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Cathy Sakimura has spent her entire professional life empowering young people, first as a youth organizer, then as the Deputy Director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and now as Executive Director of Legal Services for Children (LSC) in San Francisco. In this episode, Cathy describes why she has dedicated her life to serving children and families, how she manages the challenges, and what each of us can make a difference in a child's life, including donating money to LSC because it lost its federal funding that allowed it to serve immigrant children in detention. https://secure.everyaction.com/cVYzZjzhqkC12TIE2v3q7A2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

President Donald Trump made demonizing transgender people a core tenet of his political pitch, and his administration has wasted no time enacting a series of executive actions to strip trans people of their rights. Marisa and Scott talk to Imani Rupert-Gordon, the president of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, about how advocates are fighting back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A transgender prisoner has sued the Trump Administration over the constitutionality of one of his earliest executive orders that the lawsuit claims will put transgender prisoners at risk. We'll speak with Shannon Minter, Legal Director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights and part of the legal team representing the plaintiff in Maria Moe v Donald Trump. Read the Maria Moe v Donald Trump lawsuit: https://fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/legaldocs/klpyqyxqbpg/01272025moe.pdf Learn more about the National Center for Lesbian Rights: https://www.nclrights.org/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Prisoner Lawsuit Against Transphobic Executive Order w/ Shannon Minter appeared first on KPFA.

Send us a textWhat's up love doves! This chat features friend of the show and inimitable renaissance woman Munira Mona Morsy. Mona is a writer, poet, artist, and fight coach. We chat about a variety of topics including: artistic expression as an essential means of cultivating a healthy and dynamic culture, the intersection between comics and poetry, honoring migrants and migrant rights, and we even shift gears and discuss some nuts and bolts about self-defense and self-defense mindset, emphasizing the importance of ladies knowing how to physically defend themselves. Learning martial arts techniques not only builds confidence and neuroplasticity, it also equals things out if you consider yourself petite and are intimidated by larger humans. Remember ladies: dudes have one major vulnerability between their legs, it's really just waiting there to be kicked if need be. We even dip a toe into post-election stuff, and I feel it's always healthy and important to talk about difficult and polarizing issues in a respectful and productive way. We need to listen to one another more, in my opinion. Thanks for sharing head space!Check out Mona's innovative poetry comics on Instagram @thelighthousemonocle. You can order zines directly from her. They are awesome.You can also find Mona's work on Substack @: Musings of a Young Contrarian.Finally, her memoir, titled The Sky That Stole a Thousand Midnights, will be coming out next year, so stay tuned for that as well!One love, lr kerkawwwTRACKLISTSunnyBeats - Mexican Lofi Beats (Mix - YouTube)Girls Love Soul - Ep 035 feat. Big Beenz (Mix- Soundcloud)Support the showSupport My Sponsor:Magic Mind Adaptogenic & Nootropic Elixir 20% off at Checkout! Support Link here | Use Code: NOETICS20Tip me in Solana (crypto):Address: 9XPHpqH7GawTGtPgZAzfXFU6oPWTpSua1QXwRYAWVh9y If you dig the pod, check out the adjacent video & livestream show Barbarian Yak Fest on Rokfin: https://rokfin.com/BarbarianYakFestFind me on IG: barbarian_noetics Become a Patron: patreon.com/noetics (unlock bonus content plus win a Dream Interpretation)Direct Donate on PayPal @barbarian.noetics@proton.me Cash App@ $BarbarianRavenbuymeacoffee.com/noetics.Spread the word and tell a friend. Remember to set the BNP on Auto Download after you subscribe. I appreciate you all. Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976 allows for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, education and research....

In this special bonus episode, Whit Missildine interviews Alex Chen. Alex Chen is the Founding Director of the Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic and a founding member of Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition. In this conversation we discuss the legal and historical roots of the nuclear family, monogamy and the challenges and successes in the fight for rights for diverse family structures. Alex is one of the nation's leading experts in LGBTQ+ civil rights law. He also teaches Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and the Law at the Law School. Previously, Alexander served as an Equal Justice Works Fellow at the National Center for Lesbian Rights. He also co-drafted AB 2119, a bill that made California the first state to guarantee access to transition-related health care for trans youth in foster care. Alex received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he was the first openly transgender editor of the Harvard Law Review. You can find out more about Alex and his work at PLAC at polyamorylegal.orgProducers: Whit Missildine, Andrew WaitsContent/Trigger Warnings: sexual themes, explicit language Social Media:Instagram: @actuallyhappeningTwitter: @TIAHPodcastWebsite: thisisactuallyhappening.comSupport the Show: Support The Show on Patreon: patreon.com/happeningWondery Plus: All episodes of the show prior to episode #130 are now part of the Wondery Plus premium service. To access the full catalog of episodes, and get all episodes ad free, sign up for Wondery Plus at wondery.com/plus Shop at the Store: The This Is Actually Happening online store is now officially open. Follow this link: thisisactuallyhappening.com/shop to access branded t-shirts, posters, stickers and more from the shop. Transcripts: Full transcripts of each episode are now available on the website, thisisactuallyhappening.comIntro Music: "Illabye" – Tipper ServicesIf you or someone you know is struggling with the effects of trauma or mental illness, please refer to the following resources:National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Text or Call 988 National Alliance on Mental Illness: 1-800-950-6264National Sexual Assault Hotline (RAINN): 1-800-656-HOPE (4673)See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

During this special LinkedIn Live event, Mary sat down with Imani Rupert-Gordon to continue the discussion from our May 8 episode, The Next Act: Succeeding a Longtime Leader.Imani is the President of National Center for Lesbian Rights, her second role succeeding a longtime leader — earlier in her career she followed the founder of Affinity Community Services as their second Executive Director.If you missed this conversation on July 16, now's your chance to listen in!

Equality Florida sued Governor DeSantis et al., challenging H.B. 1557 (the "Don't Say Gay" law). The parties recently settled, and Florida agreed to limit the law's scope in significant ways.Robert is joined by John C. Quinn, a partner at Kaplan Hecker and Fink, and D. Brandon Trice, counsel at Kaplan Hecker and Fink. John and Brandon were part of a team of lawyers, led by Robbie Kaplan, who, along with the National Center for Lesbian Rights, represented Equality Florida. Documents: Second Amended ComplaintOrder Dismissing Second Amended ComplaintSettlement AgreementSummarily is sponsored by BetterHelp and The Law Office of Scott N. Richardson, P.A. Click the BetterHelp link (BetterHelp.com/Summarily) for 10% off your first month of BetterHelp. Thank you for listening. Please share the podcast with your friends and colleagues, and rate and review the show. Send your questions, comments, and feedback to summarilypod@gmail.com.Disclaimer: This podcast is for informational purposes only and is not an advertisement for legal services.  The information provided on this podcast is not intended to be legal advice.  You should not rely on what you hear on this podcast as legal advice. If you have a legal issue, please contact a lawyer.  The views and opinion expressed by the hosts and guests are solely those of the individuals and do not represent the views or opinions of the firms or organizations with which they are affiliated or the views or opinions of this podcast's advertisers.  This podcast is available for private, non-commercial use only.  Any editing, reproduction, or redistribution of this podcast for commercial use or Monetary gain without the expressed, written consent of the podcast's creator is prohibited.

In 2023, a record-breaking 586 bills were introduced across the United States that specifically targeted transgender people and their right to exist. From removing trans people's access to healthcare to their access to public bathrooms, sports, books, or simply the use of their names and pronouns, efforts to erase trans people were intense. The 2024 legislative season is around the corner, and there will undoubtedly be another onslaught of anti-LGBTQ bills up for debate.  Neca Allgood returns to the podcast to talk about the upcoming legislative season with Jen. They discuss the general categories of anti-trans legislation that occur, how to combat misinformation, and ways to make a difference politically. They also discuss the importance of resilience, healthy boundaries, and self-care during difficult times. Special Guest: Neca AllgoodNeca Allgood is the mother of a transgender son. She is a former President of Mama Dragons, a current Mama Dragons board member, and a former board member of Affirmation: LGBTQ Mormons, Families, and Friends. Neca and her husband own a small engineering consulting company. She has a PhD in Molecular Biology.  And Neca has been a powerful political ally to the LGBTQ community for over a decade now.Links from the Show:ACLU Legislation Tracking: https://www.aclu.org/legislative-attacks-on-lgbtq-rightsTrans Equality 2023 Legislation Tracking by State: https://transequality.org/state-action-center Track Trans Legislation: https://www.tracktranslegislation.com/  Southern Poverty Law Center Hate Map: https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map PFLAG newsletters: https://pflag.org/newsletters/ Truth Sandwiches: https://www.pbs.org/standards/blogs/standards-articles/what-is-a-truth-sandwich/ National Center for Lesbian Rights: https://www.nclrights.org/ Sue Robbins website: https://sueinut.com/ GLSEN: https://www.glsen.org/ Equality Federation: https://www.equalityfederation.org/ Join Mama Dragons today: www.mamadragons.org In the Den is made possible by generous donors like you.Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today at www.mamadragons.org.  Connect with Mama Dragons:WebsiteInstagramFacebookDonate to this podcast

