U.S. Supreme Court | GLAAD https://glaad.org GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:52:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://media.glaad.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/20110814/cropped-glaad-cyan-icon-32x32.png U.S. Supreme Court | GLAAD https://glaad.org 32 32 Trump 47’s First 100 Days Focused, and Failed, in Implementing Unprecedented LGBTQ Targeting https://glaad.org/trump-47-100-days/ https://glaad.org/trump-47-100-days/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:55:01 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=935934 Before returning to the White House 100 days ago, Donald Trump was already the president with the most anti-LGBTQ actions to his name in United States history. His first administration was marred by: arguing and losing at the U.S. Supreme Court for the right to discriminate against LGBTQ employees; signing laws that undercut anti-discriminatory protections [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/trump-47-100-days/feed/ 0 Education À La Carte: Legal and Anti-Censorship Experts, Authors, and Students on the Stakes of the Supreme Court Book Ban Case Mahmoud v. Taylor https://glaad.org/education-a-la-carte-legal-and-anti-censorship-experts-authors-and-students-on-the-stakes-of-the-supreme-court-book-ban-case-mahmoud-v-taylor/ https://glaad.org/education-a-la-carte-legal-and-anti-censorship-experts-authors-and-students-on-the-stakes-of-the-supreme-court-book-ban-case-mahmoud-v-taylor/#respond Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:45:43 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=935128 Today, April 22, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in a case brought by six parents in Montgomery County, Maryland, seeking to opt out their children from the presence of LGBTQ-inclusive books in public education. “This case is about whether public school education can be a la carte, allowing parents to pick and choose [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/education-a-la-carte-legal-and-anti-censorship-experts-authors-and-students-on-the-stakes-of-the-supreme-court-book-ban-case-mahmoud-v-taylor/feed/ 0 GLAAD AND LGBTQ COMMUNITY ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS RESPOND TO U.S. SUPREME COURT ORAL ARGUMENTS HEARD IN KENNEDY v. BRAIDWOOD CASE https://glaad.org/releases/community-advocacy-organizations-respond-to-us-supreme-court-oral-arguments-heard-in-kennedy-v-braidwood/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 21:02:30 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=935116 New York, New York – Monday, April 21, 205 – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) media advocacy organization, together with a community advocacy coalition led by Lambda Legal, PrEP4All, Harvard Law’s Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI), and The Center for HIV Law and Policy (CHLP), today [...]

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]]> Heroes of the Resistance: Standing Up for LGBTQ Rights in Employment, the First Amendment, Health Care, Marriage Equality, and More. https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/ https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/#respond Fri, 18 Apr 2025 14:47:30 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=934914 Much has happened this week in positive changemaking for the LGBTQ community at this time of challenge and uncertainty. Heroes in government, law, and in faith communities, are standing up to enormous pressure by the Trump administration and those emboldened by anti-LGBTQ rhetoric. Standing Up for LGBTQ Protections in Employment At the Equal Employment Opportunity [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/heroes-of-the-resistance-standing-up-for-lgbtq-rights-in-employment-the-first-amendment-health-care-marriage-equality-and-more/feed/ 0 How Targeting PrEP Could Negatively Impact Preventive Healthcare for Millions of Americans https://glaad.org/braidwood-supreme-court-targeting-prep-impact-preventive-healthcare-americans-2025/ https://glaad.org/braidwood-supreme-court-targeting-prep-impact-preventive-healthcare-americans-2025/#respond Mon, 14 Apr 2025 20:00:27 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=933563 On Monday, April 21st, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc., a case that could strip away a critical piece of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which mandates insurance companies cover preventive healthcare services at no out-of-pocket cost.  Braidwood Management, Inc. originally initiated the case stating [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/braidwood-supreme-court-targeting-prep-impact-preventive-healthcare-americans-2025/feed/ 0 Fact Sheet: Mahmoud v. Taylor, the U.S. Supreme Court Case About Banning LGBTQ-inclusive Books https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-mahmoud-v-taylor-banning-lgbtq-books/ https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-mahmoud-v-taylor-banning-lgbtq-books/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 18:03:05 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=933502 The Supreme Court of the United States is scheduled to hear oral arguments in Mahmoud v. Taylor on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Mahmoud v. Taylor is about a small number of LGBTQ-inclusive children’s books included in the classrooms of Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools. The books were chosen and evaluated by education professionals. Six parents (three couples) sued [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/fact-sheet-mahmoud-v-taylor-banning-lgbtq-books/feed/ 0 Fighting Attacks on Inclusive Books at the Supreme Court https://glaad.org/fighting-attacks-on-inclusive-books-at-the-supreme-court/ https://glaad.org/fighting-attacks-on-inclusive-books-at-the-supreme-court/#respond Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:31 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=929190 Today, authors and illustrators of books in the Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor released a statement in support of inclusive books, and in support of the school district including their books in curriculum. The case was brought by a group of parents who sued the Montgomery County, Maryland, school district for the right to [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/fighting-attacks-on-inclusive-books-at-the-supreme-court/feed/ 0 State Legislatures Reconvene to Consider 2025 LGBTQ-Related Bills https://glaad.org/state-legislatures-reconvene-to-consider-2025-lgbtq-related-bills/ https://glaad.org/state-legislatures-reconvene-to-consider-2025-lgbtq-related-bills/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2025 14:35:14 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=925978 With the holiday break over, a number of state legislatures are reconvening starting this week to hold their 2025 sessions, and LGBTQ-related bills and policies are already on the docket in many states. Massachusetts, Montana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Minnesota, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/state-legislatures-reconvene-to-consider-2025-lgbtq-related-bills/feed/ 0 Congress Sends National Defense Authorization Act With Dangerous Anti-Transgender Provision to President Biden’s Desk https://glaad.org/congress-sends-national-defense-authorization-act-with-dangerous-anti-transgender-provision-to-president-bidens-desk/ https://glaad.org/congress-sends-national-defense-authorization-act-with-dangerous-anti-transgender-provision-to-president-bidens-desk/#respond Thu, 19 Dec 2024 22:28:32 +0000 https://glaad.org/?p=925482 Despite vigorous opposition from LGBTQ military families and civil rights organizations, the U.S. Senate yesterday passed and sent the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to President Biden’s desk with a dangerous provision that discriminates against military families raising transgender youth, supporting a version of the bill that previously passed in the U.S. House. The provision [...]

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]]> https://glaad.org/congress-sends-national-defense-authorization-act-with-dangerous-anti-transgender-provision-to-president-bidens-desk/feed/ 0 U.S. SENATE PASSES NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT WITH DISCRIMINATORY PROVISION TARGETING MILITARY FAMILIES WITH TRANSGENDER DEPENDANTS https://glaad.org/releases/us-senate-passes-national-defense-authorization-act-with-discriminatory-provision-targeting-military-families-with-transgender-dependants/ Wed, 18 Dec 2024 21:08:38 +0000 https://glaad.org/?post_type=releases&p=925320 Final version of defense bill includes harmful language impacting an estimated 7,000 families’ access to lifesaving health care (New York, NY – December 18, 2024) – GLAAD, the world’s leading LGBTQ media advocacy organization, is responding to the U.S. Senate’s vote in favor of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a federal bill that contains [...]

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