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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.
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Friday Oct 22, 2021
Non-Binary Actor Files Discrimination Complaint Against HAMILTON
Friday Oct 22, 2021
Friday Oct 22, 2021
On this episode of the LeGaL LGBT Podcast, Eric Lesh speaks with Lindsay Goldbrum, an Associate at Wigdor LLP, about what its like to be a plaintiff-side lawyer in LGBT employment discrimination cases. This episode focuses largely on the federal workplace complaint Lindsay and her firm filed on behalf of Suni Reid, a former cast member of Hamilton the musical, who identifies as non-binary. In the complaint Suni alleges “frequent incidents of discrimination and harassment” and ultimately retaliation as a result of their gender neutral dressing room request.
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
UK Court Overturns Puberty Blockers Ruling for Trans Youth & More
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Sunday Oct 17, 2021
Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important cases from the October edition of LGBT Law Notes.
- 10th Circuit Panel Orders Discharged Transgender Professor Reinstated with Tenure
- UK Court of Appeal Confirms that Children under 18 Can Consent to Take Puberty Blockers
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Failure to Protect Florida Gay Inmate from Bashing in Prison with “Homophobic Culture” Is “Certainly Concerning,” but Raises No Jury Questions under Eighth or Fourteenth Amendments