The 2003 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned state laws against non-commercial private consensual adult same-gender sex reverberates today in the pivotal decisions on reproductive rights, as well as the Courts own ethical scandals. Our flashback report features “Lawrence v. Texas” lead attorney Ruth Harlow of Lambda Legal and litigants John Lawrence and Tyron Garner, Dallas Gay & Lesbian Alliance President Roger Wedell, Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council, Robert Knight of the Culture and Family Institute, Revs. Rob Schenck and Jerry Falwell, Sr. of the National Clergy Council, Kate Kendall of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Jennifer Pizer of Lambda Legal, San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano, Dallas attorney Mitchell Katine, Houston activist Ray Hill and San Diego queer columnist Rex Wockner. NewsWrap will return the week of January 8th. All this on the December 25, 2023 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/

Conversion therapy, sometimes called reparative therapy or sexual reorientation counseling, is an attempt to change a person's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. There is broad consensus in the medical community that sexual orientation and gender identity are immutable traits and that attempts to change these characteristics through conversion therapy or other means are not only unnecessary and ineffective, but also very harmful. In this week's episode of In the Den, Jen talks with Ryan Kendall about his experiences as a survivor of conversion therapy, his powerful testimony in California's Proposition 8 trial, and his current career as a civil rights attorney, working to protect marginalized people and give everyone a fair shot.Special Guest: Ryan KendallRyan is a survivor of conversion therapy who testified about his experiences in the Proposition 8 trial and in support of legislative bans in California, New York, and New Jersey. Ryan has worked as an advocate to eliminate conversion therapy, and his work has been featured in news stories, op-eds, scholarly articles, interviews, books, and theatrical performances. He is a graduate of Columbia University and the UCLA School of Law. Ryan is currently a civil rights attorney for the Systemic Impact Unit at Community Legal Aid SoCal.Links from the Show:Content Warning–some links contain homophobic language and talk of conversion therapy.“8”: A Play About the Fight for Marriage Equality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlUG8F9uVgMRyan's testimony excerpt from 8: A Play About the Fight for Marriage Equality: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kwBzbd9bHQVideo of California's Proposition 8 Case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgQKPGfKT84&list=PL83B3C0F7EC3ECDE4&index=34Born Perfect: https://www.nclrights.org/our-work/born-perfect/ Ryan on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmkendall/recent-activity/all/ Ryan's bio on the website for National Center for Lesbian Rights: https://www.nclrights.org/about-us/who-we-are/ryan-kendall-2/ California ban on conversion therapy: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-california-gaytherapy-idUSBRE88T0DR20120930 Ryan's story on CNN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGG7_kKkT50 Join Mama Dragons here: www.mamadragons.org In the Den is made possible by generous donors like you. Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today at www.mamadragons.org.Connect with Mama Dragons:WebsiteInstagramFacebookDonate to this podcast

Today after Kara and Nayeema take a quick walk down Rudy Giuliani memory lane, we turn to our guest: Imani Rupert-Gordon, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, to discuss the intensifying threat against LGBTQ+ rights in states from North Carolina to Florida. On the agenda: why trans kids are a target for hate, which rights could be on the chopping block next, and why the legal battles are so enmeshed with disinformation and narrative wars. Questions or comments? Email us at on@voxmedia.com or find us on social media. We're @karaswisher and @nayeemaraza on Instagram/Threads.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Twenty years ago this month, Canada's top court had just ordered marriage equality, civil unions hit the agenda in New Zealand, the U.S. Congress took up a bill to secure rights for lesbians and gays in bi-national relationships, and the long fight for transgender rights was just getting underway. Reports from August 2003 feature U.S. Representatives Jerrold Nadler and Mary Gay Scanlon, New Zealand M.P. Tim Barnett, U.S. President George W. Bush, California State Assemblymember Mark Leno and Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. (Correspondents: Hugh Young, Jim Waters, Cathy Sanchez and Bryan Goebel) And in NewsWrap: eight followers of an Islamic splinter group are arrested outside a Kuala Lumpur shopping center for an LGBTQ-supportive protest, a U.S. House subcommittee's hearing on pediatric gender-affirming care turns into a platform for the Republican majority's bigotry, U.S. federal appeals courts weigh in on trans rights and drag bans, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt executive orders transgender women out of existence, armed neo-Nazis join Gays Against Groomers to disrupt a Wisconsin town's Pride in the Park, and more international LGBTQ news reported this week by Michael Taylor-Gray and Sarah Montague (produced by Brian DeShazor).  All this on the July 31, 2023 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/

Eric and Gil start out onto topics then end ups having a heart to heart while discussing how the lack of accurate history taught shaped their lives.Support the showThe Adult Social Media The Q Lounge PodcastMusic by Spell with Spellone Productions with Sound Lab Studios (Starting season 5)Art by Diane with DemTees Designs (Starting Season 5)

Americans sat back in horror on March 27, 2023, as news of a mass shooting hit the airwaves and social media. The shooting occurred at The Covenant School, a private Presbyterian parochial school in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. Six people—three children and three staff members—were killed. First reports indicated that the shooter was "a woman."  Further investigation indicates that the shooter was trans or non-binary.  While most sane people are reacting to America's seemingly inability to solve the rising gun violence crisis, right wing voices from Marjorie Taylor Greene, to the New York Post, to Tucker Carlson are using the killings to raise ire against the transgender "community."  Carlson has elevated the murders to being a hatred and a war declared against Christians by transgender people. Today we discuss the escalating attacks on transgenderr people with award winning, premier civil rights attorney Shannon Minter. Shannon serves as the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Shannon was lead counsel for same-sex couples in the landmark California marriage equality case which held that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry and that laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation are inherently discriminatory and subject to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny.  We will also be discussing the 303 Creative LGBTQ discrimination case in front of the Supreme Court and the dangerous ruling that could result from that. With co-host Brody Levesque

Americans sat back in horror on March 27, 2023, as news of a mass shooting hit the airwaves and social media. The shooting occurred at The Covenant School, a private Presbyterian parochial school in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee. Six people—three children and three staff members—were killed. First reports indicated that the shooter was "a woman."  Further investigation indicates that the shooter was trans or non-binary.  While most sane people are reacting to America's seemingly inability to solve the rising gun violence crisis, right wing voices from Marjorie Taylor Greene, to the New York Post, to Tucker Carlson are using the killings to raise ire against the transgender "community."  Carlson has elevated the murders to being a hatred and a war declared against Christians by transgender people. Today we discuss the escalating attacks on transgenderr people with award winning, premier civil rights attorney Shannon Minter. Shannon serves as the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Shannon was lead counsel for same-sex couples in the landmark California marriage equality case which held that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry and that laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation are inherently discriminatory and subject to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny.  We will also be discussing the 303 Creative LGBTQ discrimination case in front of the Supreme Court and the dangerous ruling that could result from that. With co-host Brody Levesque

