May 4 2012
Discussion of: (1) landmark ruling from the EEOC applying Title VII to discrimination claims based on gender identity, change of sex, and/or transgender status; (2) a Minnesota case concerning a union-administered employee benefits fund’s decision to drop a transgender woman from coverage after determining her marriage was not valid; and (3) a Mississippi case illustrating yet again some of the dangers for LGBT couples who do not make express their wishes about dividing up assets in the event of a break-up.
Visit www.le-gal.org to learn more about LeGaL, The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.
April 5 2012
Discussion of: (1) historic decision from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights affecting LGBT rights; (2) NYC case concerning transgender man's effort to obtain an amended birth certificate; and (3) whether insinuating someone is gay is still slander per se in Texas. Visit www.le-gal.org for more about LeGaL and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.
March 5 2012
Discussion of: (1) the latest Prop 8 ruling; (2) a Missouri case concerning the blocking of LGBT-affirming websites by a school district's web filter; and (3) two DOMA cases. Visit www.le-gal.org for more about LeGaL and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.
February 3 2012
Discussion of: (1) Minnesota Court of Appeals' ruling reviving the claims of three same-sex couples challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage; (2) a 6th Circuit case concerning a counseling graduate student who was expelled after raising religious objections to counseling gay clients; and (3) an Iowa case concerning the rights of two mothers legally married in Iowa to have their names placed on the birth certificate of their child. Visit www.le-gal.org for more about LeGaL and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.
January 3 2012
Discussion of: (1) an 11th Circuit equal protection case involving termination of a transgender employee; (2) child custody cases out of Florida & New Jersey; and (3) a failed challenge to an incest statute premised on Lawrence v. Texas. Visit www.le-gal.org for more about LeGaL and to read/subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.
December 5 2011
Discussion of (1) the latest decision in the Prop 8 case in California; (2) a case involving allegations that organizers of the Gay Softball World Series violated Washington State's anti-discrimination laws with its rule capping the number of non-openly LGBT players; and (3) Title IX claims brought by a gay cosmetology student in Florida who faced harassment and anti-gay bullying. Visit www.le-gal.org for more about LeGaL and to read/subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.
November 7 2011
The November 2011 podcast, featuring Professor Arthur Leonard of New York Law School & Brad Snyder, Executive Director of LeGaL - The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, focuses on three stories featured in the November issue:
- A Washington State federal case concerning the disclosure of the names & addresses of petitioners for an anti-gay ballot initiative;
- A case out of Australia concerning the requirements to be met to receive a gender reassignment certificate; and
- A military case concerning a Marine who faced discipline for appearing in several gay porn videos.
Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, a publication of the LeGaL Foundation, is the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad. Visit www.le-gal.org for more about LeGaL and to read/subscribe to Law Notes.
October 4 2011
The October 2011 podcast, featuring Professor Arthur Leonard of New York Law School & Brad Snyder, Executive Director of LeGaL - The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, focuses on three stories featured in the October issue: a 9th Circuit case concerning an effort by Arizona to repeal health care benefits for the same-sex partners of state employees; an Alaskan case concerning a challenge by three same-sex couples to the constitutionality of an Alaskan real property tax exemption; and a New York Surrogate's Court case involving a challenge to a probate decree relating to the will of member of a same-sex couple who had married in Canada prior to his death.
Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, a publication of the LeGaL Foundation, is the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad. Visit www.le-gal.org for more about LeGaL and to read/subscribe to Law Notes.
September 7 2011
The September 2011 podcast, featuring Professor Arthur Leonard of New York Law School & Brad Snyder, Executive Director of LeGaL - The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, focuses on three stories in the September issue: the certification that paves the way for ultimate repeal of the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy; a Wisconsin case concerning a state statute that sought to bar payment for hormone therapy or sexual reassignment surgery for prisoners diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder; and a Nebraska Supreme Court case concerning the rights of same-sex co-parents to pursue custody claims. Visit www.le-gal.org for more about LeGaL.
Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, a publication of the LeGaL Foundation, is the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.
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