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LGBT Bar NY PodcastHealth Insurance, Driver Licenses, and Roller Derby: May Law Notes 2024Shain Filcher (they/he/she), Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Professor Emeritus Art Leonard (he/him) of New York Law School, discuss nationwide cases from the May 2024 edition of LGBT Law Notes, including the latest milestones in the fight to obtain affirming healthcare, accurate identification, and access to skating rinks. To read the Gender Marker X article referenced in full, visit https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/new-york-issues-4-000-x-gender-markers-state-ids-19397282.php
2024-05-3153 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastCelebrating the Small Wins: Law Notes September 2023Shain 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
2023-09-2257 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastDecember 2022: The Fight for Marriage Equality ContinuesShain 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.
2022-12-1640 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastSeptember Law Notes: Victories in New York and NationwideShain Filcher, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss a handful of litigation victories from the September 2022 edition of LGBT Law Notes, including breaking news regarding the Yeshiva University Pride Alliance case.
2022-09-2347 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastSCOTUS toHear LGBTQ Rights CasesEric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important cases from the March edition of LGBT Law Notes.
U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Free Speech Challenge to Colorado Anti-Discrimination Law Brought by Web Designer Who Opposes Marriage Equality
Kentucky Federal Court Rejects Claims against Insurer that Denied Coverage for Facial Surgery As Part of Gender Transition
New York City Teacher Dismissed After Complaint by Homophobic Fourth Grader Suffers Dismissal of Title VII Claim
2022-03-1447 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastReligious Discrimination in Schools, Hospitals, and MoreEric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important cases from the August edition of LGBT Law Notes.
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En Banc 7th Circuit Categorically Exempts Religious Organizations from Hostile Work Environment Claims Brought by a Gay “Ministerial Employee”
California Appeals Court Strikes Misgendering Provision from Patient Bill of Rights
Maryland Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss ACA Suit Against University Hospital for Cancelling Transgender Plaintiff’s Hysterect...2021-08-1153 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Summer MixtapeEric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY and Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School, discuss three important cases from the June edition of LGBT Law Notes.
Federal Court Rules That Montana Violated Due Process and Equal Protection Guarantees by Forcing Gay Man to Register as Sex Offender for Consensual Teenage Sex;
Fourth Circuit Rules Prisoners Have No Privacy Interest in Their HIV Information;
West Virginia Federal Court Refuses to Dismiss Challenges to Insurance Plan Exclusions of Coverage for Transgender Health Care.
2021-06-1034 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBTQ Fairness in the CourtsEric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY speaks with the Brennan Center's Alicia Bannon about the stunning lack of judicial diversity on state high courts. We also chat with former host of this podcast, Matthew Skinner about his work to achieve LGBTQ fairness in New York State courts. Finally, we chat with the Co-Chair of the LGBT Bar of New York's Judiciary Committee, Janice Grubin, about how lawyers can get involved in the process of screening candidates for judicial office or seeking office themselves.
2021-05-1247 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastNew Leadership at the Civil Rights DivisionEric 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 April edition of LGBT Law Notes.
Justice Department Explains That Bostock Ruling Informs Interpretation of Federal Sex Discrimination Laws Beyond Title VII;
2nd Circuit Finds Vimeo Immune from Liability for Kicking SOCE Promoter Off its Internet Platform;
6th Circuit Panel Says University Professor May Have 1st Amendment Right to Misgender Transgender Students
2021-04-1542 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastInternational LGBTQ Rights & MoreEric 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 March edition of LGBT Law Notes.
2021-03-1139 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastTrans Military Ban Reversed and More!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 February edition of LGBT Law Notes.
Biden Administration Declares Pro-LGBTQ+ Policies from Day One; Moves Quickly to Repeal Transgender Military Service Ban
Colorado Supreme Court Revises Common Law Marriage Rules to Reflect Social Change and Same-Sex Marriages
Federal Court Enjoins HHS & EEOC From Requiring Catholic Plaintiffs to Perform or Provide Gender Transition Services
2021-02-1942 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastFalse Charge of Being Gay is Not Defamation & MoreEric 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 November edition of LGBT Law Notes.
Eleventh Circuit Fractures Over Eighth Amendment Standards for Treatment of Transgender Prisoner
9th Circuit Panel Remands HIV/AIDs Plan Enrollees’ Discriminatory Affordable Care Act Claim Where CVS Plan Manager Required Obtaining HIV/AIDS Drugs Only Through a CVS-Designated Pharmacy.
N.Y. Appellate Division 2nd Department Overrules Precedent, Holding False Imputation of Homosexuality is not Defamatory Per Se
2021-01-1143 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastConversion Therapy Ban ChallengedEric 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 November edition of LGBT Law Notes.
Federal Appeal Court Rules Laws Against Conversion Therapy Using Solely Speech Violate the First Amendment
Kansas Supreme Court Creates Broad Path for Unmarried Lesbian Co-Parents to Seek Parental Rights
Passport Denial Violates Transgender Man’s Equal Protection Rights
2020-12-1639 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastNew Administration, New LGBT AgendaEric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY, speaks with Lambda Legal Senior Attorney Omar Gonzalez-Pagan about how the election of the Biden-Harris ticket will impact the legal rights of LGBTQ+ individuals.
2020-11-1928 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLaw Notes Pod: Citizenship, Adoption &MoreEric 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.
