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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
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
BiLawrriors: All about the B in lgBt.
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
Thursday Sep 20, 2018
Monday Sep 17, 2018
The Looming October SCOTUS Term
Monday Sep 17, 2018
Monday Sep 17, 2018
LGBT Law Notes Episode!
Host, Eric Lesh, talks with Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School. Art is the chief editor and writer of LGBT Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication covering the latest legal and legislative developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.
Topics include:
- Supreme Court Faces Petitions for Review of Rulings on LGBT-Related Issues as October Term 2018 Nears;
- Repeated Victories for Transgender Student Bathroom Access During Summer 2018; and
- 7th Circuit Ruling Creates Federal Precedent to Protect Older Gays in Residential Facilities.
Send Marsha a note of support.
Update: ADF sent a letter to the Court Clerk, suggesting postponing the consideration of Zarda and Bostock petitions until the Oct. 26 conference.
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.
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Stop Kavanaugh: What We Learned From The Hearing
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Monday Sep 10, 2018
On July 31st, the LGBT Bar Association of New York, LeGaL, joined Lambda Legal and 60 other LGBTQ organizations in submitting a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee to oppose the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court.
Before entering this week’s confirmation hearings, Judge Kavanaugh’s record showed no indication that would decide cases involving discrimination against LGBTQ people fairly, nor that he will uphold our constitutional right to equal dignity.
Unfortunately, nothing during the confirmation hearing did anything to alleviate our serious concerns.
LeGaL's Executive Director, Eric Lesh, sits down with Lambda Legal's Senior Attorney, Omar Gonzalez-Pagan to discuss what we learned, what's at stake and why we must stop Kavanaugh.