Founded in 1978, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) is a non-profit legal rights organization dedicated to ending discrimination based on sexual orientation, HIV status, and gender identity and expression. Based in Boston Massachusetts, [LINK: http://www.glad.org] GLAD provides New England-wide litigation, advocacy, and educational work in all areas of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights and the rights of people living with HIV. GLAD is funded by donations, and operates a telephone hotline and website. In 2003, GLAD received national attention for its work in winning equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in Massachusetts. It successfully argued before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court that to restrict marriage to heterosexual couples was a violation of the state constitution. GLAD Historical Timeline · 1978 - Founded in response to a sting opera