9th Circuit Panel Unanimously Affirms Citizenship Ruling for Child of Gay Male Couple
Federal Court Temporarily Blocks New York State from Requiring a Religious Adoption Agency to Provide Services to Married Same-Sex Couples
Federal Courts Allow Plaintiffs to Extend Bostock to Equal Pay Act Claims and Employment Benefits
2020-11-1436 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastAmy Coney Barrett's Anti-LGBT RecordEric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY speaks with Sharon McGowan, Chief Strategy Officer and Legal Director at Lambda Legal about Amy Coney Barrett's record and what her confirmation would mean for the future of LGBT rights litigation.
2020-10-2326 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastEnough Bad News: Three Big LGBT VictoriesEric 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
2020-10-2040 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastJustice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Her Legacy and LGBT Rights RecordEric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY discusses Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's loss, legacy, and LGBT record with LeGaL President Kristen Browde, New York Law School Professor Art Leonard, and Managing Director of the Brennan Center's Democracy Program Alicia Bannon.
2020-09-2445 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastReligious Rejection and Asylum RoundupEric 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 July.
Supreme Court Broadens “Ministerial Exception” to Anti-Discrimination Laws, Leaving Many LGBTQ Employees of Religious Schools Without Title VII Protection
2nd Circuit Court of Appeals Revives Religious Adoption Agency’s Challenge to New York Anti-Discrimination Rule
Roundup of Recent LGBT+ Asylum Cases
2020-08-1255 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Workers & More with Ria and Kate
"LGBT Impact Litigation and SCOTUS" features a lively discussion between legal eagles Kate Kendell, former Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Ria Tabacco Mar, Women's Project Director, ACLU, followed by audience Q&A. This event is hosted by LeGaL’s Women’s Group and moderated by Cody Yorke of Outten & Golden.
This virtual lunch-and-learn is the third installment in the LeGaL Pride Power Lunch Series, held every Wednesday in June from 1-2 p.m. The events are free, but please consider making a donation in support of the LeGaL Foundation here.
2020-06-2237 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastIntersex Rights and More.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 May.
10th Circuit Orders State Department to Reconsider Denial of Accurate Passport to Intersex Plaintiff
Two Federal District Courts Rule on Social Security Survivor Benefits for Same-Sex Spouses Whose Marriages Occurred Fewer Than Nine Months Before the Death of Their Spouse
Lesbian Couple’s Challenge to South Carolina Foster Care Policy Survives Motion to Dismiss
2020-06-1744 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastHUGE SCOTUS win for LGBT WorkersEric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar Association of New York, speaks with LeGaL President Kristen Browde and Professor Arthur Leonard about the Supreme Court decision that marks a watershed moment for LGBTQ fairness and equality.
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that companies don’t have a right to discriminate against LGBTQ people in the workplace! This historic decision says that LGBTQ people are, and should be, protected from discrimination under federal law.
2020-06-1642 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastBiLaw: All About the B in LGBTOn today's episode of the LeGaL LGBT Podcast, we focus on the B in LGBT.
As part of LeGaL's Pride Power Lunch series, we speak with Nancy Marcus, Sarah Filcher, & William Crosby about issues of bi visibility and inclusion in the law and legal profession.
2020-06-0859 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLaw Notes: Cases Mount As SCOTUS HoldsEric 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 May.
Massachusetts SJC Rules Probate Court Has Jurisdiction Over Complex Gestational Surrogacy Petition
Transgender Man in the U.K. Cannot Be Listed as Farther on Child’s Birth Certificate
Magistrate Judge Rejects Transgender Plaintiff’s Motion to Proceed Anonymously
Federal Judge Issues Nationwide Injunction to Screen ICE Detainees at High Risk for COVID-19
2020-05-1545 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastAsylum, LGBT Families, and Tranistion-Related HealthEric 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 April.
1. Appellate Victory for Gay Man from Ghana Seeking Asylum in the US
2. New York Appeals Court Refuses to Extend Important LGBT Family Rights to Tri-Custodial Arrangements
3. Alaska and North Carolina Victories for Access to Transition-Related Health Care
2020-04-1445 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastTransgender People in Custody & SchoolsEric 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 February.
Supreme Court Agrees to Review Catholic Foster Care Agency’s Claimed Right to Discriminate against Same-Sex Couples
Ninth Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in Idaho Inmate’s Gender Confirmation Surgery Case; Circuit Split Possible; Many Judges Dissent
Ninth Circuit Panel Affirms Ruling Rejecting Challenge to School District’s Policy of Allowing Transgender Students to Use Facilities Consistent with their Gender Identity
California Court Denies Release or Transfer of Transgender Woman in ICE Cu...2020-03-2047 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastVictory for HIV+ Servicemembers and MoreEric 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 January.
1. Fourth Circuit Affirms Injunction against Department of Defense Declaring Policy that Discharges HIV+ Servicemembers as Arbitrary and Capricious and Based on Outdated Science
2. Fifth Circuit Issues Hostile Opinion on Transgender Prisoner’s Name Change, Drawing “Emphatic” Dissent
3. Texas Court of Appeals Affirms Divorce Decree Requiring Lesbian Co-Parent to Pay Child Support
2020-03-0325 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes: SCOTUS, prisons, health and moreEric 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 December:
1. Supreme Court Denies Trans Inmate’s Petition in Transition Denial Case
2. New York Appellate Division Affirms Ruling Reuniting Child With Second Parent After a Significant Lapse of Time
3. Arizona District Court Treats State Health Provider’s Exclusion of Gender Reassignment Surgery as a Violation of Title VII and Leaves Open Plaintiff’s Equal Protection Claim
2020-01-2341 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Rights and Reproductive JusticeJanuary 22 marks the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v Wade. The holding in Roe and fight for reproductive justice are centered on the ability of all people to have freedom of self determination over their own body, health, and destiny. These are the same values at the heart of LGBT peoples fight for equal dignity.