Hosts: Leah Murray and Greg Skordas The National Center for Lesbian Rights and the ACLU of Utah have announced they will file a lawsuit against the new Utah law banning transgender minors from getting surgeries and limiting hormone treatments. KSL Newsradio Reporter Lindsay Aerts joins us to break down the announcement and give us the details of this possible suit.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hosts: Leah Murray and Greg Skordas LGBTQ Advocacy Groups To File Lawsuit Over Utah's Transgender-Related Surgery Law The National Center for Lesbian Rights and the ACLU of Utah have announced they will file a lawsuit against the new Utah law banning transgender minors from getting surgeries and limiting hormone treatments. KSL Newsradio Reporter Lindsay Aerts joins us to break down the announcement and give us the details of this possible suit. Water Week At Capitol Hill It's water week at the state legislature, Utah State Senator Scott Sandall joins us to discuss what bills we should watch out for and he discusses two of the bills he is sponsoring. Utah Bill Would Let Home-School Students Play Sports Outside Their Boundary A new bill being discussed would let some students participate in sports outside of their boundary school. We are joined by the bill sponsor Utah Representative Jordan Teuscher to give all the details of this bill. Bill Could Ban Cellphones In Schools Phones are becoming more of a distraction in schools, Utah Representative Trevor Lee has a new bill to empower schools and teachers to have students store their phones when they are in class.   McCarthy To Meet Biden On Debt Ceiling And Spending The U.S. reached the debt ceiling over a week ago and we are no closer to both parties coming to an agreement. ABC News Correspondent Andy Field joins the show to discuss a future meeting between President Biden and House Speaker McCarthy. Sixth Memphis Police Officer In Tyre Nichols Case Taken Off Force The entire nation has been following the case of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died days after he was beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. We now learned a sixth officer has been taken off the force. Leah and Greg discuss. Blinken In Israel Urges Calm As Violence Soars Today, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jerusalem, as the Biden administration tries to contain a new surge of Israeli-Palestinian violence and navigate relations with the country's new right-wing government. ABC News Correspondent in Jerusalem Jordana Miller calls the show to discuss the conversations between both countries. Is Age 13 Too Early To Join Social Media? The US Surgeon General says he believes 13 is too young for children to be on social media platforms. We poll KSL Newsradio listeners and discuss if 13 is too young to join social mediaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KathyDan and Jess had a great chat this week about the LGBTQIA+ community. Jess shares some history on how the civil rights movement started providing gay rights and KathyDan defines what all those letters stand for. The ladies discuss how growing up gay can inherently create trauma and the importance of finding a therapist who is experienced in supporting and affirming LGBTQIA+ identity while also providing meaningful access to resources and supports that will allow the individual Ito thrive. The Asked and Answered listener question hit home for KathyDan this week as she shared some ideas on how to better manage a child's (and parent's) anxiety about leaving home for college.*************************Media Mentioned in today's episode:Armchair Expert w/ Dax Shepard- Dwayne Wade(Start at 56 minutes)https://open.spotify.com/episode/0ul9xjDcUTQHTF2CFeDjMH?si=mfNvbLZtQFefGN-ziTlxtA&context=spotify%3Ashow%3A6kAsbP8pxwaU2kPibKTuHEResources:The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/Safe Schools Coalition: http://safeschoolscoalition.org/Bi.org: https://bi.org/enGLSEN: https://www.glsen.org/National Center for Transgender Equality: https://transequality.org/National Resource Center for LGBT Aging: https://www.lgbtagingcenter.org/National Center for Lesbian Rights: https://www.nclrights.org/GLAAD: www.glaad.org*************************DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for educational purposes only and does not replace the advice you may be receiving from a licensed therapist.This podcast and website represents the opinions of KathyDan Moore, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Co-Host Jess Lowe, and their guests to the show and website. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for informational purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions.Views and opinions expressed in the podcast and website are our own. While we make every effort to ensure that the information we are sharing is accurate, we welcome any comments, suggestions, or correction of errors.Privacy is of utmost importance to us. All people, places, and scenarios mentioned in the podcast have been changed to protect patient confidentiality.This website or podcast should not be used in any legal capacity whatsoever, including but not limited to establishing “standard of care” in a legal sense or as a basis for expert witness testimony.  No guarantee is given regarding the accuracy of any statements or opinions made on the podcast or website.In no way does listening, reading, emailing or interacting on social media with our content establish a doctor-patient relationship.If you find any errors in any of the content of  these podcasts or blogs, please send a message to kdandjess@spillingthetheratea.com.Podcast Music by:  Lemon Music Studio************************* Have a question for our Asked and Answered Segment? Email Us!AskUs@spillingthetheratea.comFollow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/spillingthetherateapodcastFollow us on Facebook!https://www.facebook.com/Spilling-the-Thera-Tea-103883072393873/

The Respect for Marriage Act is now law. This is a monumental moment to celebrate especially given the makeup of the Supreme Court and Justice Thomas' threats to come for LGBTQ rights next. I had some friends who had the opportunity to attend in person. Imani Rupert-Gordon, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Cathy Renna, Communications Director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, and Brian Johnson, Executive Director of Equality Illinois. I asked them to record reflections of their experience and I want to share them with you now.    00:00 - Welcome & Intro 01:23 - Queer News Goes Weekly 01:50 - Top Stories This Week  02:18 - Intro Music by Aina Bre'Yon 02:59 - BG Is Home Now 04:50 - Who Will Get The Exclusive Interview? 05:26 - Lost & Found for Podcasters 06:05 - Respect For Marriage Act is Law 06:35 - Reflections From The Lawn 07:26 - Imani Rupert-Gordon 08:53 - Cathy Renna 09:38 - Brian Johnson 11:15 - Thank You 11:34 - Year In Review 15:08 - Honorable Mentions (top 10) 17:35 - Top 5 19:58 - Number 1 21:15 - Anna's Got A Word 22:00 - Outro

This week, the legendary trio, BETTY play their annual holiday show in New York. And if that isn't enough, they're on Kickstarter, raising the funds for a brand new album.We talked with Aly and Elizabeth about so many things, with the holidays and the new record only part of the great conversation.For more information, you can check out BETTY's website, or get all the links from their linktr.ee page. And, of course, if you want to help them over the finish line, donate a few dollars to get the new record made!

Tis the season for giving thanks, and we here at the Rules of the Game podcast are immensely grateful for the amazing work done by nonprofits across the country to advocate on behalf of ballot measures during the midterm elections. On this episode, we'll highlight several noteworthy wins. From protecting reproductive rights to expanding education access for Dreamers, it was truly a remarkable year for rallying public support and seizing policy wins at the ballot box. Our attorneys for this episode Leslie Barnes Natalie Ossenfort Tim Mooney   Shownotes   Ballot Measures: A Quick Review of the Rules   Yes, 501(c)(3) public charities CAN support / oppose ballot measures (including ballot initiatives, bond proposals, constitutional amendments, etc.) Public charities can lobby (within their lobbying limits) Advocacy for or against a measure = lobbying The public is a legislator in the ballot measure context Under the insubstantial part test, ballot measure advocacy = lobbying. Using the 501(h) election, ballot measure advocacy = DIRECT lobbying. Public charities should refrain from supporting / opposing candidates that may appear on the same ballot (remain nonpartisan) Different rules for private foundations, which should NOT engage in ballot measure advocacy due to prohibitive excise tax, but can take advantage of lobbying exceptions and use general support grants and specific project grant safe-harbors to support the work of their grantees 501(c)(4)s can engage in nonpartisan as well as partisan ballot measure work, but partisan work should remain a secondary activity of the organization Regardless of what type of tax-exempt org you may work for, also keep in mind state / local law, which may require reporting of ballot measure activities and expenditures   Big Wins!   Arizona Proposition 308 Championed by Mi Familia Vota, Unidos US, Arizona Community Foundation, and more! Grants undocumented Arizona high school graduates the ability to obtain in-state college tuition prices and gets rid of Prop 300, which passed with 71% of vote in 2006 and banned state benefits for undocumented persons   Measure 26-228 in Portland, Oregon Championed by Coalition of Communities of Color (Unite Oregon, Latino Network, Muslim Educational Trust, Imagine Black, NAYA Family Center, Pacific Islander & Asian Family Center, LWV Portland, etc. Expands City Council - Creates four City Council districts with three councilors each and ends City Councilmembers managing day-to-day city services and operations.   Emancipation on the Ballot 5 states (OR, TN, AL, LA, and VT) considered proposed state constitutional amendments asking voters whether to abolish slavery Passed in 4 states. LA voters will try again with a revised ballot measure. NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund explains why slavery is still legal in over a dozen states and permitted under the US constitution Why Slavery is Still Legal in America – And How Voters Can Take Action (naacpldf.org) Congress considering amendment to 13th Amendment Alabama Citizens for Constitutional Reform worked to pass AL's new constitution that removed slavery as well as multiple racist provisions Nonprofits will continue to play vital role in implementing these laws   Michigan Proposal 3 (aka Reproductive Freedom for All Proposal) Establishes new independent right to reproductive freedom in state constitution and invalidates conflicting state laws Allows state to regulate abortion after fetal viability, but not if abortion is necessary for patient's physical or mental health Supported by Planned Parenthood Advocates of Michigan, ACLU of Michigan, Michigan Voices, and others Similar wins in California and Vermont. VT's Proposal 5 won with 72% of the vote! Abortion rights now enshrined in VT constitution. It was supported by groups like ACLU of VT, LWV VT, Alliance for a Better VT and more.     Michigan Proposal 2 (Expanding Voting Access) Championed by ACLU of Michigan, NAACP Michigan State Conference, and League of Women Voters of Michigan Changes voting policies in Michigan, including requiring nine days of early voting, authorizing absentee ballot drop boxes, and allowing voters without photo ID to sign an affidavit verifying their identity.   DC Initiative 82 Championed by DC Committee to Build a Better Restaurant Industry, National Center for Lesbian Rights, DC for Democracy, National Employment Law Project Once again the voters are eliminating the sub-minimum tipped wage, and all servers and bartenders that were under this system will be moved into full minimum wage over the course of the next few years.   Resources Ballot Measures and Public Charities: Yes, You Can Influence that Vote Ballot Measures and Recalls: Basic Rules for 501(c)(3) Public Charities, 501(c)(4)s, and Unions Being a Player: A Guide to IRS Lobbying Regulations for Advocacy Charities Foundations and Ballot Measures Bolder Advocacy's TA hotline: 866-NP-LOBBY Email us at advocacy@afj.org Our website is org

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In this episode of The Brief, first aired on June 8, 2021, we speak with https://www.equalityfederation.org/about/staff/ (Vivian Topping), director of advocacy and civic engagement at the Equality Federation, and https://www.nclrights.org/about-us/who-we-are/shannon-price-minter/ (Shannon Minter), legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights about the record-setting pieces of legislation the GOP has put forward to try and hurt transgender Americans.

