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11 Jun 2009, 4:07 am
"A conversation with representatives of Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders (GLAD), one of the principal legal and lobbying organizations pushing same-sex marriage, made clear that this legislator didn't speak for the gay rights movement, and he did not influence many others. [read post]
26 Feb 2017, 12:24 pm by GSU Law Student
EMAIL: nlgatgsu@gmail.com OUTLaw (formerly Lesbian and Gay Law Students Assoc.) [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 9:01 pm by Joanna L. Grossman
Arkansas was headed in that direction, but held off when it saw the potential economic costs from boycotts and other protests of perceived state intolerance toward gays, lesbians, and their marriages. [read post]
13 Jun 2009, 2:42 pm
  The suit filed in federal court in Boston by Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) doesn't even bother challenging Section 2, focusing entirely on Section 3, which is the much more important (and injurious) provision. [read post]
26 Feb 2024, 4:58 pm by INFORRM
’ This ‘culture war’ against trans people has also been cited by the International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association as one of the reasons behind the UK’s continuous drop in its annual rankings for LGBT rights across Europe. [read post]
12 Apr 2015, 9:08 pm by Lyle Denniston
Bonauto of Boston, the civil rights project director for Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, will argue for the couples on the issue of state power to forbid same-sex couples to marry, and Douglas Hallward-Driemeier of the Washington office of Ropes & Gray LLP, will argue for the couples on the issue of state power to refuse to recognize existing same-sex marriages. [read post]
26 Feb 2009, 6:43 am
"Earlier this week, another Republican state senator, Scott Renfroe, invoked the Bible and attempted to link "homosexuality" with murder during a debate on the extension of health benefits for the partners of gay and lesbian state workers. [read post]
17 Aug 2011, 6:41 am by Ruthann Robson - Guest
   Moreover, these interests raise the specter that they are not legitimate because they are based on animus or the desire to harm a politically unpopular group of gay men and lesbians. [read post]
14 Jun 2018, 1:01 pm by Mark Walsh
But a shirt displaying a rainbow flag could be worn “unless there was an issue on the ballot” that “related somehow … to gay rights,” he adds, quoting the lawyer defending Minnesota’s law. [read post]
30 Jun 2020, 3:38 am by Laura Nacyte
It is argued that the Convention challenges the binary sex system and paves the way for the recognition of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. [read post]
30 Jul 2008, 8:21 am
That's because these businesses already give their gay and lesbian employees many of the same benefits that they provide to their married straight workers. [read post]
6 Dec 2022, 5:01 am by Eugene Volokh
Gay and lesbian students, for instance, may understandably take personally speech that (say) proposes a rejection of same-sex marriage, a return to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the military, or a return to Bowers v. [read post]
7 Nov 2022, 8:07 am by Guest Author
  [18] White House, Office of the Press Secretary, President Biden Announces Eighth Round of Judicial Candidates, Sept. 30, 2021; Tia Mitchell, Biden Nominates Public Defender, Advocate to Atlanta-Based Federal Court, Atlanta J.- Const., Sept. 30, 2021 [read post]
7 Oct 2008, 1:50 am
Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) then filed suit on behalf of a group of couples from bordering states who sought to marry in Massachusetts, challenging the constitutionality of the 1913 law. [read post]
2 May 2010, 6:15 pm by John Culhane
Apparently, life in government during the interminable Bush years was a hell-hole, with most formerly out gay and lesbian folks scurrying back into the closet to save their jobs. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 11:33 am by Martha Minow
Hence advocates for and against same-sex marriage or special schools for immigrant youth or gay and lesbian youth, each claim the Brown ruling. [read post]
15 Aug 2009, 2:25 am
The difficulty with relying on the Thirteenth Amendment is that it would require extending its reach to groups that the Court has never recognized as falling under it: namely women, gays and lesbians, transsexuals, and transvestites, and the disabled. [read post]
9 Jul 2007, 12:58 am
Bolstered by influential organizations and pro bono advocates, some big firms regularly champion libertarian causes, while others challenge race-based policies and represent opponents of gay rights and abortion. [read post]
29 Apr 2009, 1:59 pm
The plaintiffs in Baker (local attorneys collaborating with Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders) agreed to accept this instead of pressing the court to reconsider the remedy, and the Civil Union Act went into effect. [read post]