Eric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of NY talks with Scott Ruskay-Kidd of the Center for Reproductive Rights about the ways in which the legal battle for reproductive justice and LGBT rights are linked.
2020-01-1746 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBTQ Cases in the Lower CourtsOn the Law Notes Episode of the LeGaL LGBT Podcast, 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 November:
1. Illinois Federal Judge Remands Board of Immigration Appeals' Decision Involving the Denial of a Married Same-Sex Couple's I-130 Petition.
2. Christian School's Suit to Remain in Maryland's Scholarship Program Survives Motion to Dismiss
3. Art Teache's Lawsuit Against Texas Public School Survives Dismissal Motion
2019-12-1034 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes: All Southern RulingsEric 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 October:
1. Texas Federal Court Vacates Transgender Protection under Obamacare.
2. Mississippi Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms Award of Custody of a Child to His Gay Uncle’s Surviving Husband.
3. Kentucky Supreme Court Avoids Ruling on Clash between Free Speech and Anti-Discrimination Law in T-Shirt Case.
2019-11-1431 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastSCOTUS, Discriminatory Agencies, Trans Military Litgation, and More
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 September:
Last week the Justices heard oral argument in three cases that could completely alter the legal landscape for LGBT workers across the US. Before the justices is the question: Does Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbid discrimination in employment because of an individual’s sexual orientation or gender identity?
We have a two rulings to discuss dealing with access to information in the ongoing challenges to Trump’s hat...2019-10-1643 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastOral Argument Day for LGBT WorkersEric Lesh, Executive Director of The LGBT Bar Association of New York, speaks with Lambda Legal Senior Attorney and LeGaL Board Member, Omar Gonzalez-Pagan, about what happened at SCOTUS during oral argument in the LGBT workplace fairness cases.
2019-10-0919 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastBorn Perfect: Banning Conversion Therapy NationwideOn 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.
2019-10-0442 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastVictory for Trans Health, SCOTUS and More!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 August:
The Ninth Circuit affirmed an injunction ordering gender confirmation surgery for an Idaho transgender inmate;
The Supreme Court received a second round of filings in the blockbuster LGBT employment discrimination cases to be argued on October 8;
A divided Eighth Circuit revived a videographers claim that the company doesn’t need to provide equal wedding related services for same-sex couples.
2019-09-1343 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastAdoption Agency Seeks Right to Discriminate from SCOTUSEric 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 July:
A Catholic Adoption Agency Asks Supreme Court for a “License to Discriminate” Against LGBTQ People;
A Transgender Teenager’s Mother Asks Supreme Court to Recognize a Parent’s Due Process Rights to Control Her Child’s Life; and
A Federal Appeals Court has Refused to Reopen Asylum Proceedings for Lesbian from Uganda
2019-08-1242 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastBigoted Bakers, Parentage Rights and "Conversion Therapy"On the LGBT Law Notes episode, LGBT Bar NY Executive Director Eric Lesh and New York Law School Professor Art Leonard discuss the latest wedding cake news from the Supreme Court and more, including a ruling from another state high court that is sticking to its pro-equality decision after searching the record for signs of bias in the proceeding. Next, we will chat about a New York case where a gay dad filled a cert petition that seeks to overturn protections for non-bio/non-adoptive parents. Finally, we discuss the latest on a conversion therapy case in New Jersey state...2019-07-1147 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastThe All Good News LGBT Pride PodOn this LGBT Law Notes episode LeGaL Executive Director Eric Lesh and New York Law School Professor Art Leonard discuss a rare bit of good news from the Supreme Court in transgender rights case. Next they chat about a religiously affiliated children’s agency’s failed attempt to turn away same-sex couples seeking to adopt. Then they chat about a series of cases that deal with same-sex spouses and their equal access to benefits.
2019-06-0540 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastSCOTUS News, Anti-LGBT Agencies, and Lesbian Police OfficersEric Lesh, Executive Director of the LGBT Bar of New York and New York Law School Professor Art Leonard give the very latest updates and insights on everything SCOTUS, including the recent Title VII grants as well as some denials. Next they discuss a federal appellate ruling in a case seeking to block enforcement of Philadelphia’s law barring child welfare groups doing business with the city from discriminating against same-sex couples who seek certification to be foster parents. Finally, they discuss a discrimination and harassment case filed by a lesbian police officer against NYC.
2019-05-1442 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastSCOTUS Grants LGBT Employment Discrimination CasesToday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review three cases that could have a massive impact on the rights and lives of LGBT people in the workplace. Specifically, the Court will decide whether the ban on employment discrimination “because of sex” under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 can be interpreted to apply to claims of discrimination because of sexual orientation.
Eric Lesh discusses this breaking news with NY Law School Professor Art Lenard.