Over Pride weekend this year, the Supreme Court overturned a 49-year-old precedent established in 1973 in Roe v. Wade, reversing the federal right to abortion access in the US. This by itself is a massive social and legal earthquake, but the aftershocks--as promised by Justice Thomas--could reverse other rights. In today's PrideCast, we cover that decision, the basis for it, what may come next, and dive in deep to the legal and constitutional concepts of Substantive Due Process and the Right to Privacy. Our guest today is Julie Gonen (PhD, JD), the federal policy director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, an expert on reproductive law and just the person we want to talk to about Dobbs and Roe.A few resources for our listeners (referenced in the podcast):Map of state laws: https://reproductiverights.org/maps/abortion-laws-by-state/See ineedana.com for up to date info on which clinics are operating throughout the countryDonate to Keep Our Clinics to provide direct support to independent clinicsDonate to Abortion Funds: A donation to the National Network of Abortion Funds brings abortion funds closer to a future where all people have access to abortion without shame or stigma. Support/Share Practical Support Organizations (PSOs): PSOs help abortion seekers with travel and logistical support.Direct legal services for those seeking abortion care·         Repro Legal Helpline provides free and confidential legal advice and information on self-managed abortion to people anywhere in the states or U.S. territories (also on parental involvement laws and judicial bypass for young people under 18).·         Repro Legal Defense Fund provides financial assistance to people criminalized for self-managed abortion and pregnancy loss by assisting with bail, attorney fees, and defense costs

Happy Saturday! On this week's show, Alex discusses the federal government's disastrous response to the Monkeypox outbreak with Christopher Vasquez, the comms director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, a national civil rights organization for all LGBTQ people. Alex also talks about Carl Nassib, and why it's way too premature to say his sexuality is the reason he's still unsigned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scott and Marisa discuss how updated vote counts have changed primary election night narratives and analyze the key role of Californians in the January 6 hearings. Then, longtime LGBTQ legal rights advocate Kate Kendell, with The California Endowment, joins to talk about her career of legal victories, why she thinks civil liberties advocates "can't count on the court anymore,' her roots in the Mormon church and career at the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

In this episode, Robin announces her latest collaboration with Women OUT West Tours whereby Robin will lead and facilitate in-person “Firefly” Retreats in Escalante, UT.  The inaugural Firefly retreat is October 9-13, 2022. But that won't be the last, so if you cannot make it on October 9, there will be plenty more to sign-up for. What an opportunity to be out in nature and have deep, meaning facilitated, and non-facilitated conversations with other women who ‘get you'! In this episode, Robin also touches upon a little bit of Gay History when she discusses the Stonewall Riots, the book, “Game Changers: Lesbians You Should Know About”, and her new favorite podcast, “Making Gay History”, by Eric Marcus. “Making Gay History's” unique format, historic context and non-celebrity interviews make for an entertaining AND sobering way to learn about the mind-blowing prejudices and harassment our gay brothers and sisters endured, and oftentimes didn't endure, before us. In this episode, you will also learn… The importance of knowing our Gay History. As a Late Bloomer herself, Robin describes how little she knew about the Stonewall Riots that took place on June 27, 1969, and decided she wanted to learn more about her gay brothers and sisters who came before her. The importance of PRIDE month and little ways you can feel and show your Pride during the month of June. The the Women Loving Women (Virtual) Speaker Summit is on Saturday, June 25th at 3pm EST. Sign up using this Calendly link: https://calendly.com/womenlovingwomen/women-loving-women-speaker-summit-2 The only way to get your hands on a copy of the book, “Game Changers: Lesbian You Should Know About” is to go to: www.lesbiangamechangers.com How one lesbian, Donna Hitchens, a recent law school graduate changed the lives of hundreds, maybe even thousands, of lesbians first, by forming, (with some help from Equal Rights Advocates in San Francisco), The Lesbian Rights Project, which later became the NCLR, (the National Center for Lesbian Rights). How the birth of “Curve” magazine came about, thanks to the former bookstore clerk and magazine Founder, Frances “Franco” Stevens. First and foremost, “Curve” was a celebration of the women shaping our community.  Links to resources: Join our private FB Group: Coming Out Late Community at: www.facebook.com/groups/comingoutlatecommunity/ Want to come to a nighttime WOMEN LOVING WOMEN support group? Or, a daytime WOMEN HELPING WOMEN support group? Email me a request for the Zoom ID & PW's to: Comingoutlater@gmail.com Wanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider 'buying me a coffee' as a sign of appreciation. Any and all donations are deeply, deeply appreciated!!  Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglass Robin is launching a new, safe ‘n secure Community for all women who love women in Circle.so. This new paid membership community will be officially launching during PRIDE Month - June 2022. Stay tuned for more details. Resources mentioned in this podcast include: Bloomers Society Julia Ruiz Hoffman and her Bloomer's Society can be found at: www.bloomerssociety.com The “Lesbian Chronicles” podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lesbian-chronicles-coming-out-later-in-life/id1468550568?i=1000563115527 “Making Gay History” podcast by Eric Marcus: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/making-gay-history-lgbtq-oral-histories-from-the-archive/id1162447122 Book: “Game Changers: Lesbians You Should Know”, by Robin Lowey, Go to: www.lesbiangamechangers.com For more Gay History, check out Youtuber: Kathy Baldock Visit: www.CanyonWalkerConnections.com for insights into the intersection between faith and sexual orientation and gender!

In this episode, Robin announces her latest collaboration with Women OUT West Tours whereby Robin will lead and facilitate in-person “Firefly” Retreats in Escalante, UT.  The inaugural Firefly retreat is October 9-13, 2022. But that won't be the last, so if you cannot make it on October 9, there will be plenty more to sign-up for. What an opportunity to be out in nature and have deep, meaning facilitated, and non-facilitated conversations with other women who ‘get you'! In this episode, Robin also touches upon a little bit of Gay History when she discusses the Stonewall Riots, the book, “Game Changers: Lesbians You Should Know About”, and her new favorite podcast, “Making Gay History”, by Eric Marcus. “Making Gay History's” unique format, historic context and non-celebrity interviews make for an entertaining AND sobering way to learn about the mind-blowing prejudices and harassment our gay brothers and sisters endured, and oftentimes didn't endure, before us.In this episode, you will also learn…The importance of knowing our Gay History. As a Late Bloomer herself, Robin describes how little she knew about the Stonewall Riots that took place on June 27, 1969, and decided she wanted to learn more about her gay brothers and sisters who came before her.The importance of PRIDE month and little ways you can feel and show your Pride during the month of June.The the Women Loving Women (Virtual) Speaker Summit is on Saturday, June 25th at 3pm EST. Sign up using this Calendly link: https://calendly.com/womenlovingwomen/women-loving-women-speaker-summit-2The only way to get your hands on a copy of the book, “Game Changers: Lesbian You Should Know About” is to go to: www.lesbiangamechangers.comHow one lesbian, Donna Hitchens, a recent law school graduate changed the lives of hundreds, maybe even thousands, of lesbians first, by forming, (with some help from Equal Rights Advocates in San Francisco), The Lesbian Rights Project, which later became the NCLR, (the National Center for Lesbian Rights).How the birth of “Curve” magazine came about, thanks to the former bookstore clerk and magazine Founder, Frances “Franco” Stevens. First and foremost, “Curve” was a celebration of the women shaping our community. Links to resources:Join our private FB Group: Coming Out Late Community at: www.facebook.com/groups/comingoutlatecommunity/Want to come to a nighttime WOMEN LOVING WOMEN support group? Or, a daytime WOMEN HELPING WOMEN support group? Email me a request for the Zoom ID & PW's to: Comingoutlater@gmail.comWanna support our “Coming Out Late” podcast? Then please consider 'buying me a coffee' as a sign of appreciation. Any and all donations are deeply, deeply appreciated!!  Simply go to: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/RobinDouglassRobin is launching a new, safe ‘n secure Community for all women who love women in Circle.so. This new paid membership community will be officially launching during PRIDE Month - June 2022. Stay tuned for more details.Resources mentioned in this podcast include:Bloomers SocietyJulia Ruiz Hoffman and her Bloomer's Society can be found at: www.bloomerssociety.comThe “Lesbian Chronicles” podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lesbian-chronicles-coming-out-later-in-life/id1468550568?i=1000563115527“Making Gay History” podcast by Eric Marcus

