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LGBTQ+ lawyers, policy experts, and activists discuss the latest legal and political news affecting the LGBTQ+ community both in the U.S. and abroad. Hosted by Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, with regularly featured guest Prof. Emeritus Arthur S. Leonard of New York Law School.
Episodes
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Making an Impact through your Legal Career: Lessons from Janice Grubin
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Saturday Jan 13, 2024
Shain Filcher (they/he/she), Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, sits down with Janice Grubin (she/her), Partner at Barclay Damon LLP and First Vice President and Judiciary Committee Co-Chair of LGBT Bar NY, to discuss reflections on Janice's trailblazing legal career, the evolution of LGBT Bar NY, and her selection as a 2024 Stonewall Award Recipient. To learn more about the ABA Stonewall Award and Awardees, visit https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/sexual_orientation/stonewall_award/stonewallawards/
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
February 2023 Law Notes: Engaging on En Bancs
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Professor Emeritus Art Leonard of New York Law School discusses cases from the February 2023 issue of LGBT Law Notes, including:
- Updates on the Ninth Circuit denying en banc review in a challenge to the Washington State conversion therapy ban
- A decision from a federal district court in West Virginia upholding a biological sex interpretation of Title IX (with a mention of late breaking news about en banc review of a ruling with similar legal questions in the Second Circuit)
- The latest chapter in the ongoing saga of Jack Phillips and his Colorado bakery
- A dispute involving a Catholic hospital owned by the University of Maryland
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Legal Lessons from Transgender History
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Wednesday Jan 04, 2023
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Associate Professor K.J. Rawson, Founder and Director of the Digital Transgender Archive, discuss the work of the Digital Transgender Archive, the intersection between transgender history and laws impacting the LGBTQ+ community, and the ways the legal profession can implement valuable lessons from transgender history to shape the future of transgender rights and storytelling. https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
August 2022 Law Notes: Healthcare Regulations and So-Called Conversion Therapy
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Thursday Aug 11, 2022
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss a variety of important cases from the August 2022 edition of LGBT Law Notes, including proposed Health and Human Services regulations to protect against discrimination in healthcare services and updates in the fight to ban so-called conversion therapy.
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Pride Month Law Notes Episode
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Tuesday Jun 21, 2022
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important cases from the June 2022 edition of LGBT Law Notes.
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Enough Bad News: Three Big LGBT Victories
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important LGBT rights cases from the October edition of LGBT Law Notes.
- District Court Allows HIV-Positive Services Members to Maintain Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Pentagon
- Lambda Legal Wins Ruling in Favor of Social Security Spousal Benefits for Some Surviving Same-Sex Partners
- Lambda Legal Wins Preliminary Injunction Against Key Provisions of Trump Administration’s Gutting of Affordable Care Act Protections
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Born Perfect: Banning Conversion Therapy Nationwide
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
Thursday Oct 03, 2019
On this episode of the LeGaL LGBT Podcast, Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of New York and Mathew Shurka, co-founder and chief strategist of the Born Perfect campaign discuss the fight to ban the harmful and discredited practice of anti-LGBT conversion therapy nationwide.
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Trump Continues Attack on Transgender Community
Friday Nov 16, 2018
Friday Nov 16, 2018
It’s the Law Notes edition of the LeGaL LGBT Podcast. On this show LeGaL’s Executive Director Eric Lesh talks with Prof. Art Leonard about the Trump Administration’s decision to ask the Supreme Court to delay deciding whether Title VII bars gender identity discrimination.
Then we will discuss two bigoted baker cases: one that may be
coming back to SCOTUS and another that was decided in the UK.
Finally, we talk about Trump’s continued attack on the humanity and safety of trans people and the massive protests that took place in response.
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
An LGBTQ Legislative Agenda for a New New York!
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
Thursday Sep 13, 2018
It is long past time for our New York state legislators to take action on the the issues that impact LGBTQ New Yorkers and our families. New York should be a place that protects the liberty and equality of all individuals, particularly those whose existence and expression has been oppressed.
On this episode, we speak with some experts about several important legislative priorities for LeGaL.
First, LeGaL Executive Director, Eric Lesh speaks with our Board Member Kristen Browde about the urgent need to pass GENDA to protect the civil rights of transgender people in New York.
Next, we talk with Sam Brinton, Head of Advocacy and Government Affairs at The Trevor Project, about the effort to ban conversion therapy.
Finally, our executive director discusses the need to ban so-called “gay and trans panic defenses” in New York.
Listen to the podcast.
Then stand with us to take action.
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
A Religious Litmus Test for Serving LGBTQ Youth at Risk?
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
Thursday Aug 02, 2018
This is a dangerous time for LGBTQ people, and children across the country are paying the price.
On this installment, we are going to be talking with Christina Wilson Remlin, lead counsel at Children’s Rights about anti-LGBTQ legislation that targets queer youth in out of home care by attempting to give service providers a license to discriminate against foster parents and others who don’t meet a religious litmus test.
These policies place the agencies ‘beliefs above the needs and best interests of children in care. They also discriminate against parents who are trying to provide a loving home.
We also talk with LeGaL's Legal Director Brett Figlewski about our LGBTQ Youth Clinic and the free legal services we provide.
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