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GLAD’s summer party in Ptown is July 25th

Posted on July 2, 2015 | Leave a comment

The MacArthur FoundationGLAD’S 34th Annual Summer Party

The Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders is a local non profit that has been helping the LGBT community here and around the country since it was first formed in 1978. In recent years GLAD’s Civil Rights Project Director, Mary Bonauto, has received much attention as a Marriage Equality advocate with significant rulings in cases like Goodridge v. Department of Public Health which made Massachusetts the first state in which same-sex couples could marry in 2004 and more recently arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court in the Obergefell v. Hodges case on April 28, 2015. A that case will determine if state bans against same-sex marriage are constitutional and considered one of the most important civil rights cases to come before the U.S. Supreme Court in modern history.

Show your support for the work GLAD is doing on behalf of marriage equality and other important civil liberties by joining them at their 34th Annual Summer Party.

Gay & Lesbian Advocate & DefendersSaturday, July 25, 2015
4:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum

For more information and tickets click here

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Fancy BosGuy

Posted on October 21, 2011 | 1 comment

The fall and spring are Boston’s busy season for fundraisers, balls and the like. Earlier this month I attended AIDS Action Committee’s ARTcetera fundraiser and tonight I’ll be dashing off to attend the GLAD “Spirit of Justice Awards”.  GLAD (often confused with GLAAD) is based in Boston and stands for Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders.  This was the group that successfully argued and won the Goodridge case in Mass. in 2003 legalizing same sex marriage in Massachusetts (the first in the US).

GLAD’s accomplishments predate and continue beyond this landmark case and their work benefits the GLBT community through out the United States. Normally I’d shy away from a room of lawyers, but this event is more casual than many of the other GLBT fundraisers so I’m looking forward to attending the cocktail reception and dinner tonight.

Why the distracting photo of Cristiano Ronaldo modelling Armani underwear you inquire?  Well prior to stepping out to the GLAD fundraiser, I’ve been invited to the Armani reception (not related to the GLAD event – but near by).  Yes, I know – I’m quite the fancy BosGuy today.

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