I just want to say this level of hate is fueled by fear and ignorance. Plain and simple. One of my jobs is to report on it so you're aware and so you can support people, organizations, and movements fighting on our behalf. Today it's NCLR and I'm grateful for their work because it's more than a full time job to keep up with the hateful well oiled machine that is the Republican anti-trans & anti-lgbtq movement. They are obsessed with our trans fam right now and there are lots of ways to fight and NCLR does their fighting in the courtroom.  00:00 - Welcome & Intro 01:05 - E3 Radio Ad, Tune-in at https://e3radio.fm #QueerRadioDoneRight  01:28 - Intro Music by Aina Bre'Yon 02:08 - NCLR  fights back against anti-trans & anti-LGBTQ legislation across the country 07:15 - Anna's Got A Word    Things for you to check out  Justice Access + Equity Donation Form https://www.nclrights.org/get-involved/justicefund/donate Stop Florida's “Don't Say Gay Or Trans” Legislation https://www.nclrights.org/our-work/discrimination/dont-say-gay-or-trans  Queer News Report on NCLR Taking the Fight to Florida  https://e3radio.fm/ftfx About Queer News An intersectional approach to daily news podcast where race & sexuality meet politics, entertainment and culture. Tune-in to reporting which centers & celebrates all of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & comrade communities. Hosted by Anna DeShawn. 7 minutes a day, 5 days a week. We want to hear from you. Tune in and tell us what you think. email us at info@e3radio.fm. follow anna deshawn on ig & twitter: @annadeshawn. and if you're interested in advertising with “queer news,” write to us at info@e3radio.fm.

The family of Irene Chavez has started a GoFundMe. Trans wrestler Nyla Rose stood up for herself during a match and gave a transphobic fan the bird. Consider giving to the National Center for Lesbian Rights this holiday season. It's Kwanzaa and today's principle is Ujamaa.  Leave us a voice message: What does the Kwanzaa principle for today mean to you? https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/243669/6/pcob6pshf937qiob Show Notes 00:00 - Welcome & Intro 00:26 - The Qube Ad 00:49 - Intro Music 01:31 - The family of Irene Chavez has started a GoFundMe 01:54 - Trans wrestler Nyla Rose stood up for herself during a match and gave a transphobic fan the bird 02:44 - Consider giving to the National Center for Lesbian Rights this holiday season 03:47 - Harambee! It's Kwanzaa 04:31 - Anna's Got a Word About Queer News An intersectional approach to daily news podcast where race & sexuality meet politics, entertainment and culture. Tune-in to reporting which centers & celebrates all of our lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & comrade communities. Hosted by Anna DeShawn. 7 minutes a day, 5 days a week, ready by 9 a.m. We want to hear from you. Tune in, and tell us what you think. Email us at info@e3radio.fm. Follow Anna DeShawn on IG & Twitter: @annadeshawn. And if you're interested in advertising with “Queer News,” write to us at info@e3radio.fm.

Lauren and Emily talk about the events of October 10-16 throughout history: the 2nd National March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights, Uruguayan Flight 571, baby Jessica falls in a well, and more! Plus, lots of action in the Rec Room.

LezPod Interviews Pandora Events with Yesi Leon and Amy Alonso | Hosted by Alexandria Friedlander These are the women behind Pandora Events and this powerhouse lesbian event production company from South Beach have created and produce some of the hottest women's soiree's in the country including Girls In Wonderland in Orlando, Shedonism Las Vegas, Aqua Girl in Miami Beach, Women's White Party and the official women's events of Atlanta Pride and Charlotte Pride, as well as, monthly themed parties from Miami to the Palm Beaches to this week's episode! They bring together the hippest venues, rockin' girl djs and over the top shows to keep ladies from around the world coming back for more. Not only that, the girls, believe in partying with a purpose, many of their events and free time benefit causes they are passionate about including the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the Aqua Foundation for Women, as well as HRC, Save Dade, National Voices for Equality Education and Enlightenment, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Bringing great entertainment from both seasoned veterans and up-and-comers is all part of the fun. They work with a wide range of talented performers including funny girls, Suzanne Westenhoeffer, Julie Goldman and Dana Goldberg, singing sirens and rockers, Uh Huh Her, Hunter Valentine, Betty, Sophie B Hawkins, Melissa Ferrick, Goddess and She, Halcyon and the State Of along with the hottest girls DJs like DJ/Producer Tracy Young, Alyson Calagna, Pride, Pat Pat, Whitney Day and Brynn Taylor just to name a few. Celebs love to host their parties or just stop by for a cocktail so you never know who you'll run into, like L Word stars Leisha Hailey and Pam Grier to The Real L Word personalities Whitney Mixter, Tracy Ryerson and Rose Garcia, reality stars The Kardashians, Dani Campbell and Rachel Robinson, mega music stars Missy Elliott, Janet Jackson and Pitbull, they have all partied with Pandora. They love what they do and appreciate every patron and supporter. Excited to have 2 out of 3 founders on the show!

LGBTQ seniors are among the most important and rapidly growing segment of our community. Understanding LGBTQ history can help us be better caretakers and advocates for LGBTQ older adults. Our guest, Amy Whelan has been a Senior Staff Attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) since 2011 and works on NCLR's full range of litigation, policy, and public education work. Amy litigates complex civil cases around the country regarding marriage equality, employment discrimination, Title IX, family law, access to healthcare, prisoners' civil rights, the First Amendment, and other constitutional matters. Amy and the entire staff at NCLR keenly understand the special needs of the LGBTQ community, especially our LGBTQ seniors and their caregivers. Listen in and learn how Amy and the National Center for Lesbian Rights are creating Healing Ties all around us!

LGBTQ seniors are among the most important and rapidly growing segment of our community. Understanding LGBTQ history can help us be better caretakers and advocates for LGBTQ older adults. Our guest, Amy Whelan has been a Senior Staff Attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) since 2011 and works on NCLR's full range of litigation, policy, and public education work. Amy litigates complex civil cases around the country regarding marriage equality, employment discrimination, Title IX, family law, access to healthcare, prisoners' civil rights, the First Amendment, and other constitutional matters. Amy and the entire staff at NCLR keenly understand the special needs of the LGBTQ community, especially our LGBTQ seniors and their caregivers. Listen in and learn how Amy and the National Center for Lesbian Rights are creating Healing Ties all around us!

Brooke and Katie watch live as tweets come pouring in transcribing Britney Spears' heart-wrenching plea to a judge listing the atrocities she's endured at the hands of her father under her conservatorship. We also discuss the interesting timing of Taylor Swift choosing to rerelease "Red" next, and have to wonder if it has anything to do with her *ALLEGED* ex Dianna Agron's coming out. We also talk about how much we love Pixar's latest movie, "Luca," and unpack the ways it alludes to the telling of a young boy's first innocent, gay love. We rave about Lorde's "Solar Power" and upcoming tour, and for our NTBABBs rant about photobombing and not knowing how to ride a bike.

All month, we're celebrating Pride.  Tune in to hear about  amazing members of the LGBTQIA+ community.Every weekday, listeners explore the trials, tragedies, and triumphs of groundbreaking women throughout history who have dramatically shaped the world around us. In each 5 minute episode, we'll dive into the story behind one woman listeners may or may not know -- but definitely should. These diverse women from across space and time are grouped into easily accessible and engaging monthly themes like Leading Ladies, Activists, STEMinists,  Local Legends, and many more. Encyclopedia Womannica is hosted by WMN co-founder and award-winning journalist Jenny Kaplan. The bite-sized episodes pack painstakingly researched content into fun, entertaining, and addictive daily adventures.Encyclopedia Womannica was created by Liz Kaplan and Jenny Kaplan, executive produced by Jenny Kaplan, and produced by Liz Smith, Grace Lynch, Maddy Foley, Brittany Martinez, Edie Allard and Lindsey Kratochwill. Special thanks to Shira Atkins, Carmen Borca-Carrillo, Taylor Williamson, Ale Tejeda, and Sundus Hassan.We are offering free ad space on Wonder Media Network shows to organizations working towards social justice. For more information, please email Jenny at jenny@wondermedianetwork.com.Follow Wonder Media Network:WebsiteInstagramTwitter

Republican attacks on transgender Americans and transgender youth, in particular, have skyrocketed in 2021. Roughly 150 anti-trans bills combined have been introduced in over 30 state legislatures this year, setting a new record for anti-trans legislation in a single session. Today on Daily Kos' The Brief Kerry and Markos explore the personal, political, and legal implications of the GOP's latest attack on the LGBTQ community and trans youth, in particular, with Vivian Topping, director of advocacy and civic engagement at the Equality Federation, and Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Peter-Astrid speaks with Imani Rupert-Gordon, executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, about trans rights and the organization's work under the Biden administration.

