Founded in 1978, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is a legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status, and gender identity and expression.
Based in New England, GLAD (http://www.glad.org) provides litigation, advocacy, and educational work in all areas of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights and the rights of people living with HIV.
GLAD recently received national attention for its work in winning equal marriage rights for sex couples in Massachusetts.
GLAD Historical Timeline
1978 - Founded in response to a sting operation at the Boston Public Library.
1979 - Defends a man arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for posting publicity for a Gay Pride rally.
1980 - Wins the right of Rhode Island high school senior Aaron Fricke to attend the prom with his boyfriend.
1983 - Successfully defends the constitutionality of the proposed MA "gay rights" bill.
1985 - Files case against a dentist refusing to treat a man with AIDS. GLAD sues to permit gay and lesbian foster parents in MA.
1986 - Wins one of the first honorable dischargees for a U.S. service member targeted for being gay or lesbian.
1993 - Wins a second-parent adoption case in MA's highest court, setting precedent for gay and lesbian couples.
1995 - Founder becomes first openly gay man to argue case in U.S. Supreme Court, defending gay marchers in Boston's St. Patrick's Day Parade.
1998 - Appears in U.S. Supreme Court arguing that people with HIV are protected from discrimination.
1999 - GLAD and its Vermont co-counsel win ruling (http://www.glad.org/GLAD_Cases/Baker_Decision.pdf) that entitles lesbian and gay couples to same benefits and protections of marriage as opposite-sex couples.
2000 - Wins court order that a transgender 8th grader can wear any clothing allowed to any other male or female student.
2003 - Wins a historic victory when the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules (http://www.glad.org/marriage/goodridge_decision.pdf) that gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry in Massachusetts.
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