Couples Wed in Connecticut
Connecticut married its first same-sex couples today after a final ruling on the case of Kerrigan et al v. Commissioner of Public Health et al. Couples in Connecticut were cheerful as they marched to...
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Associated Press: Same-Sex Couples Marry in Connecticut
After a long legal battle, a Conn. Superior Court judge cleared the way for gay couples to marry in the state. The plaintiffs in the case rejoice at the newfound recognition and look forward to their...
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GLAAD Works With Media on Coverage of “Exorcism” of Gay Youth
When a video was posted by Manifested Glory Ministries in Bridgeport, Connecticut that featured an apparent exorcism (described as "casting out evil spirits" by the church's leaders), the YouTube clip...
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Tyra Banks Show Features Story of Teen's Alarming Attempt to Turn Straight
Tyra Banks interviewed sixteen-year-old Jeffrey who was the subject of a dramatic video posted on YouTube by Manifested Glory Ministries in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where ministers targeted him for a...
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Alabama Radio Hosts Disparage LGBT Pride Proclamation
Nationally syndicated radio hosts Rick Burgess and Bill "Bubba" Bussey, of the Alabama based "Rick & Bubba Show," made highly offensive comments on a recent program, denouncing President Obama's...
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Connecticut Teen's Unspoken YouTube Video Actually Says a lot About Bullying
Alye Pollack is a 13-year-old student in the eighth grade at Bedford Middle School in Westport, Conn. For the past two years, Alye has been unhappy and spent more time in therapy than in class. In a...
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Connecticut House Approves Transgender Non-Discrimination Bill
On Thursday, May 19, the Connecticut House of Representatives voted 77-62 to approve a bill that would protect transgender people from discrimination. The bill now heads to the Senate. If approved,...
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Connecticut Legislature Approves Transgender Non-Discrimination Bill; Gov....
Early Saturday morning, the Connecticut Senate voted 20-16 to give final legislative approval to a bill that will prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations based...
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Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy Signs Transgender Non-Discrimination Bill
Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy On July 5, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (D) signed legislation that will prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, credit and public accommodations based on...
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2011 Election Roundup: LGBT Equality Victories
Voters across the country demonstrated their support for equality and the LGBT community Tuesday. Yesterday’s election saw a slew of victories for LGBT candidates and equality. Across the country,...
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Roman Catholic Hierarchy Continues to be Out of Step with Catholics on LGBT...
The Roman Catholic Church has been in the news quite a bit lately. At times, it seems like positive change is happening. We saw this recently when, under pressure, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago...
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Connecticut Judge Rules DOMA Unconstitutional
On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford, Connecticut issued a 104-page decision saying that a provision in the so-called “Defense of Marriage” Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional. The...
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Fourth Case Challenging DOMA Brought Before Supreme Court
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) has presented a fourth federal case challenging the so-called “Defense of Marriage” Act (DOMA), expanding the options for the U.S. Supreme Court...
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Camp For Transgender Youth Paving Way For Inclusion
On Sunday, The Boston Globe highlighted a camp that offers a safe space for transgender and gender non-conforming youth called Camp Aranu’tiq. The camp was started in Connecticut by founder and...
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Vote YES on Question One in Maine to uphold New England values
I'm a New Englander. I was born in Rhode Island. I've lived in Connecticut, New Hampshire and Massachusetts throughout my adult life. My current home in northern New Jersey, just outside NYC, is both...
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Connecticut Yankee Council opens Scouting to gay youth and adults
The Connecticut Yankee Council of the Boy Scouts of America has announced that it will open Scouting to all youth and adults. This comes just days before 1,400 members of the Boy Scouts of America...
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Transgender Connecticut police officer files charges over hostile work...
Francesca Quaranta, a transgender police officer in Middletown, Connecticut, has filed a complaint with The State Commission on Human rights and Opportunities claiming her supervisors created a hostile...
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Connecticut prohibits healthcare discrimination against transgender patients
Connecticut is set to become the fifth state requiring health insurance providers to cover treatment related to transgender people's transitions and prohibit anti-trans discrimination, the Advocate...
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GSAFE at Hartford School makes lasting change for LGBT students
Manchester High School, a school in a central Connecticut town ten miles from Hartford, has a GSA club with a 15 year legacy.Leah Nelson, MHS alumni, during her junior year in 1996-97 began to think...
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Connecticut Gov. Malloy wants transgender teen girl out of prison
Following the imprisonment of a 16-year-old transgender girl of color, Jane Doe, by order of the Department of Children and Families, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is calling for her release. Jane...
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Conn. newspaper editorial calls for release of transgender teen girl from prison
An editorial in Connecticut's New Haven Register calls for the release of transgender teen girl, Jane Doe, from the prison where she is being held without criminal charges against her by order of the...
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Lawyer says jailed Conn. transgender teen 'deteriorating' despite move within...
Aaron J. Romano, an attorney for the transgender teenage girl imprisoned in Connecticut, says that the girl's situation has not improved following her move to a different area of the adult prison,...
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TAKE ACTION: 50 days of prison is not #JusticeForJane
A transgender 16-year-old girl of color, Jane Doe, has now been held in solitary confinement at an adult prison facility for 50 days, without criminal charges against her. Jane Doe was imprisoned at...
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Trans teen to be moved to "treatment center for youths," says Conn. DCF
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) Commissioner Joette Katz said today that the transgender teen girl, Jane Doe, who has been held in an adult prison for nearly 2 months without...
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Lawsuit filed for detained trans girl treated 'as a boy' by CT child welfare
Lawyers for a transgender 16-year-old girl, known in court documents only as Jane Doe, are suing Connecticut's Department of Children and Families and prison officials, alleging that Doe's traumatizing...
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