The national conversation over transgender students’ inclusion in student athletics and school facilities has received unparalleled levels of attention in the past weeks. Some transgender advocates argue affording equal rights to transgender students requires forcing public schools to allow transgender students access to the sports team, the locker room, and the bathroom that matches the gender the trans student identifies with. Others oppose such mandatory access, arguing that treating transgender boys who identify as girls the same as biological girls undermines hard-fought women’s gains in developing women’s sports and safety-protections.Join us for a discussion between Shannon Minter, transgender rights advocate and Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Lauren Adams, noted feminist advocate and Legal Counsel at Women’s Liberation Front. Featuring: -- Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights-- Lauren Adams, Legal Counsel, Women's Liberation Front -- Moderator: Hon. Kenneth L. Marcus, Founder and Chairman, Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law

Michelle chats with attorneys Ming Wong of the National Center for Lesbian Rights and Michelle Garcia from New Mexico Legal Aid about protecting the legal rights of LGBTQ people in rural areas. There are more than 3 million rural LGBTQ residents, according to Wong. Garcia says that many LGBTQ individuals in rural communities face isolation, which can lead to self-harm or suicide. Wong discusses the efforts in states, such as Arkansas, to use religious exemptions to weaken anti-discrimination laws, both for LGBTQ people and other marginalized groups. Garcia describes the impact of federal protections for LGBTQ communities in rural areas, many of whom do not have legal protections on either the state or local level. Wong encourages interested listeners to contact their federal representatives about the Equality Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Garcia asserts that it is important to implement equitable policies to ensure all rural residents, including LGBTQ individuals, can live fulfilling lives. This episode is sponsored by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, www.nclrights.org.  

In today's News: Biden’s committee funnels money to abortion/LGBT groups The Biden Presidential Inaugural Committee has listed Planned Parenthood and LGBT organizations as the beneficiaries of any donations made for the flags which took the place of spectators on the National Mall, as Biden marks his first day in office by emphasizing his links to abortion and LGBT ideology. Some of the groups mentioned include: Stonewall Community Development Corporation; Rainbow Family 808 Com Inc; Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund; National Center for Lesbian Rights; The Trevor Project; Wanda Alston Foundation; Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center; Howard Brown Health Center; Henderson Equality Center; Planned Parenthood Federation of America; LGBT Center of Greater Reading; Equality Maine Foundation; GLAAD. White House website now asks for pronouns Just hours after Democrat Joe Biden’s swearing-in as President of the United States, the official White House contact page has already been updated to ask users to include their preferred gender pronouns, another early gift to LGBT activists. Among the White House website contact page’s usual fields for name, prefix, phone number, and such is a new “pronouns” field, with the options “she/her,” “he/him,” “they/them,” “Other,” and “Prefer not to share.” The change is in line with the aggressively pro-LGBT platform Biden ran on, the centerpiece of which was forcing widespread accommodation of homosexuality and “gender fluidity” on private citizens by urging passage of the so-called Equality Act. During the campaign, he went so far as to endorse children as young as eight “deciding” they’re transgender, and earlier this week he chose Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine, a man who claims to be a woman, as Assistant Secretary of Health. Medical group affirms adoption In an updated statement published today, the American College of Pediatricians (ACPeds) affirms adoption as the best option for children who cannot be raised within their natural families. An appropriate adoptive family provides a child with love, permanency, stability, and the same legal rights as a child born into that family. Dr. Leah Wilson is a board-certified pediatrician, ACPeds director, and adoptive parent. She knows firsthand that an infant’s adoptive placement is a courageous, loving, and life-giving alternative to abortion. Dr. Wilson states, “Women experiencing a crisis pregnancy should receive counseling about options including open and semi-open adoption arrangements. Women considering abortion due to an adverse prenatal diagnosis should also be informed of the availability of adoptive families for children born with disabilities.” Governor vetoes pro-life legislation As expected, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear vetoed a pro-life bill Tuesday that would give the attorney general power to hold abortion facilities accountable to basic health and safety standards. WAVE 3 News reports state House Bill 2 was one of five bills that the pro-abortion Democrat governor rejected this week. The others involved the governor’s powers in a crisis, such as the coronavirus pandemic. Sponsored by state Rep. Joseph Fichter, R-Fort Thomas, the pro-life legislation would give the state attorney general power to hold abortion facilities accountable if they do not comply with state health regulations. Currently, that power rests with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, which is led by the current governor’s appointee.

Gay and Lesbian Rights in Ageing Inc (GRAI) members June Lowe and Pam Mulholland chat to Leigh Andrew Hill about Lesbians Who Lunch & Meet N Muse, two social groups for older LBTQ+ women in WA.

On this week’s episode, I talk to Adrian Shanker, Founder and Executive Director of the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. We talk about the upcoming book he edited and contributed to, “Bodies and Barriers: Queer Activists on Health” which tackles the pervasive health issues queer people experience throughout their lives through artfully articulated, data-informed essays by twenty-six activists. “Bodies and Barriers” has been named by NBC News as one of “10 LGBTQ books to watch out for in 2020” and includes a foreword by Rachel L. Levine, M.D., currently the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health, and an afterword by Kate Kendell who, for 24 years, led National Center for Lesbian Rights as their Executive Director. There’s a lot to listen to here, so , let’s get started… Get more information at www.adrianshanker.com!  Find more resources at bradburysullivancenter.org/coronavirus This episode is brought to you by Burke Insurance Agency! Listen for their ad at the end of this episode and find out more about them here. Welcome to the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast. The aim of this podcast is to connect you to stories and personalities living in or affecting the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania, encompassing the cities of Allentown, Bethlehem, and Easton and many other wonderful communities in-between. We talk to business owners, musicians, authors, students, politicians, and maybe even you. Get all of our links here. Want to be a guest? info@lehighvalleywithlovemedia.com Subscribe to the Lehigh Valley with Love Podcast.

Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump are making an unfettered and unapologetic assault on the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Any past promises, assertions or principles espoused by GOP Senate members are but tattered road-kill on their mad scramble for unprescidented conservative domination of the US Supreme Court. What will that mean for American citizens?  Certainly Women's reproductive rights will be demolished.  Today we talk to an expert on what can be expected by the Court that is sure to come. We welcome Kate Kendell, Interim Legal Director at the Southern Poverty Law Center as our guest.  For 22 years, Kate led the National Center for Lesbian Rights, a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education. Kate stepped down from this role at the end on 2018, served as Campaign Manager for Take Back the Court, an organization committed to structural reform of the U.S. Supreme Court until October 2019. What cases are making their way up to the Court and what will their outcomes look like?  What new cases are likely to emerge?  Will same sex marriage be again on the table? We will find out!  Join us.  With co-host Brody Levesque.

Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump are making an unfettered and unapologetic assault on the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Any past promises, assertions or principles espoused by GOP Senate members are but tattered road-kill on their mad scramble for unprescidented conservative domination of the US Supreme Court. What will that mean for American citizens?  Certainly Women's reproductive rights will be demolished.  Today we talk to an expert on what can be expected by the Court that is sure to come. We welcome Kate Kendell, Interim Legal Director at the Southern Poverty Law Center as our guest.  For 22 years, Kate led the National Center for Lesbian Rights, a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education. Kate stepped down from this role at the end on 2018, served as Campaign Manager for Take Back the Court, an organization committed to structural reform of the U.S. Supreme Court until October 2019. What cases are making their way up to the Court and what will their outcomes look like?  What new cases are likely to emerge?  Will same sex marriage be again on the table? We will find out!  Join us.  With co-host Brody Levesque.

