Wednesday, December 28, 2011
GLAD's Top 10 Victories of 2011

http://blog.glad.org/2011/12/normal-0-false-false-false.html

It's been an exciting year fighting for equal justice under law for LGBT people in the New England states, and we're grateful that we've got a lot to show for it. In the spirit of the umpteen other end-of-year lists, we bring you GLAD's Top 10 Victories of 2011. They're in no particular order, since we're all about equality here.

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9. Maine's anti-trans LD 1046 is resoundingly defeated

GLAD was part of a coalition that worked to defeat LD 10146, a bill that would have repealed non-discrimination protections for transgender Mainers in public accommodations. Transgender Rights Project Director Jennifer Levi served as the coalition's expert witness at a public hearing in May (pictured up top). The Republican-controlled legislature killed the bill by a wide margin in June.

8. GLAD lawsuit produces new Denny's bathroom policy for transgender patrons

In June, GLAD's Transgender Rights Project and Realty Resources Hospitality, which operates six Denny's restaurants throughout Maine, announced an agreement resolving a lawsuit brought by Brianna Freeman, a transgender woman who was denied access to the women's restroom at a Denny's in Auburn, Maine. Realty Resources Hospitality agreed that at all of the restaurants it operates, all transgender individuals, including Brianna, will have access to the restroom consistent with their stated gender identity.