LGBT Bar NY Podcast

Discussion 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...

Discussion 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 fo...

Discussion 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 Sp...

Discussion of: (1) all of the marriage equality litigation news, and lack thereof, since the beginning of September; (2) a Third Circuit panel's unanimous decision upholding New Jersey's ban on conversion therapy; (3) an interesting parental rights case out of Texas involving two dads that conceived a child via surrogacy; and (4) an unusual lawsuit filed by a white lesbian against a sperm bank tha...

Discussion 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 d...

Discussion 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 ga...

Discussion 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 accident...

Discussion of: (1) groundbreaking decisions for the transgender community from the highest courts in India and Australia; (2) the latest federal court marriage equality litigation news out of Ohio, Indiana, and the 10th Circuit; (3) an important new interpretation of Title VII's prohibition against sex discrimination; and (4) a discussion of Jo Becker's very controversial new book, Forcing the Spr...

Discussion 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...

Discussion of: (1) the latest federal district court marriage equality rulings out of Kentucky, Virginia, and Texas (with a note regarding Nevada's appeal at the 9th Circuit); (2) an Idaho Supreme Court decision opening up adoption to same-sex partners; (3) the terrible new anti-gay law signed by the president of Uganda; and (4) a 1st Circuit decision critical of a district court judge that does n...

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 (...

Discussion of: (1) the marriage equality rulings in New Mexico and Utah, as well as the Supreme Court decision to stay the Utah ruling; (2) a Colorado decision finding that a child can have two parents of the same sex; (3) international setbacks in India and Australia; and (4) an Indiana ruling concluding that a gender change does not void an existing marriage. Visit le-gal.org to learn more about...

In addition to a marriage equality update, discussion of: (1) a 9th Circuit administrative decision treating a federal court law clerk in an Oregon domestic partnership as if she was married for benefits purposes; (2) a Florida Supreme Court case involving the custody rights of a lesbian co-parent who had donated an egg that was fertilized in vitro and implanted in her same-sex partner; and (3) th...

In addition to a marriage equality update, discussion of: (1) a Missouri case concerning the (non-) rights of a partner of a deceased highway patrolman to his partner's death benefit; (2) a federal case out of Nevada finding that a child can have two legal mothers; and (3) a case concerning the sexual harassment claims brought by a female subordinate against her gay male supervisor. Visit  le-gal....

Discussion of: (1) marriage equality litigation news from NJ & Illinois; (2) a South Carolina case concerning sex reassignment surgery performed on an infant; and (3) a 6th Circuit case concerning the claimed free exercise of religion rights of a closely-held corporation objecting to providing health plans covering women's contraceptives. Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Associati...

Discussion of: (1) a 9th Circuit case rejecting a constitutional challenge to the state’s ban on so-called sexual orientation conversion therapy; (2) developments out of New Mexico concerning a wedding photographer’s refusal to participate in a same-sex wedding ceremony and broader marriage equality news; and (3) additional cases demonstrating again the far-reaching impact of the US Supreme Court’...

Discussion of: (1) the first case to go to trial involving a hate crimes prosecution under the amended Federal hate crimes law, which now covers sexual orientation and gender identity; (2) a case out of Michigan involving the First Amendment claims of a high school student who made anti-gay comments on Anti-Bullying Day; and (3) two cases out of Michigan invoking the Windsor decision, which involv...

This special edition of the podcast covers the major decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 in the Windsor and Perry cases, respectively. 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 & legislative develo...

Tune in for a brief update on marriage marriage equality developments and discussion of (1) a Florida case concerning whether gay sex qualifies as "sexual intercourse"; (2) a case out of Hong Kong concerning the right of a transgender woman to marry a man; and (3) an Iowa decision ordering the local health department to add the nonbirthing mother's name to the birth certificate of a married lesbia...

Discussion of: (1) global marriage equality developments; (2) a NJ case concerning the forced resignation of a gay teacher after discovery of sex-related items in his basement; and (3) the certification of a class action attacking Section 3 of DOMA in the context of spousal immigration rights. Visit le-gal.org to learn more about The LGBT Bar Association of Greater New York and to subscribe to Les...

Discussion of: (1) U.S. Supreme Court arguments in Prop 8 & DOMA; (2) a 4th Circuit ruling concerning Virginia's anti-sodomy statute; and (3) a case concerning homophobic threats communicated over Facebook. 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...

Discussion of: (1) the striking down of Austria's second-parent adoption ban; (2) the latest DOMA & Prop 8 developments in the U.S. Supreme Court; and (3) the firing of a lesbian Catholic school employee after she became pregnant through donor insemination. 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...

Discussion of: (1) a potential advance for transgender inmates seeking gender reassignment surgery; (2) the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear a challenge to the Federal requirement that NGOs working on HIV prevention affirmatively oppose prostitution; and (3) a California case involving the presumptive parentage claim of an adoptive parent's former same-sex partner. Visit le-gal.org to learn m...

Discussion of: (1) developments for marriage equality/DOMA cases in the U.S. Supreme Court; (2) a Montana case concerning an effort by six same-sex couples to obtain the equivalent of civil unions or domestic partnerships; and (3)  a Wisconsin case concerning whether that State’s domestic partnership law violates its anti-marriage equality amendment passed in 2006. Visit le-gal.org to learn more a...

Discussion 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...