On the #RADIO show this week we cover a newly launched LGBTQ anti-poverty campaign; protecting and getting kids' access to back-to-school nutrition programs in the time of COVID-19 — and what you can do to make sure children don’t go hungry; the need for Congress to pass a robust COVID-19 relief package and to advance healthcare for everyone; and how you can help get out the vote!   *Special guests include: Tyrone Hanley, National Center for Lesbian Rights, @NCLRights; Crystal FitzSimons, FRAC, @fractweets; Frederick Isasi, Families USA, @FamiliesUSA; and Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising.org.

On the #RADIO show this week we cover a newly launched LGBTQ anti-poverty campaign; protecting and getting kids' access to back-to-school nutrition programs in the time of COVID-19 — and what you can do to make sure children don’t go hungry; the need for Congress to pass a robust COVID-19 relief package and to advance healthcare for everyone; and how you can help get out the vote! *Special guests include: Tyrone Hanley, National Center for Lesbian Rights, @NCLRights; Crystal FitzSimons, FRAC, @fractweets; Frederick Isasi, Families USA, @FamiliesUSA; and Donna Norton, MomsRising, @MomsRising.org.

Join San Francisco Pride and The Commonwealth Club for the latest edition of Lavender Talks, a moderated panel discussion emceed by Michelle Meow (host of "The Michelle Meow Show" and a former president of the SF Pride Board of Directors). On Thursday, July 30, panelists Imani Rupert-Gordon (executive director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights), Masen Davis (interim executive director of Transgender Europe), Tony Hoang (managing director of Equality California), and Fausto Cardenas (the National LGBTQ Task Force's Queering Democracy community organizer) will discuss the challenges faced by LGBTQ-centered nonprofits as the fight for equal rights enters its sixth decade. NOTES In association with San Francisco Pride Made possible by the generous support of Gilead and Comcast And thanks to San Francisco Pride Legacy Partners: Bud Light Hilton San Francisco Union Square KPIX 5 CBS Bay Area Kaiser Permanente Genentech Gilead GLBT Historical Society KBCW TV Parc 55 San Francisco Smirnoff Recology T–Mobile Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"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. 

Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling supporting workplace protections for LGBT employees surprised many people—the 6–3 opinion was written by conservative appointee Neal Gorsuch, who was joined by Chief Justice John Roberts as well as the liberal members of the court. Join us for a timely discussion with some real legal eagles. Once again, LGBTQ rights are up for judgment by the U.S. Supreme Court. The SCOTUS is issuing rulings on anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ people in employment. The cases involved are Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga., Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda and R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Meet our expert panel: Felicia Medina is a queer, latina attorney and founding partner of Medina Orthwein LLP. Her practice focuses on individual and class action employment discrimination and harassment cases relating to race, gender, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation, as well as wage and hour collective actions. She has been honored as a 2018 San Francisco Business Times OUTstanding Voices, 2017 Daily Journal Leading Labor and Employment Attorneys in California; a 2016 National LGBT Bar Association – Best LGBT Lawyer Under 40; a 2015 National Diversity Council Most Powerful and Influential Woman; and a Law360 2014 Minority Power Broker. Felicia received her law degree from Yale Law School in 2006. Kevin Love Hubbard is a partner at Medina Orthwein LLP. He has dedicated his career to civil rights and brings extensive experience in civil rights litigation to his firm, including individual and class employment discrimination and wage and hour claims, as well as constitutional claims involving police and prison misconduct. Prior to joining Medina Orthwein, Kevin represented nationwide classes and collectives of women with claims of gender discrimination, as well as individuals with cutting-edge employment claims, including claims of LGBTQ+ discrimination. Kevin graduated from Yale Law School in 2012. Imani Rupert-Gordon is the executive director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights. NCLR is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy, and public education. Previously, she served as the executive director for Affinity Community Services, a social justice organization that works with the entire LGBTQ community with a focus on Black women. She also served as the director of the Broadway Youth Center, a division of Howard Brown Health in Chicago, which has served more than 1,500 LGBTQ youth experiencing homelessness and housing instability. In 2019, the Illinois Human Rights Commission presented her with its 2019 Activism Award. This year she was recognized by the Chicago Foundation for Women with a 2020 Impact Award. Rupert-Gordon received a Master's degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration and a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara Rev. Elena Rose Vera, a Filipina-Ashkenazi trans woman originally from rural Oregon, joined Trans Lifeline's executive team in May 2018. A longtime organizer, educator and performing artist, she holds an M.Div. focused on social justice and community care work and was ordained as a minister by the Church for the Fellowship of All Peoples, a historic civil-rights church in San Francisco. Rev. Vera is proud to bring her deep commitment to love, support and liberation for trans people everywhere to her work with Trans Lifeline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To close our season, the story of Lisa Miller, an American woman who gave birth to a child coparented with her partner Janet Jenkins, and then left Janet, became a self-proclaimed ex-lesbian, sued for single custody of their daughter, and when the courts decided against her, abducted their child and fled the country with the assistance of well-connected far-right pastors in 2009. Lisa and their daughter, Isabella, are still missing.  Visit our website for T-shirts, an episode archive, and more information about the show. If you have any information on the whereabouts of Lisa and/or Isabella, please contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. ----more---- SOURCES: Ball, Carlos A. The Right to Be Parents: LGBT Families and the Transformation of Parenthood. New York, NY: NYU Press, 2012.   Bollinger, Alex. “A Man Who Helped Kidnap a Lesbian’s Daughter Blames It All on Obama.” LGBTQ Nation, December 5, 2018. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/12/man-helped-kidnap-lesbians-daughter-blames-obama/.   Eckholm, Erik. “Virginia Pastor Sentenced for Aiding Parental Kidnapping.” The New York Times, March 4, 2013, sec. U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/05/us/kenneth-miller-convicted-of-aiding-in-parental-kidnapping.html.   ———. “Which Mother for Isabella? Civil Union Ends in an Abduction and Questions.” The New York Times, July 28, 2012, sec. U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/29/us/a-civil-union-ends-in-an-abduction-and-questions.html.   Edwards, David. “Fischer Calls for ‘Underground Railroad’ to Kidnap Children of LGBT Parents.” RawStory, August 8, 2012. https://www.rawstory.com/2012/08/fischer-calls-for-underground-railroad-to-kidnap-children-of-lgbt-parents/.   “Legal Recognition of LGBT Families.” San Francisco, Calif.: The National Center for Lesbian Rights, 2019. http://www.nclrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Legal_Recognition_of_LGBT_Families.pdf.   “Man Who Helped Rob Lesbian Mom of Her Child Sentenced to 3 Years.” LGBTQ Nation, March 23, 2017. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/03/man-helped-rob-lesbian-mom-child-sentenced-3-years/.   “Queer Kids of Queer Parents Against Gay Marriage!” Accessed May 14, 2020. https://queerkidssaynomarriage.wordpress.com/.   Rudolph, Dana. “A Very Brief History of LGBTQ Parenting.” Family Equality (blog), October 20, 2017. https://www.familyequality.org/2017/10/20/a-very-brief-history-of-lgbtq-parenting/.   “The Kidnapping of Isabella.” Birmingham, AL: Southern Poverty Law Center, February 15, 2017. https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2017/kidnapping-isabella.   Our intro music is Arpeggia Colorix by Yann Terrien, downloaded from WFMU's Free Music Archive and distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Our outro music is by DJ Michaeloswell Graphicsdesigner.

To date, 20 states and almost 70 municipalities in the US have passed laws to protect LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy through the legal work of a legal group called "Born Perfect." So-called “conversion therapy” that promises to make gay people straight has been condemned by every major medical and mental health organization, yet it continues to happen in every state. Kids subjected to it are often exposed to traumatic practices that often result in severe mental health challenges and suicides. Our guest today is Mathew Shurka, the co-founder of Born Perfect. During his five years of conversion therapy from ages 16-21, Mathew endured many different types of fraudulent and scientifically discredited “treatments” that he was told would “cure” his homosexuality. Most traumatizing, he was instructed to stay away from his mother and two sisters for three years based on the false belief that being gay is caused by a man being too close to his mother or other female relatives. Mathew sought out treatment for the trauma he endured and reconciled with his family. At 24 he began advocating to end conversion therapy with The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and worked with NCLR to create Born Perfect in 2014.  Today we explore the terror that such bogus "therapies" instill, where they are practiced and what can be done to stop them. With co-host Brody Levesque.

Phyllis Lyon's activism throughout the years helped lay the groundwork for the LGBT rights movement to come.

