役的计划是一样的，” Jennifer Levi，GLBTQ 法律倡导者和捍卫者 (GLAD) 跨性别权利项目主任“没有理由如此不公平地对待跨性别者。原告的唯一诉求就是要求他们遵守与所有其他军人相同的标准。”

“根据军方自己的统计，目前有数千名跨性别军人在服役——我们的多伊原告实际上曾多次在国外服役，其中两次在伊拉克，” 香农·明特， 全国女同性恋权利中心（NCLR）法律总监“这项禁令削弱了军事准备，并且将是唯一一项根据人员的身份而不是服役能力而将其排除在外的军事政策。”

原告提交的论点：

特朗普和彭斯的跨性别军人禁令不合理地排除了符合条件的跨性别军人，损害了军事准备。
特朗普政府 3 月 23 日提出的“马蒂斯计划”以跨性别者身份而非任何医疗依据将其排除在服役之外。
“马蒂斯计划”与特朗普总统在推特上发布的对跨性别者服役的绝对禁令如出一辙，尽管该计划声称对以出生性别服役的跨性别者“例外”。正如要求穆斯林只有在放弃信仰的情况下才能服兵役的政策是禁止穆斯林服役一样，要求跨性别者以出生性别服役的政策也是禁止跨性别者服役的政策。这也与之前一个失败的论点类似，该论点认为，将婚姻限制在男女伴侣范围内的法律并不歧视同性恋者，因为同性恋者可以与异性结婚。该论点已被法院一致驳回。
特朗普政府通过调查获取的文件显示，“马蒂斯计划”的制定过程，其目的正是制定一项与特朗普全面禁止跨性别服役政策相符的政策。该计划非但没有提供区别对待跨性别者的正当理由，反而依赖于性别刻板印象以及对跨性别者角色和能力的笼统概括。
基于群体的笼统概括而将符合条件的候选人排除在服役之外是不合理的。例如，抑郁症、焦虑症和自杀在白人中比黑人更常见，但军队并没有禁止白人服役。女性患焦虑症的可能性是男性的两倍，但军队并没有禁止女性服役。
被告关于部队凝聚力的论点可以归结为“跨性别者本身的存在就破坏了基于性别的标准”。如果“该论点足以证明禁止跨性别者服兵役是合理的，那么也足以证明将他们排除在任何及所有以性别为标准的机构之外是合理的，包括学校、工作场所、公共场所等等”——而全国各地的法院都一再驳回了这一论点。

通过这份文件，特朗普政府和 多伊诉特朗普案 跨性别军人禁令原告现已向法院表示，本案不存在需要通过庭审解决的事实争议。如果科拉尔-科特利法官做出有利于原告的简易判决，法院将永久阻止特朗普-彭斯跨性别军人禁令生效。

背景

2017年7月26日：特朗普总统在推特上表示“美国政府不会接受或允许跨性别者在美国军队中担任任何职务。”

2018年3月23日：特朗普总统接受“马蒂斯计划”，并发布备忘录，“撤销”其8月25日的备忘录。

2018年5月11日：原告提交了要求简易判决的交叉动议，以及反对被告解除禁令和驳回原告投诉的动议。

自提起诉讼以来，NCLR 和 GLAD 一直处于挑战特朗普-彭斯跨性别军人禁令的法律斗争的中心 多伊诉特朗普案，这是针对该禁令提起的四起案件中的第一起，于 2017 年 8 月 9 日.

GLAD Calls on US Border Control to Allow Entry for Transgender Women Seeking Asylum, Condemns Violent Attacks

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Following reports of violent and demeaning treatment of transgender women seeking asylum at the US border, including news of a shelter in which the women were staying in Tijuana, Mexico having been set on fire, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) issued the following statement:

The horrifying treatment of the transgender women who have traveled to our border seeking a reprieve from violence should be utterly unacceptable to every American.

Our core American ideals of liberty, democracy, and human rights require us to offer refuge to those who face severe threats in their home countries. Asylum is a life-saving system that is designed precisely to protect the extremely vulnerable. We have a responsibility to ensure that system is open and available to those who need it, including transgender people and other members of the LGBT community forced to flee places where they are fundamentally unsafe because of who they are.

We urge US Border Patrol to allow entry for all of these women and for the others who have traveled at great risk as part of the refugee caravan, to allow them the fair opportunity to make their case for asylum, and to ensure their safety and dignified treatment while their applications are processed.

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In a bipartisan 14-10 vote, the New Hampshire Senate today passed HB 1319, a bill that will provide explicit comprehensive nondiscrimination protections for transgender people in employment, housing, and public spaces. The House passed HB 1319 in March by a strong bipartisan vote and the bill now goes to Governor Sununu for his signature. Once the bill is signed into law, New Hampshire will join 18 other states, including every state in New England, in providing comprehensive protections for transgender people.

Janson Wu, Executive Director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), one of the lead partners in the Freedom New Hampshire Coalition advocating to pass the bill, made the following statement:

Today, the New Hampshire Senate voted to affirm the dignity and humanity of transgender Granite Staters, and to ensure they have an equal opportunity to live and work free from discrimination. For more than a decade, transgender people across the state – along with family, friends, and freedom-loving allies – have spoken out, shared their stories, and led the fight to secure these critical protections. GLAD has been proud to be a partner in that work every step of the way.