2019-04-2224 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastOne LGBT SCOTUS Caes Down, More Pile UpLeGaL Executive Director Eric Lesh speaks with New York Law School Professor Art Leonard about SCOTUS’s decision NOT to hear the Aloha Bed and Breakfast case involving a small B & B that received a public accommodations smackdown from Hawaii. Next, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled by a vote of 2-1 that the state of Texas did not violate the 8th Amendment right against cruel or unusual punishment by denying gender confirmation surgery to transgender inmate. Finally, religious objectors rushing to federal court to block the EECC’s ability to c...2019-04-0434 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastConversion Therapy in the Courts & MoreOn the Law Notes episode of the LeGaL LGBT Podcast we discuss the transgender military ban action after the SCOTUS decision to reverse the stays on the preliminary injunctions. Next, we talk about the desire by anti-LGBT litigation groups to permit the torture of queer people by attacking several recent laws banning conversion therapy—including one right here in NYC. Finally, we discuss the latest Title VII action—including a bad circuit court ruling, and two positive district court rulings on employment discrimination cases.
With us is NYLS Prof. Art Leonard, chief editor of LeGaL’s LGBT Law No...2019-02-1347 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastThe Battle to Block the BanWelcome to the Law Notes episode of the LeGaL LGBT Podcast. I’m Eric Lesh, Executive Director of LeGaL, the LGBT Bar of NY.
On today’s show we are going to be talking about the latest Supreme Court developments. We discuss the attempt by the administration to let the transgender military ban go into effect, and a new sexual orientation discrimination case under Title IX.
Next we will talk about the ruling from a reliably rightwing activist judge from Texas who held that Obamacare was unconstitutional, placing health insurance for thousands of LGBT people at ri...2019-01-1143 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastBoom! Sodomy Law Goes DownWe call this installment of the LGBT Law Notes edition of the LeGaL LGBT Podcast: “Sodomy Law Goes Down.” That’s because on September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of India ruled that the Constitution protects an individual’s sexual orientation.
We will begin by chatting about this case 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.
Then we speak with Art about a federal district court th...2018-10-1746 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastBiLawrriors: All about the B in lgBt.
Host, Eric Lesh, talks with Nancy Marcus, co-founder of BiLaw and writer for LegallyBi.
Sept 19-26 is Bisexual Awareness Week, and Septender 23rd is Bi Visibility Day.
On this episode we talk about the nearly five million adults in the U.S. who identify as bisexual. In case you were wondering, bi people actually comprise more than half of the entire LGBT community, yet bi people are often erased from the LGBT movement, our political discourse and even litigation.
So today we are going to talk with THE expext in this area, Nancy Marcus. Nancy is an out bi l...2018-09-2037 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastThe Looming October SCOTUS TermLGBT 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...2018-09-171h 03LGBT Bar NY PodcastAn LGBTQ Legislative Agenda for a New New York!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 Y...2018-09-1340 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastTrump's SCOTUS Pick and What's at Stake for Civil RightsOn July 9, Donald Trump announced that he was nominating Brett Kavanaugh, Judge of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, to fill Justice Kennedy’s seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
Judge Kavanaugh’s views pose a real threat to our nation’s core principles of equality and freedom for all.
LeGaL, the LGBT Bar of New York assembled a rockstar panel for this podcast to discuss Trump's SCOTUS pick and what's at stake for civil rights.
Panelists:
Shannon Minter , Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights
Leslie Proll , Civil Rights lawyer, advising NAACP o...2018-07-1049 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastAll LGBT Eyes Still on SCOTUSWe will not be discussing cake in this podcast. If you want our take on Masterpiece, please have a listen to the special episode we recorded 24 hours after the ruling came down—oh and share it with your friends. Make sure they know that the Supreme Court did not give every homophobe across the country a license to discriminate.
We call this episode. “LGBT eyes still on SCOTUS” That’s because the Supreme Court has received two new petitions asking it to address whether Title VII bars discriminationbecause of sexual orientation, a request from a man who may have...2018-06-1539 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastMasterpiece Cakeshop: Not the Win We Hoped for, Not the Loss We FearedThe Supreme Court ruled narrowly against the Colorado Civil Rights Commission in Masterpiece Cakeshop, based on concerns that the original case was not decided “with the religious neutrality that the Constitution requires.”
In doing so, the Court also reaffirmed the core American principle that businesses open to the public must be open to all.
The unfortunate result of this ruling is that cases like this will continue to be litigated in the courts. In the meantime, LGBT people will have to go about their day to day lives fearing they might be refused service because of w...2018-06-0532 min
LGBT Bar NY Podcast"Trump Benchslap" May 2018We call this LGBT Law Notes episode of the LeGaL Podcast “Trump Benchslap.” That’s because a district court hearing one of the challenges Trump’s hateful transgender military ban saw right through the Administration’s attempt to dress up the same old ban with some fresh paint. The Administration also suffered a tatol defeat in an asylum case before the 9th Circuit. Trump’s favorite Circuit.
We will begin by chatting about these cases with Professor Art Leonard of New York Law School. Art is the chief editorand writer of LGBT Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publ...2018-05-1135 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastSCOTUS Spotlight: The LGBT Impact of Trump’s Hateful Travel BanLeGaL (LGBT Bar NY) discusses the brief we joined urging the Supreme Court to strike down Trump’s discriminatory Travel Ban. The Ban is extremely dangerous — particularly for members of the LGBTQ community.
LeGaL’s Eric Lesh, Executive Director, and Brett Figlewski, Legal Director discuss.
