Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders

Celebrating 30 years as New England's leading legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status and gender identity and expression.

GLAD Events

Please join us at our upcoming events. Learn about GLAD's work, meet friends and support civil rights for the LGBT and HIV+ communities.

Special Events

Get involved! Volunteer for one of GLAD's upcoming special events. Fill out our online application or contact Special Events Manager Robbie Samuels at 617-426-1350 or rsamuels@glad.org.

PAST SPECIAL EVENTS

Spirit of Justice Award Dinner

November 7, 2008 The Westin Boston Waterfront
<strong>Honoring GLAD Founder John Ward and celebrating 30 years of positive change in the lives of ... Read More →

Ogunquit: Making History, Changing Lives

September 14, 2008 The Morning Dove Bed & Breakfast
Special thanks to our hosts Rich Yurko and Rob Leary, Outreach Committee members, and event sponsors... Read More →

Public Education Events

PAST PUBLIC EDUCATION EVENTS

Marriage 101 Workshop

December 4, 2008 Unitarian Society of New Haven
Presented by GLAD and Love Makes a Family Everything you need to know about marriage rights and r... Read More →

HIV and Immigration Workshop

December 3, 2008 Suffolk University Law School
A training for case managers, providers, and people living with HIV. Expert immigration attorneys... Read More →

Transgender Rights Project Reception

October 22, 2008 GLAD Office
Thanks to all who attended our Transgender Rights Project Reception on October 22. More informati... Read More →

HIV Forum: The AIDS Epidemic and the Politics of Invisibility

April 22, 2008 Jorge Hernandez Cultural Center
Panelists Kevin Cathcart (Executive Director, Lambda Legal); Reverend Irene Monroe (Writer and Commu... Read More →

GLAD in the Community

National DOMA Protest

January 10, 2009 Boston City Hall Plaza
<p>On Saturday January 10th, Join the Impact is calling on President-Elect Obama to fulfill his camp... Read More →

PAST COMMUNITY EVENTS

HIV/AIDS & the Right to Health: Leadership in the US and Globally

December 8, 2008 Harvard Medical School
HIV/AIDS & the Right to Health: Leadership in the US and Globally A Town Hall Meeting with US Sen... Read More →

Transgender Day of Remembrance - Boston

November 20, 2008 Saint Luke's and Saint Margaret's Church
The event will include speakers, a Community Speak Out (open mic), a candlelight vigil retracing the... Read More →

Transgender Day of Remembrance - Amherst

November 20, 2008 Unitarian Universalist Meetinghouse
Featuring remarks by GLAD Attorney Jennifer Levi Sponsored by the UMass Amherst Stonewall Center,... Read More →

Same-Sex Marriage in Massachusetts: A Kennedy Library Forum

November 16, 2008 The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
On the 5th anniversary of the landmark Massachusetts Supreme Court decision on the case that led to ... Read More →

Protesting Prop 8

November 15, 2008 Boston City Hall Plaza
On Saturday, November 15, 2008 people gathered at city halls across the U.S. to protest the passage ... Read More →

Marriages Begin in Connecticut

November 12, 2008 Connecticut
Celebrations broke out across Connecticut as Wednesday, November 12 was the first day that same-sex ... Read More →

Boston Pride 2008

June 14, 2008 Boston City Hall Plaza
Thanks to all who joined us in this year's parade. <em>Photos courtesy of Mainframe Photographic... Read More →

2007 June Constitutional Convention

June 14, 2007 Massachusetts State House
Thanks to everyone who attended!... Read More →