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CFP: Inheritance and Inequality – Drexel Law Review
Announcement of Conference Symposium and Call for Proposals Inheritance and Inequality Fifth Biennial Conference on Critical Trusts & Estates and Symposium of the Drexel Law Review Expressions of interest due May 1, 2024 Program September 27-28, 2024, Philadelphia, PA We are pleased to … Continue reading
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Spindelman on “The New Intersectional and Anti-Racist LGBTQIA Politics: Some Thoughts on the Path Ahead”
Marc Spindelman (Ohio State) has posted to SSRN his essay The New Intersectional and Anti-Racist LGBTQIA Politics: Some Thoughts on the Path Ahead. Here is the abstract: This essay, originally presented as a talk at the Washington University School of … Continue reading
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Politics Not From Any Dictionary: Theorizing (and Living) a Trans-Welcoming Feminist Movement
Over at Signs is the most recent Feminist Frictions piece: Exploring Transgender Law and Politics by Catharine A. MacKinnon, with Finn Mackay, Mischa Schuman, Sandra Fredman, and Ruth Chang. It contains some very important insights from the authors, especially Professor … Continue reading
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On the Origins of the Term “Cis Gender”
Over at HuffPo, Dana Dufosse writes, “I Coined The Term ‘Cisgender’ 29 Years Ago. Here’s What This Controversial Word Really Means.” I coined the term “cisgender” in 1994. Nearly three decades later, the word has had ramifications I never dreamed … Continue reading
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“In Dedication”- British Artists’ Tribute to Trans Life
The “In Dedication” exhibit on display at The Koppel Project Hive in London includes the work of 28 trans and non-binary artists with “pieces themselves [that] explore themes of memory, community, the body, history, ancestors, desire, longing, future, ritual, healing, … Continue reading
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Wage Gap Data – Evidence from Greece
Nick Drydakis (Business and Law, Anglia Ruskin University, UK) has posted to SSRN his working paper, Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Labor Market Against Gay Men. Here is the abstract: The study replicates the first European field experiment on gay … Continue reading
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Queer History in New York’s “House of D”
NPR’s Fresh Air recently aired a segment called The Queer History of the Women’s House of Detention (May 16, 2022). Terry Gross interviewed Hugh Ryan, the author of The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison. … Continue reading
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Marc Spindelman on “Queer Black Trans Politics and Constitutional Originalism”
Marc Spindelman (OSU) has posted to SSRN his essay “Queer Black Trans Politics and Constitutional Originalism,” 13 ConLawNOW 93 (2022). Here is the abstract: Queer Black trans politics offer an important frame for understanding the current constitutional moment. This … Continue reading
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All In by @BillieJeanKing is a Fabulous Read
I just finished reading Billie Jean King’s memoir (written with Johnette Howard and Maryanne Vollers), All In. It’s a fantastic read for anyone interested in sports, second-wave feminism, Title IX, LGBT rights, social change (or several or all). The last … Continue reading
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Australia Capital Territory Criminalizes Stealthing
Stealthing, the non-consensual removal of a condom, is a crime in several jurisdictions, including California. See here. Last week, the Australia Capital Territory became the first jurisdiction in Australia to criminalize stealthing. Here is an excerpt of relevant press coverage: … Continue reading
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Professor Marie-Amélie George Receives 2021 Haub Law Emerging Scholar Award in Gender & Law
Professor Marie-Amélie George (Wake Forest) has been selected as the winner of the 2020-2021 Haub Law Emerging Scholar Award in Gender & Law for her paper Exploring Identity, 54 Fam. L. Q. (forthcoming 2021). Professor George is an Associate Professor; she … Continue reading
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Spindelman on “Bostock’s Paradox: Textualism, Legal Justice, and the Constitution”