Read the brief:
https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/17/17-965/39930/20180326080438530_17-965%20bsac%20Immigration%20Equality.pdf
2018-04-2412 min
LGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: "Resist" - January 2018Themes of resistance run through the legal developments of the past 30 days. This episode of the Law Notes Podcast details: 1) how the Trump administration retreated after a series of 10 federal judges put a halt to the administration’s discriminatory transgender military ban; 2) US Supreme Court’s resistance to hearing several big LGBT rights cases: and 3) how the Iowa Supreme Court is resisting homophobic jurors.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to LGBT Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal and legislative developments affecting the...2018-01-1639 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: December 2017Discussion of: (1) the oral argument for the blockbuster Masterpiece Cakeshop case at the U.S. Supreme Court; (2) marriage equality finally arriving in the Land Down Under; (3) another preliminary injunction against President Trump's ban on open transgender military service; and (4) two big wins in fully litigated Title VII cases.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to LGBT Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal and legislative developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.
2017-12-0840 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: November 2017Discussion of: (1) a great first ruling in one of the four movement organization lawsuits brought to stop President Trump’s ban on transgender troops; (2) two memorandums issued by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in October that threaten LGBT rights; (3) a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ordering a new trial after a district court failed to ask jurors about anti-gay biases; and (4) a New York City judge allowing a Polish gay couple to get divorced, despite New York's statutory residency requirement.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of...2017-11-1439 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: October 2017Discussion of: (1) appellate courts in Arizona and New York extending traditional marital presumptions to same-sex couples; (2) two new cert petitions to watch at the U.S. Supreme Court; (3) a great decision from a federal district court rejecting all constitutional arguments made by wedding videographers in a pre-enforcement challenge to the ban on sexual orientation discrimination in public accommodations in the Minnesota Human Rights Act; and (4) homophobic restrictions imposed on a gay father in a parenting plan that was vacated by the Court of Appeals of Tennessee.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association...2017-10-2040 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: September 2017Discussion of: (1) President Trump setting in motion a ban on open transgender military service in the United States; (2) what is shaping up to be a blockbuster term at the U.S. Supreme Court for LGBT rights; (3) a fascinating custody dispute that has emerged out of the Hasidic community in Brooklyn; and (4) the state of play in Australia as a postal plebiscite on marriage equality gets underway.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to LGBT Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal and legislative...2017-09-111h 06LGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: Summer 2017Discussion of: (1) the U.S. Supreme Court reaffirming Obergefell and the Texas Supreme Court's outrageous misreading of Obergefell only days later; (2) the hot-button First Amendment issue the Supreme Court agreed to decide next term; (3) why the big Title VII question could now also be decided by the Supreme Court in the next term; and (4) a setback from the Fifth Circuit in the constitutional challenge to Mississippi House Bill 1523.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to LGBT Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal and l...2017-07-2149 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: June 2017Discussion of: (1) two transgender rights breakthroughs under federal law in May; (2) Title VII developments in the Second Circuit; (3) a Kentucky Court of Appeals decision that a vendor did not violate a local antidiscrimination ordinance when it refused to make pride t-shirts; and (4) the wonderful marriage equality news out of Taiwan.
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2017-06-1155 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: May 2017Discussion of: (1) the first ruling under the federal Fair Housing Act to conclude it protects LGBT people; (2) a Manhattan court finding that a woman is not the legal parent to a child adopted by her former same-sex partner; (3) constitutional equal protection principles for jury selection being extended to sexual orientation in California; and (4) why Roy Moore is back in the news, despite losing his appeal to be reinstated as Chief Justice of Alabama.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to LGBT Law Notes, the most comp...2017-05-0646 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: April 2017Discussion of: (1) the flurry of Title VII decisions from federal appellate courts in the last month, especially the en banc Seventh Circuit's historic ruling in the Hively case; (2) the remand of Gavin Grimm's case back down to the Fourth Circuit; (3) the disappointing replacement for H.B. 2 in North Carolina; and (4) how Neil Gorsuch may impact LGBT rights now that he has been confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to LGBT Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly pub...2017-04-141h 00LGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: March 2017Discussion of: (1) all the twists and turns in the Gavin Grimm case as we approach argument at the U.S. Supreme Court later this month; (2) a unanimous Washington Supreme Court decision rejecting a First Amendment defense from a florist who refused to provide flowers for a gay wedding; (3) more bad news from the Arkansas Supreme Court; and (4) why a New York federal court found Grindr probably does not have liability, despite one man using it to severely harass his ex.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subs...2017-03-0344 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: February 2017Discussion of: (1) President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court; (2) a concerning decision to hear a case by the Texas Supreme Court; (3) a federal court letting a transgender woman sue her employer under Title VII after a health plan denied coverage of her transition-related care; and (4) a case arising out of a gay man's tragic fall overboard from a cruise ship balcony.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to LGBT Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal and...2017-02-0750 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: January 2017Discussion of: (1) a familiar Texas federal district court judge issuing another nationwide injunction against the Obama administration; (2) a disappointing 4-3 decision on birth certificates from the Arkansas Supreme Court; (3) a Louisiana court declaring an executive order of Governor John Bel Edwards unconstitutional; and (4) the sad final chapter in the saga arising out of a public nudity arrest at San Diego Pride in 2011.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to LGBT Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal and legislative developments affecting the LGBT co...2017-01-1343 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: December 2016Discussion of: (1) what the incoming Trump Administration and Republican control of both houses of Congress might mean for the future of LGBT rights; (2) November developments in the continuing push to have Title VII's protections interpreted broadly to include LGBT employees, featuring analysis of an important en banc reargument in the 7th Circuit; (3) a Hawaii Supreme Court ruling that a family court judge made the wrong call in denying joint custody to two men who were never married, but agreed to co-parent a child after they split up; and (4) how four Texas lesbians wrongly convicted of sexually abusing young children...2016-12-0956 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: November 2016
Discussion of: (1) the U.S. Supreme Court granting cert in three cases of interest to the LGBT community, especially the Gavin Grimm case; (2) a constitutional challenge brought by a church to a state antidiscrimination law that covers public accommodations and gender identity; (3) a Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision establishing that a lesbian partner without a biological connection to a child can satisfy both the "born to" and "holding out" provisions of a state parentage statute when that statute is read in a gender neutral fashion; and (4) a final update on the Dharun Ravi legal saga following the overturning of...2016-11-0647 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: October 2016
Discussion of: (1) Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore getting suspended for the rest of his term; (2) the extension of the new parental standing test in New York to a gay dad; (3) a New Jersey appellate court throwing out the entire conviction of Tyler Clementi's Rutgers roommate; and (4) how a New York federal court judge's granting of a motion to dismiss highlights a larger problem with the NYPD and the transgender community.
