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LGBTQ lawyers, policy experts, and activists discuss the latest legal and political news affecting the LGBTQ+ community here and abroad. Hosted by Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, with regularly featured guest Prof. Arthur S. Leonard of New York Law School.
Episodes

Friday Sep 22, 2023
Celebrating the Small Wins: Law Notes September 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Professor Emeritus Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss nationwide cases from the September 2023 edition of LGBT Law Notes, including a win for transgender athletes in Idaho and a landmark settlement with the Broome County Jail, in Broome County New York.
To hear Makyyla speak about what the settlement in her case means both for her and the transgender community at large, visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rPepj7XrnE

Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Finding Safety and Joy in Queer Spaces
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Wednesday Aug 23, 2023
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, sits down with Leslie Allen, Deputy Director of Legal Services at the Anti-Violence Project, and Audacia Ray, Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy at the Anti-Violence Project, to discuss escalating hate violence against the LGBTQ+ community, a groundbreaking, nationwide study surveying safety in queer spaces, and the loss of O'Shae Sibley. To access the study, visit https://protectsafespaces.org/.

Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
August 2023 Law Notes: The Fight to Save Hormone Therapy in Tennessee
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Wednesday Aug 16, 2023
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Professor Emeritus Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss nationwide cases from the August 2023 edition of LGBT Law Notes, including a setback for transgender and nonbinary youth accessing gender affirming healthcare, whether a guidance counselor can be treated as a minister for employment purposes at a Catholic high school, and sports bans in Arizona.

Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
July 2023 Law Notes: Standing and Standing Up against Discrimination
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Professor Emeritus Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss nationwide cases from the July 2023 edition of LGBT Law Notes, including public accommodation law updates, employment discrimination, protections for collegiate athletes being harassed due to their actual or perceived sexual orientation, and a recent win to protect access to gender affirming healthcare for minors.

Monday Jul 10, 2023
303 Rapid Response
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
In response to 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the LGBT Bar NY is hosting a special episode to examine the initial impact of the ruling on LGBTQ+ people. Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Professor Emeritus Art Leonard of New York Law School sat down to discuss this historic 6-3 SCOTUS decision in favor of a prospective wedding website designer who did not want to create wedding announcement websites for LGBTQ+ couples seeking to announce their upcoming nuptials.

Thursday Jun 29, 2023
2023 Pride Month Law Notes
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Thursday Jun 29, 2023
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Professor Emeritus Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss nationwide cases from the June 2023 edition of LGBT Law Notes, including protections for incarcerated transgender people and people living with HIV. Special guest Parker Rose Wingate stops by to discuss her recent publication examining gender-affirming healthcare as symbolic speech entitled to First Amendment protections.
To read Parker's article, visit
https://lawandinequality.org/article/trans-bodies-trans-speech/

Tuesday May 30, 2023
May Law Notes 2023: the right to transition
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Professor Emeritus Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss nationwide cases from the May 2023 edition of LGBT Law Notes, focusing on the rights of transgender, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming people to socially, legally, and medically transition.

Friday May 19, 2023
Can the criminal legal system protect LGBTQ+ people?
Friday May 19, 2023
Friday May 19, 2023
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY sits down with Richard Saenz (Senior Attorney and the Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct Strategist at Lambda Legal) to discuss Protected & Served? a community survey of LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV, the need for updates to the criminal legal system both in New York state and nationwide, and the relationship between the criminal legal system and the overall LGBTQ+ civil rights movement. To read the 2022 Protected & Served? report, visit www.protectedandserved.org.

Monday May 01, 2023
April 2023 Law Notes: the fight to include LGBTQ+ in public life continues
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Professor Emeritus Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss nationwide cases from the April 2023 edition of LGBT Law Notes, including attempts to ban drag performances and transgender and intersex students participating in K-12 sports, and a possible upcoming Supreme Court decision on so-called conversion therapy.

Friday Apr 21, 2023
The State of Federal Student Loans
Friday Apr 21, 2023
Friday Apr 21, 2023