Marc Spindelman (Ohio State) has posted to SSRN his article Bostock‘s Paradox: Textualism, Legal Justice, and the Constitution, 69 Buffalo Law Review 553 (2021). Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s opinion in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia—recognizing that anti-gay … Continue reading
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Spindelman’s Completed 6-Part Series: “The Shower’s Return: A Serial Essay on the LGBT Title VII Sex Discrimination Cases”
I previously blogged (here) The Shower’s Return: A Serial Essay on the LGBT Title VII Sex Discrimination Cases, a set of six papers by Marc Spindelman. Here is the abstract: “The Shower’s Return”–a series of six separately published papers, all … Continue reading
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Boso on “Anti-LGBT Free Speech and Group Subordination”
Luke Boso (San Francisco) has posted to SSRN a new article, Anti-LGBT Free Speech and Group Subordination. Here is the abstract: In 2020, the Supreme Court in Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia held that Title VII, a federal workplace antidiscrimination … Continue reading
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Spindelman, The Shower’s Return: A Serial Essay on the LGBT Title VII Sex Discrimination Cases
Marc Spindelman (Ohio State) has made available The Shower’s Return: A Serial Essay on the LGBT Title VII Sex Discrimination Cases. Here is the abstract: The Shower’s Return offers a detailed account of, and engagement with, important aspects of what … Continue reading
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Marc Spindelman on “Masterpiece Cakeshop’s Homiletics”
Marc Spindelman (Ohio State) has published Masterpiece Cakeshop’s Homiletics, 68 Cleveland State L. Rev. 347 (2020). Here is the abstract: Viewed closely and comprehensively, Masterpiece Cakeshop, far from simply being the narrow, shallow, and modest decision many have taken it … Continue reading
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@MarcSpindelman on “Obergefell’s Dreams”
I’m just catching up with some of the gems in my “to read” pile. I enjoyed very much Obergefell‘s Dreams by Marc Spindelman (Ohio State). Here is an excerpt from the intro: As doctrine, Hardwick has been defanged, but as … Continue reading
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Adler on “A Queer Critical Legal Studies Approach to Law Reform”
Libby Adler (Northeastern) has published Gay Priori: A Queer Critical Legal Studies Approach to Law Reform (Duke University Press, 2018). Here is the publisher’s description: In Gay Priori Libby Adler offers a comprehensive critique of mainstream LGBT legal agendas in … Continue reading
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Boso on “Rural Resentment and LGBT Equality”
Luke Boso (Visiting Professor, University of San Francisco School of Law) has posted to SSRN his article, Rural Resentment and LGBT Equality, forthcoming in 70 Fla. L. Rev. (2019). Here is the abstract: In 2015, the Supreme Court in Obergefell … Continue reading
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Law Student Scholarship Opportunity – Katherine Baird Darmer Equality Scholarship
The M. Katherine Baird Darmer Equality Scholarship Fund was named in memory of the late M. Katherine Baird Darmer, an activist, law professor, and champion of change for the LGBT community in Orange County and beyond. The Fund, which is … Continue reading
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Pratt on Tax Deductions for IVF, Egg Donation, and Surrogacy
Over at the TaxProf Blog, Professor Katherine Pratt (Loyola-L.A.) has an op-ed, Morrissey Creates New Uncertainty Regarding Tax Deductions for IVF, Egg Donation, and Surrogacy. Commenting on the Tax Court’s decision in Morrissey v. United States (11th Cir. Sept. 25, 2017), Pratt … Continue reading
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Ben-Asher on Faith-Based Emergency Powers
Noa Ben-Asher (Pace) has posted to SSRN her article, Faith-Based Emergency Powers, forthcoming in the Harvard Journal of Law & Gender. Here is the abstract: This Article explores an expanding phenomenon that it calls Faith-Based Emergency Powers. In the twenty-first … Continue reading
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Ben-Asher on “In the Shadow of a Myth: Bargaining for Same-Sex Divorce
Noa-Ben Asher (Pace) has posted to SSRN her article “In the Shadow of a Myth: Bargaining for Same-Sex Divorce,” forthcoming in 78 Ohio St. L.J. (2017). Here is the abstract: This Article identifies and offers solutions to an emerging problem … Continue reading