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Discussion of: (1) the New York Court of Appeals overruling Alison D.; (2) setbacks in the struggle to get LGBT employees covered under Title VII; (3) all the August developments in the similar battle over whether Title IX covers transgender students using restrooms consistent with their gender identity; and (4) a federal appellate court judge explaining bisexuality to his colleagues in a dissent.
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Discussion of: (1) big wins in federal court challenges to Mississippi's H.B. 1523 that have left the entire law blocked; (2) continuing developments in various federal courts on the question of whether Title VII covers employment discrimination based on sexual orientation; (3) good and bad news for LGBT parents in Maryland, Michigan, and Indiana; and (4) a great ruling in a federal class action lawsuit against the New York State Department of Health over a categorical Medicaid exclusion for cosmetic surgery in connection with gender transition.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York a...2016-07-2347 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: June 2016
After reading the names and ages of the victims of the Orlando attack, discussion of: (1) all of the competing legal moves over the last month in reaction to the terrible new laws in North Carolina and Mississippi; (2) some thorny issues involving the retroactivity of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 Obergefell decision that we have seen several courts wrestling with as of late; and (3) legislative action in Italy that finally offers some relationship recognition to same-sex couples.
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Discussion of: (1) a ruling out of the Fourth Circuit calling into question the bathroom provisions of North Carolina's H.B. 2; (2) another in a series of New York appellate court decisions finding a way around the draconian Alison D. rule for parental standing; (3) an update on a 2014 story about a gay man suing over a public nudity arrest at San Diego Pride in 2011; and (4) an Oklahoma court that concluded oral sex is not rape if a victim is unconscious from drinking.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to s...2016-05-0730 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: April 2016
Discussion of: (1) a bad week in March for the Alabama Supreme Court, with a final concession on marriage equality and a reversal by the U.S. Supreme Court; (2) horrible anti-LGBT bills signed into law by the governors of North Carolina and Mississippi; (3) a federal court enjoining Mississippi from enforcing its ban on same-sex couples adopting; and (4) a bench slap from the First Circuit against a federal district court judge in Puerto Rico who did not think Obergefell applied there.
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Discussion of: (1) the legacy of conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and how a nomination from President Obama to fill his seat may play out; (2) big parental rights wins for gay parents out of Kentucky and New Jersey; (3) a New York federal court grappling with the big question of whether Title VII covers sexual orientation discrimination; and (4) a sloppy Delaware health care provider that owes over $1 million in damages for leaking a man's HIV-positive status to his co-workers.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to s...2016-03-0841 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: February 2016Discussion of: (1) a retroactive application of Windsor that may save a pension benefit for a lesbian widow; (2) an unanimous decision from the New York Appellate Division rejecting all of the statutory and constitutional defenses raised by the owners of an upstate wedding venue that discriminated against a same-sex couple; (3) panel and en banc rulings from a Texas appeals court denying standing to a transgender man seeking custody and visitation of children adopted by his former partner;
and (4) a case raising the question of whether disability discrimination laws can shield HIV-positive individuals from being fired for using medical marijuana as...2016-02-0542 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLGBT Law Notes Podcast: January 2016Discussion of: (1) the U.S. Supreme Court's stay of a novel Alabama Supreme Court ruling involving the Full Faith and Credit Clause, signaling the strong possibility of a reversal; (2) another positive federal court decision finding that sexual orientation discrimination is covered sex discrimination, this time in the context of Title IX; (3) an additional big antidiscrimination development from a Massachusetts state court that found a Catholic school could not discriminate against a gay married man who applied to be the school's food services director; and (4) a bump in the road for Lambda Legal's federal court class action attempting to change Wisconsin's...2016-01-0840 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: December 2015
Discussion of: (1) decisions from appellate courts in Oklahoma and Michigan extending standing for former partners in lesbian couples to seek custody or visitation of children they previously raised together as part of a couple;
(2) an important new precedent from a New York federal court holding that all discrimination against transgender people by the government or any agent of the government is presumptively unconstitutional; (3) a ruling out of a Michigan federal court finding that the plaintiffs challenging the state policy for changing their gender on driver licenses sufficiently alleged a constitutionally-protected privacy interest in avoiding disclosure of their transgender status...2015-12-0738 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: November 2015Discussion of: (1) the latest developments concerning antidiscrimination law for the LGBT community, including the bad news out of Houston, the good news out of New York, and a stamp of approval for the EEOC's latest interpretation of Title VII from a federal judge; (2) an update on marriage equality in Ireland and Italy; (3) how a New York judge handled the dissolution of a Vermont civil union; and (4) a very funny ruling arising out of a gay male couple's plastic surgery.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to...2015-11-0647 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: October 2015Discussion of: (1) how the Alabama Supreme Court manufactured a jurisdictional issue in order to deny recognition to a second-parent adoption granted in Georgia; (2) an interesting implied retroactive application of Obergefell in a tenant succession case here in New York; (3) some terrific news out of the Ninth Circuit for transgender individuals seeking refuge in the United States under the Convention against Torture; and