We are grateful to the many senators and representatives, including HB 1319’s lead sponsor Rep. Ed Butler, who voted to make their state a safer and more just place for everyone. New Hampshire’s leadership today sets an example for the nation of the incredible progress bipartisan cooperation can achieve.

At a time when the rights of transgender people are under attack from the Trump-Pence administration on every front – from schools, to health care, to military service – this resounding victory in New Hampshire shows clearly that support for equality is not a partisan issue but a basic matter of American fairness. Voters in neighboring Massachusetts will soon have an opportunity to echo that fact, as the spotlight on transgender equality moves to the fight to protect the Bay State’s public accommodation nondiscrimination law at the ballot this November.

All Granite Staters can hold their heads high today, knowing that New Hampshire is truly embracing its ideals of freedom for all, and taking its place as a leader in the growing movement to secure equality across the nation.

Leading partners in the Freedom New Hampshire coalition fighting for HB 1319 include GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), Freedom for All Americans, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire (ACLU-NH), Human Rights Campaign, Transgender New Hampshire, and Rights and Democracy New Hampshire.

New Filing Fires Back at Trump Administration Request to Move Forward with Trans Military Ban

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RIVERSIDE, Calif.—The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) filed their opposition last night to a Trump-Pence Administration request to dissolve the nationwide preliminary injunction that U.S. District Court Judge Jesus G. Bernal issued December 22, 2017, in Equality California’s lawsuit, 斯托克曼诉特朗普案. There are currently four separate preliminary injunctions issued by four separate federal courts, blocking Trump’s ban from moving forward while the cases are being heard by the courts.

On March 23, the Trump administration filed a motion to dissolve the injunction, claiming to issue a “new policy” on transgender military service. However, as NCLR and GLAD demonstrate in the opposition filing, that policy merely details the steps the military plans to take to implement the ban that Judge Bernal and three other federal court judges have already blocked from taking effect.

“There’s nothing new here,” GLAD 跨性别者权利项目主任 Jennifer Levi 说道. “The supposedly ‘new policy’ excludes transgender people from military service. It is the same ban the courts have already enjoined.”

“There is no justification for a special rule banning transgender people from military service rather than permitting them to serve on the same terms as everyone else,” said Shannon Minter, NCLR Legal Director. “Transgender troops have already been serving their country with honor and dignity for decades.”

“No matter what the White House calls it, this is the same unpatriotic and discriminatory ban that four federal courts have already blocked from moving forward,” said Equality California Executive Director Rick Zbur. “At a time when our nation faces serious threats around the world, it’s baffling that President Trump remains focused on undermining our military by ripping thousands of distinguished service members from their posts.”

”Transgender Americans are guaranteed the same right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as any other American,” said California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. “We owe transgender service members, like all Americans who courageously serve our nation, our support and gratitude for putting their lives on the line. President Trump’s transgender military service ban is primitive. It is discriminatory, plain and simple. We will fight it in every form.”

President Trump first announced his transgender military ban in a series of tweets in July 2017. Then in an August 25 memo, he directed the Secretary of Defense to create an implementation plan for his ban. In addition to Judge Bernal, three other federal district court judges have issued injunctions halting the ban, including in NCLR and GLAD’s DC-based case, 多伊诉特朗普案. In each of the four cases, the courts have found that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed on their claim that excluding transgender people from military service violates their guarantee of equal protection under the US Constitution. Earlier this month, Judge Marsha J. Pechman in the Washington state case 卡诺斯基诉特朗普案, brought by Lambda Legal and Outserv-SLDN, denied the Trump administration’s request to lift that court’s injunction and ordered Karnoski to proceed to discovery and trial.

Top medical organizations and experts have refuted recent Trump administration attempts to justify its ban on transgender military service, including former Surgeons General，这美国医学会，这美国心理学会和 American Psychiatric Association.

Senior military officials from all service branches have also confirmed that permitting transgender people to serve strengthens the force.

斯托克曼诉特朗普案 was brought by Equality California on September 5, 2017, on behalf of the organization’s members as well as individual plaintiffs Aiden Stockman, Nicolas Talbott, Tamesyn Reeves, Jaquice Tate and three unnamed current service members. Attorney General Xavier Becerra intervened as a plaintiff on behalf of the State of California in November 2017.

In addition to NCLR and GLAD, plaintiffs in Stockman are represented by Latham & Watkins LLP.

Trump v. Hawaii

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GLAD joined National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) in a friend-of-the-Court brief illustrating the disproportionate impact President Trump’s travel ban on people from a list of predominately Muslim countries would have on LGBTQ people.

Amicus co-signers include Immigration Equality, The New York City Gay And Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, The LGBT Bar Association of Los Angeles, The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago, Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, API Equality-Los Angeles, API Equality-Northern California, Invisible to Invincible: Asian Pacific Islander Pride of Chicago, KhushDC, Massachusetts Area South Asian Lambda Association, Queer South Asian Collective, The South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association of New York City, and Trikone-Northwest.

Action Opportunity

GLAD is proud to join the movement to respond to the Supreme Court’s decision in Trump v. Hawai’i. While the decision date can’t be predicted, we anticipate that it will fall on a Monday in June. Join the gathering at the Supreme Court to show our strength as one justice movement and support equality for all.

Muslim Ban Decision Day
Date: To Be Determined
Time: 11:45am EST – 1:00pm EST
Location: US Supreme Court | 1 First St NE, Washington, DC 20543

RSVP page: www.wewillnotbebanned.org

Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/175375686636175/