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Law Student Scholarship Opportunity: The M. Katherine Baird Darmer Equality Scholarship
The M. Katherine Baird Darmer Equality Scholarship Fund was named in memory of the late M. Katherine Baird Darmer, an activist, law professor, and champion of change for the LGBT community in Orange County and beyond. The Fund, which is … Continue reading
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Call For Papers: Special Issue of Canadian Journal of Women and the Law/Revue femmes et droit
From the mailbox: Appel à communications – édition spéciale dans la Revue femmes et droit Commémoration des travaux de la professeure Nicole LaViolette La Revue femmes et droit sollicite des observations rédigées en français sur l’intersection des LGBTQ … Continue reading
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Where There is Hatred, Let Us Sow Love
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Tait on “The Return of Coverture”
Allison Anna Tait (Richmond) has posted to SSRN her essay, The Return of Coverture, 114 Mich. L. Rev. First Impressions (2016). Here is the abstract: Once, the notion that husbands and wives were equal partners in marriage seemed outlandish and … Continue reading
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Joshi, “The Respectable Dignity of Obergefell v. Hodges”
Yuvraj Joshi, the Peter and Patricia Gruber Fellow in Global Justice at Yale Law School, has posted to SSRN his essay, The Respectable Dignity of Obergefell v. Hodges, forthcoming in the California Law Review’s Circuit (online publication). Here is an … Continue reading
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Alabama Same-Sex Marriage Rulings, 2015
Howard M. Wasserman, Florida International University College of Law, has published Crazy in Alabama: Judicial Process and the Last Stand Against Marriage Equality in the Land of George Wallace at 110 Northwestern University Law Review Online 201 (2015). Here is … Continue reading
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Equality and Non-Discrimination under International Law
For those who might be interested, here is a link to the introductory chapter in a volume of collected works on the subject published this year by Ashgate, part of a five-volume series on International Human Rights: Equality and Non-Discrimination under International … Continue reading
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CFP: National Women’s Studies Association’s Lesbian Caucus, November 12-15, 2015
From the Lesbian Caucus of the National Women’s Studies Association: The Lesbian Caucus of the National Women’s Studies Association invites submissions for a sponsored session on “The Revolutionary Lesbians of the 1970s,” to be held at the annual conference in … Continue reading
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Historic Preservation and LGBT History
Last month, the National Park Service announced (here) a “theme study” focused on sites related to LGBT history. The study’s aims (described here) are: engaging scholars, preservationists and community members to identify, research, and tell the stories of LGBT associated … Continue reading
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Bryan Adamson: Media Images of Michael Sam and Vito Cammisano Showed Us More Than We Thought
From my in-box: published here with permission, Bryan Adamson’s essay on Michael Sam, the media, and why challenging norms is not comfortable (or, apparently, welcome). The “Problem” With Michael Sam: It Wasn’t the Kiss Bryan Adamson, Associate Professor, Seattle University School of Law Through the … Continue reading
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Ensuring Access to Justice for Transgender People
In October, 2013, the New York State Judicial Institute sponsored a 3-day training program for judges and court personnel on “Transgender Litigants in the Courtroom: Providing Equal Access and Impartial Justice.” Transcripts of the program are available here, as is … Continue reading
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CFP: Special Issue of the Journal of Lesbian Studies//Pat Parker and Judy Grahn: Where Would I Be Without You?
From the FLP mailbox: 2016 will mark the fortieth anniversary of the only spoken word album produced by Olivia Records, Where Would I Be Without You? Featuring the poems of Judy Grahn and Pat Parker, Where Would I Be Without … Continue reading
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Gay polygamy in Utah?