(4) an update on the Kim Davis saga since we last recorded in early September.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay...2015-10-0937 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: September 2015Discussion of: (1) the latest on the big "religious liberty" challenges to marriage equality, including the Kim Davis saga in Kentucky and a decision out of Colorado in a case concerning a baker's refusal to make a wedding cake for a gay couple; (2) the raid on the Rentboy.com website and the federal charges brought against its owner and employees; (3) a Maryland intermediate appellate court decision finding that a nonbiological mother did not have standing to pursue visitation; and
(4) the introduction of the Equality Act by Democrats in Congress over the summer.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more...2015-09-051h 10LGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: Summer 2015Discussion of: (1) the groundbreaking U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ruling that employment discrimination based on sexual orientation is necessarily sex discrimination covered by Title VII; (2) how implementation of the Obergefell marriage equality decision has been going; (3) a new legal theory the Second Circuit opened up for a transgender union member claiming discrimination; and (4) an interesting argument made by a New York gay man's relatives after he died to try and overturn the wishes laid out in his will.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to...2015-07-2054 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: Special Obergefell v. Hodges Decision EditionThis special edition of the podcast covers the momentous June 26, 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, striking down all remaining state bans on same-sex marriage. It includes analysis of Justice Kennedy's majority opinion and all of the dissents, as well as discussion of how the decision has been received in the last remaining holdout states and what is next for the LGBT rights movement.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal & legi...2015-06-2941 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: June 2015Discussion of: (1) the marriage equality referendum in Ireland on May 22 and some other domestic developments on the marriage equality front; (2) several court decisions from the past month that collectively highlight the diverse legal landscape across the country for same-sex couples with children; (3) a new Title VII ruling involving a fired gay pilot; and (4) the denial of habeas relief handed down to an Idaho prisoner potentially incarcerated for 44 years for HIV exposure.
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the most comprehensive...2015-06-0343 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: May 2015Discussion of: (1) the blockbuster oral argument on April 28 at the U.S. Supreme Court in the consolidated marriage equality and recognition cases from the Sixth Circuit, plus some minor updates from Kentucky and several of the federal circuits; (2) the mixed big this past month in several significant discrimination and prisoner rights cases involving transgender plaintiffs; and (3) an interesting ruling out of the intermediate appellate court in Kentucky concerning the standing of an ex-partner to intervene in a step-parent adoption after her former lesbian partner got married to a man.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT...2015-05-0853 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: January 2015Discussion of: (1) all of the marriage equality litigation news from the last month of the year, plus the latest developments from Florida, the newest state where same-sex couples have the freedom to marry; (2) a devastating en banc First Circuit ruling for the transgender community that one dissenter compared to Plessy v. Ferguson; (3) a New York parental rights case involving a birth mother that wanted to have it both ways; and (4) a decision from the Rhode Island Supreme Court that dismissed a lawsuit brought by Catholic firefighters upset over being forced to participate in a gay pride parade.
...2015-01-0738 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: December 2014Discussion of: (1) all of the marriage equality litigation news from the last month, including the latest developments on the certiorari petitions filed with the U.S. Supreme Court; (2) a case from New York's highest court involving the criminal law doctrine of repugnancy in the context of a transgender hate crime; (3) a Michigan federal district court striking down that state's ban on benefits for the partners of gay public employees; and (4) an interesting New York ruling involving an exception to the parental presumption for the children of married same-sex couples.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The...2014-12-0639 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: November 2014Discussion of: (1) all of the marriage equality litigation news since our last podcast in October, including the Sixth Circuit's long-awaited opinion that has now potentially reopened the door to Supreme Court review; (2) a case involving whether a straight man's sexual orientation has any relevance to whether he sexually abused another man; (3) a groundbreaking decision from the U.S. Office of Special Counsel that the Department of the Army engaged in unlawful discrimination against a transgender employee; and (4) where the 2014 election left the LGBT community.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater...2014-11-1051 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: September 2014Discussion of: (1) all of the marriage equality news since mid-July, including late breaking developments out of Louisiana and the Seventh Circuit; (2) President Obama's amending of important executive orders to protect the LGBT employees of the federal government and federal contractors; (3) an interesting parental rights case out of New Jersey; and (4) a decision involving a gay New York man's disturbing set of allegations against his gym.
