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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.
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5 days ago
5 days ago
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

Thursday Mar 30, 2023
March 2023 Law Notes: Fighting for the First Amendment in School and Online
Thursday Mar 30, 2023
Thursday Mar 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 March 2023 edition of LGBT Law Notes, including the rights of parents to select books available in public schools, the treatment of hate speech online, and a victory for incarcerated transgender people.

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

Friday Feb 03, 2023
NY Resources for LGBTQ+ Attorneys and Court Users
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Friday Feb 03, 2023
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Charlie Arrowood, Senior Counsel to the New York State Court System's Richard C. Failla LGBTQ Commission, discuss important updates in resources available to support NYC/NYS LGBTQ+ attorneys and court users, the Failla Commission's 2023 policy goals, and strategies for LGBTQ+ attorneys in all practice areas to ensure a more equitable court system for LGBTQ+ people. For more information about the Failla Commission, visit http://ww2.nycourts.gov/ip/LGBTQ/index.shtml

Tuesday Jan 17, 2023
Tuesday Jan 17, 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 January 2023 edition of LGBT Law Notes, including the rights of transgender and nonbinary youth to participate in school sports, use the restroom consistent with their gender identity, and update in the Yeshiva University Pride Alliance case, and a tribute to outgoing Law Notes Author William ("Bill") Rold.

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/

Friday Dec 16, 2022
December 2022: The Fight for Marriage Equality Continues
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Shain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss marriage equality cases from the December 2022 edition of LGBT Law Notes, including the right for incarcerated people to marry, penalties for refusal to conduct same-sex marriages, a victory in New York for brides seeking the perfect outfit, and the recently signed Respect for Marriage Act.