By now you’ve heard the news. A federal judge in Utah just ruled that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. This follow on last week’s ruling, from a different judge, that portions of Utah’s polygamy statute were also … Continue reading
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CFP: Transnational Queer Activism
From the FLP mailbox, this CFP: Transnational Queer Activism Janice Irvine and Jill Irvine, eds. This call for papers seeks contributions to an edited volume on transnational queer and LGBT politics, movements, and activism. This volume will feature work that … Continue reading
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Family Status, Federalism, and the Windsor Decision
Courtney G. Joslin, University of California, Davis, School of Law, has published Windsor, Federalism, and Family Equality at 113 of Columbia Law Review Sidebar 156 2013). Here is the abstract. In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Kennedy, the Court held … Continue reading
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Converge! Re-Imagining the Movement to End Gender Violence
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS – SUBMIT YOUR PROPOSAL TO converge@law.miami.edu DUE DATE: Friday, October 18, 2013 (may be extended) For more conference information see http://www.law.miami.edu/academics/converge/ CONVERGE! Re-imagining the Movement to End Gender Violence, will bring together survivors, activists, and … Continue reading
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Windsor Same-Sex Marriage Aftermath: Everyone Just Sue the Bastards
Cross-posted at The Faculty Lounge. In 2004, after Massachusetts became the first state in the country to allow same-sex marriage, the ACLU distributed a memo warning people against bringing new same-sex marriage litigation. It was titled “Don’t Just Sue the Bastards.” … Continue reading
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Where Are the Liberal Justices on Gay Rights?
Cross-posted on The Faculty Lounge In re-reading the marriage cases this afternoon, something struck me: where are the liberals? There are six opinions in the two cases. Justices Kennedy wrote the majority opinion in Windsor, with Chief Justice Roberts and … Continue reading
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Sepper on “Doctoring Discrimination in the Same-Sex Marriage Debates”
Elizabeth Sepper (Washington University St. Louis) has posted to SSRN her working paper Doctoring Discrimination in the Same-Sex Marriage Debates, Indiana L.J. (forthcoming 2014). Here is the abstract: As an increasing number of state legislatures legalize same-sex marriage, some religious … Continue reading
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Update on Kaitlyn Hunt Case
Kaitlyn Hunt, the Florida high school senior accused of a sex offense for a lesbian relationship with a then-14 year old girl has rejected a deal that would have required her to plead guilty to third-degree felony child abuse. A … Continue reading
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Fla. Asst. State Attorney Prosecuting High School Senior for Same-Sex Relationship
There is a petition here at change.org urging the Indian River County (Florida) State Attorney and Assistant Attorney to stop the prosecution of 18-year old Kaitlyn Hunt, an 18-year old high school senior in a consensual relationship with a fellow … Continue reading
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Colorado Civil Unions: Marriage Minus
Did anyone notice that Colorado’s new civil union law purports to create a status that is the legal equivalent of marriage–except that parties to a civil union are prohibited from filing a joint state income tax return? (See § 14-15-117.) … Continue reading
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Joslin on “Marriage, Biology and Federal Benefits”
Courtney Joslin (Davis) has posted to SSRN her article Marriage, Biology, and Federal Benefits, Iowa Law Review (forthcoming). Here is the abstract: This Article approaches the topic of same-sex marriage from a novel perspective by scrutinizing the historical accuracy of … Continue reading
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Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, “Black Bodies and the Black Church: A Blues Slant”
From Palgrave, this new book by Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas (Religion, Goucher College): Black Bodies and the Black Church: A Blues Slant. Here’s is the publisher’s description: There is a problem in the black church. It is a problem with … Continue reading
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Suit Against Maine Public School Alleges Discrimination Against Transgender Student
From the Bangor (Maine) Daily News: A Superior Court judge will decide whether a lawsuit filed by an Orono couple over the local school district’s handling of their transgender child’s transition from male to female will go forward. A transgender … Continue reading
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Francine Banner on “Judicial Review of Intra-Military Sexual Assault Claims”
Francine Banner (Phoenix) has posted to SSRN her article, Immoral Waiver: Judicial Review of Intra-Military Sexual Assault Claims, Lewis & Clark L. Rev. (forthcoming 2013). Here is the abstract: This essay critiques the application of the Feres doctrine and the … Continue reading
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