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LGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: Summer 2014Discussion of: (1) all of the marriage equality news since the beginning of June, including the first federal appellate court decision finding that same-sex couples have the right to marry; (2) the disturbing Hobby Lobby ruling from the Supreme Court and what it could mean for the LGBT community; (3) an interesting bankruptcy court decision involving a woman who contracted HIV from her secretly gay husband; and (4) a New Jersey case that has offered a look inside the scary world of gay conversion therapy.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to...2014-07-1643 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: June 2014Discussion of: (1) the avalanche of marriage equality news from May; (2) a landmark reversal from the Department of Health and Human Services, overturning its blanket ban on transgender-related surgeries for those on Medicare; (3) an important New York case on the parental rights of spouses; and (4) an interesting ruling from an appellate court in New York about what the crime is when one accidentally murders their sex partner by asphyxiation.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal...2014-06-0345 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: April 2014Discussion of: (1) the latest federal court marriage
equality litigation news out of Michigan, Tennessee, the 4th Circuit, the 9th Circuit, and the 10th Circuit; (2) a decision ordering the City of New York to pay for a transgender girl in the foster care system's gender reassignment surgery; (3) a Massachusetts appeals court's affirmance of a jury’s rejection of a gay man’s tort claims against a former partner; and (4) a federal judge's dismissal of a gay man's claims arising out of a public nudity arrest at San Diego Pride in 2011.
Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT B...2014-04-0335 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: February 2014
Discussion of: (1) an important 9th
Circuit ruling that classifications drawn on the basis of sexual
orientation should be afforded heightened constitutional scrutiny; (2) the
latest 10th Circuit marriage equality litigation news; (3) a groundbreaking
decision from the Maine Supreme Judicial Court finding that transgender
students must be allowed to use the bathrooms that match who they are; and (4)
a decision to deny a second-parent adoption in New York that is raising a lot
of eyebrows.
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Law Notes, the most...2014-02-0638 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: December 2012Discussion of: (1) the impact of the U.S. presidential election and victories at the ballot box for the LGBT community as well as U.S. Supreme Court (non-)developments; (2) a setback for marriage equality litigation in Nevada; (3) a Canadian case concerning criminal liability for HIV transmission; and (4) a Maine case concerning the bullying & harassment of a transgender student. Visit le-gal.org to learn more about LeGaL, The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.2012-12-0640 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: November 2012Discussion of: (1) the 2nd Circuit's ruling in Windsor striking down Section 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act; (2) the first U.S. prosecution of an anti-gay hate crime under the Hate Crimes Prevention Act; and (3) a Kentucky state court ruling that the sexual orientation of a parent cannot alone be a determining factor in a custody decision. Visit le-gal.org to learn more about LeGaL, The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.
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LGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: October 2012Discussion of: (1) a MA federal court decision ordering gender reassignment surgery for a transgender inmate; (2) a CA case concerning claims that an Avis car rental discount extended to members of two LGBT organizations discriminated against heterosexuals; and (3) a custody dispute of a former NJ same-sex couple where one partner now wishes to relocate a child to Georgia. Visit le-gal.org to learn more about LeGaL, The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.2012-10-2139 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: September 2012Discussion of: (1) more DOMA developments and a loss for marriage equality proponents in Hawaii and (2) a case out of New York concerning New York City's adult zoning ordinance and the First Amendment. Visit www.le-gal.org to learn more about LeGaL, The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.2012-09-0644 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: June 2012Discussion of: (1) President's Obama's historic announcement of support for marriage equality; (2) 1st Circuit decision striking down Section 3 of DOMA; and (3) New York case concerning whether falsely calling someone gay is still slander per se.
Visit www.le-gal.org to learn more about LeGaL, The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, and to subscribe to Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, the most comprehensive monthly publication summarizing legal developments affecting the LGBT community here and abroad.2012-06-0539 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: May 2012Discussion of: (1) landmark ruling from the EEOC applying Title VII to discrimination claims based on gender identity, change of sex, and/or transgender status; (2) a Minnesota case concerning a union-administered employee benefits fund’s decision to drop a transgender woman from coverage after determining her marriage was not valid; and (3) a Mississippi case illustrating yet again some of the dangers for LGBT couples who do not make express their wishes about dividing up assets in the event of a break-up.
Visit www.le-gal.org to learn more about LeGaL, The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, and to subscribe to...2012-05-0544 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastLesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: November 2011The November 2011 podcast, featuring Professor Arthur Leonard of New York Law School & Brad Snyder, Executive Director of LeGaL - The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, focuses on three stories featured in the November issue:
A Washington State federal case concerning the disclosure of the names & addresses of petitioners for an anti-gay ballot initiative;
A case out of Australia concerning the requirements to be met to receive a gender reassignment certificate; and
A military case concerning a Marine who faced discipline for appearing in several gay porn videos.
Lesbian/Gay Law Notes, a publication of the LeGaL Foundation, is...2011-11-0800 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastThe Lesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast: October 2011The October 2011 podcast, featuring Professor Arthur Leonard of New York Law School & Brad Snyder, Executive Director of LeGaL - The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, focuses on three stories featured in the October issue: a 9th Circuit case concerning an effort by Arizona to repeal health care benefits for the same-sex partners of state employees; an Alaskan case concerning a challenge by three same-sex couples to the constitutionality of an Alaskan real property tax exemption; and a New York Surrogate's Court case involving a challenge to a probate decree relating to the will of member of a same-sex...2011-10-0400 minLGBT Bar NY PodcastThe Lesbian/Gay Law Notes Podcast (Sept. '11): DADT Repeal & MoreThe September 2011 podcast, featuring Professor Arthur Leonard of New York Law School & Brad Snyder, Executive Director of LeGaL - The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York, focuses on three stories in the September issue: the certification that paves the way for ultimate repeal of the military's Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy; a Wisconsin case concerning a state statute that sought to bar payment for hormone therapy or sexual reassignment surgery for prisoners diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder; and a Nebraska Supreme Court case concerning the rights of same-sex co-parents to pursue custody claims. Visit www.le-gal.org for more a...2011-09-0700 min