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Equality and Justice (AMRAP – Rounds and Reps)
This workout honors GLAD Law’s incredible work protecting LGBTQ+ families, enforcing workplace rights, and expanding healthcare access for the LGBTQ+ community and those living with HIV. To celebrate their legacy, today’s rep scheme reflects the years of some of their most iconic landmark cases. Read the stories behind the numbers below, and visit https://www.gladlaw.org/ to learn more or make a donation.
AMRAP 26
With a partner, You-Go-I-Go
78 Wall Balls*
200m run
20 Dumbbell Snatches*
200m run
23 Dumbbell Thrusters*
200m run
21 Single Dumbbell Devils Presses*
200m run
*Rx: 20/14, 50/40/35/25
1978 (78 reps)
In early 1978, Boston police aggressively targeted gay patrons at the Boston Public Library by using plainclothes officers to entrap men, resulting in 103 arrests. Despite the high number of charges, the crackdown yielded zero permanent convictions, as the single guilty verdict was ultimately overturned. Outraged by this targeting, Boston’s gay community united to organize with newfound strength and purpose. In response to these events, attorney John Ward founded GLAD (Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders) in 1978 and filed a civil rights lawsuit against library and police officials.
2000 (20 reps)
In 2000, GLAD secured a landmark Superior Court ruling establishing that schools cannot prohibit transgender students from expressing their gender identity or enforce stereotyped dress codes. The case was brought against the Brockton School Department after a middle school student, known as Pat Doe, faced two years of disciplinary action for wearing girls’ clothing. An appeals court justice affirmed the injunction, and the trial court denied the school’s motions to dismiss the case. Additionally, the court issued a first-of-its-kind ruling holding that Massachusetts disability law, unlike federal law, protects transgender individuals.
2003 (23 reps)
On November 18, 2003, GLAD won a historic 4-3 ruling from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court establishing that same-sex couples could no longer be excluded from civil marriage. This decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health marked the first time a final state appellate court in the United States recognized marriage equality. In February 2004, the court issued an advisory opinion to the state Senate confirming that a proposed “civil unions” bill would not satisfy the state constitution. The court explicitly rejected civil unions as a separate and unequal status, reconfirming that the state constitution mandated full, equal marriage rights.
2010 (21 reps)
On February 2, 2010, the U.S. Tax Court ruled in favor of Rhiannon O’Donnabhain, holding that gender dysphoria is a well-recognized medical condition and that hormone therapy and surgery are medically necessary treatments for tax purposes, the first time a court had recognized the medical necessity of gender-affirming care. The case arose after the IRS denied O’Donnabhain’s deduction of transition-related medical expenses from her taxes. The ruling allowed transgender people across the country to amend their tax returns and deduct the cost of transition-related medical care for the first time.
Scoring: The amount of rounds and reps you complete within 26 minutes.