Imani Rupert-Gordon the new Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) talks with Emmy Winner Charlotte Robinson host of OUTTAKE VOICES™ about her aspirations leading this important LGBTQ organization which is known for tackling the most pressing issues of race, gender and economic inequality facing our LGBTQ community. Founded in 1977 NCLR is a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights for LGBTQ people and their families through litigation, legislation, policy and public education. NCLR is a non-profit public interest law firm that litigates precedent-setting cases at the trial and appellate court levels; advocates for equitable public policies affecting our LGBTQ community; provides free legal assistance to LGBTQ people and their legal advocates and conducts community education on LGBTQ issues. NCLR serves more than 5,000 LGBTQ people and their families throughout the United States each year including LGBTQ parents, seniors, immigrants, athletes and youth. Currently NCLR is suing the State of South Carolina over an anti-LGBTQ Curriculum law around sex education. They are also very proud that their Born Perfect campaign to end Conversion Therapy which had a huge victory in Virginia last week becoming the first Southern state to do so. Earlier this month, along with Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Meyer Stephenson, NCLR won a landmark medical care lawsuit on behalf of a transgender employee. We talked to Imani about what she hopes to accomplish as the new Executive Director of NCLR and her spin on our LGBTQ issues. Imani Rupert-Gordon holds a Bachelors degree in Sociology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a Masters degree from the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration. For over a decade Imani has worked to advance social justice efforts in higher education and local communities. Previously she served as the Executive Director of Affinity Community Services, the nation’s oldest social justice organization serving the needs of Black LGBTQ people with a particular focus on Black women. From December 2013 until January 2016 Imani was the Director of the Broadway Youth Center (BYC), part of Howard Brown Health in Chicago overseeing the expansion of services at BYC and improving relationships with the community and local government. Imani Rupert-Gordon stated, “I am humbled to build on the legacy of the NCLR leaders like Donna Hitchens and Kate Kendell who have been such fantastic stewards of this mission of this organization. I am proud to be a part of the fantastic work being led by leaders like Shannon Minter who is translating that mission into a groundbreaking legal, policy and public education agenda. We have the privilege and opportunity to fundamentally shift the direction of the LGBTQ movement to once again include more of us and to protect all of us.” For More Info: nclrights.org LISTEN: 500+ LGBTQ Chats @OUTTAKE VOICES

Ep.187-Licenced Marriage and Family Therapist James Guay and I chat about specific dating and consent challenges that LGBTQ singles face, LGBTQ sexual violence stats, the importance of self-love, and how his upbringing brought him to where he is today personally and professionally. About James: James Guay is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (#lmft39252) in private practice since 1999 and has used various platforms to promote greater compassion and advocacy for human rights. He’s the Co-Chair of the #BornPerfect Advisory Committee for the National Center for Lesbian Rights — providing expert testimony against the use of conversion therapy at California’s State Capital. He’s taught several classes & workshops related to LGBTQ topics at Esalen Institute, JFK University and UC Berkeley’s School of Law. James has produced digital content on Friendships, Mindfulness, Perfectionism and other LGBTQ topics of interest. www.livingmorefully.com ... Instagram: @jamesguaylmft

Garrard Conley is a conversion therapy survivor and author of the New York Times best-selling memoir "Boy erased", now a major motion picture. Garrard talks about the so-called "straight savior" and his opinion about conversion therapy leaders coming out. He shares his rituals for writing and how he uses his religious upbringing to fuel his stories. Tune in to hear us talk about the challenges of finding the greys, especially in today’s polarized society. You can find resources for survivors of conversation therapy below: The Trevor Project https://www.thetrevorproject.org   The National Center for Lesbian Rights   http://www.nclrights.org/bornperfect-the-facts-about-conversion-therapy/   Born Perfect www.bornperfect.org    Southern Poverty Law Center https://www.splcenter.org  Unerased: A podcast on the History of Conversion Therapy in America.   Garrard Conley      Sink your teeth into ...   www.theforbiddenapplepodcast.com @theforbiddenapplepodcast  

Thank you for listening to Mormon Sex Info. This episode is an archived episode and is only now becoming publicly available. Mormon Sex Info relies on contributions. To contribute, please visit: mormonsex.info   Due to the support LDS LGBTQ+ members currently need, this interview discussing the harms of reparative/conversion therapies will be co-released with Mormon Mental Health and is available at no charge. Natasha Helfer Parker interviews James Guay, a licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who grew up as a pastor’s son in an evangelical community and went through reparative therapy as a young man to try to change his sexual orientation. They discuss the harms that LGBTQ+ people face in homophobic environments, which often includes religious and family systems that claim they are loving and accepting, and conversion therapies. They also touch on resources and strategies that families, ecclesiastical leaders and individuals themselves can tap in to in order to prioritize mental health and general wellbeing. James Guay is an LGBTQ Affirmative Psychotherapist in West Hollywood, working primarily with LGBTQ youth, adults and couples since 1996.  Besides co-leading annual workshops for gay men at Esalen in Big Sur, California, he also films frequent psycho-educational videos on topics such as coming out, communication skills, and creating boundaries. The James and Heather Show James testified in the California State Capital successfully advocating for them to ban the psychologically abusive practice of Sexual Orientation Change Efforts (SOCE) on LGBTQ youth by licensed therapists.  His passion is to prevent other LGBTQ people from having to endure the harms of religious homophobia and conversion “therapy” that he had to survive. James has served on the Board of Directors for Gaylesta (The LGBTQ Psychotherapist Association), AAMFT-CA (The American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, California Division) and is currently on the Board of Directors for CAMFT (The California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists). Resources mentioned during the podcast: Family Acceptance Project LDS Booklet Families are Forever Documentary Mama Dragons Mormon Spectrum: LGBTQ Resources Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth Mormon Mental Health Association Position Statements   Mormon Stories: One Gay Married Mormon Man’s Attempt at Reparative (Conversion) Therapy   National Center for Lesbian Rights   Born Perfect Campaign   My Hellish Youth in Gay Conversion Therapy and How I Got Out Exodus International Shuts Down Evergreen International – Northstar

Under the Trump administration, there have been countless assaults on the health and rights of the LGBTQ community. From religious refusals to blatant discrimination, Julie Gonen with the National Center for Lesbian Rights talks to us about how the Trump administration is attacking LGBTQ rights through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Support the show (https://www.reprosfightback.com/take-action#donate)

Robin Wilson of the University of Illinois, Shannon Minter of National Center for Lesbian Rights, Cicily Bennion and Alexis Watson of BYU on the Equality Act. Imam Khalid Latif of NYU on Muslim advocate. Margaret Leslie Davis on her book about the Gutenberg Bible and rare book collector Estelle Doheny, called "The Lost Gutenberg."

The court announced on April 22 it would take up a trio of cases that will test the scope of sex discrimination protections under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. A ruling by the justices could also have implications outside of the workplace. Title VII case law often is cited as precedent in other civil rights contexts. A bad ruling could damage years of LGBTQ gains, including marriage. Our special guest, Chris Stoll explains it all to us. Chris Stoll is a Senior Staff Attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights.  He has over two decades of experience litigating cases to protect the rights of LGBT people. He represented LGBT couples in marriage equality cases around the country, including the 2015 Supreme Court case that established the freedom to marry nationally, and currently represents the plaintiffs in cases challenging the Trump Administration's ban on military service for transgender people.  He also has been involved in many cases seeking to establish legal protections for LGBT workers, students, and tenants under federal and state anti-discrimination laws. Featuring co-host Brody Levesque.  

The court announced on April 22 it would take up a trio of cases that will test the scope of sex discrimination protections under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. A ruling by the justices could also have implications outside of the workplace. Title VII case law often is cited as precedent in other civil rights contexts. A bad ruling could damage years of LGBTQ gains, including marriage. Our special guest, Chris Stoll explains it all to us. Chris Stoll is a Senior Staff Attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights.  He has over two decades of experience litigating cases to protect the rights of LGBT people. He represented LGBT couples in marriage equality cases around the country, including the 2015 Supreme Court case that established the freedom to marry nationally, and currently represents the plaintiffs in cases challenging the Trump Administration’s ban on military service for transgender people.  He also has been involved in many cases seeking to establish legal protections for LGBT workers, students, and tenants under federal and state anti-discrimination laws. Featuring co-host Brody Levesque.  

SPEAKERS Kate Kendell Campaign Manager, Pack the Courts; Attorney; Former Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights; Twitter @KateKendell Michelle Meow Host, "The Michelle Meow Show" (Radio and KBCW TV); Twitter @msmichellemeow John Zipperer Host, Week to Week Political Roundtable, The Commonwealth Club—Co-Host This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on April 18th, 2019. *This program contains explicit language*

This week, attorney Kate Kendell talks about her work with Pack the Courts, a new organization aimed at doing exactly what its name says—add additional justices to the U.S. Supreme Court to counter the court's current conservative majority. Is it a good idea? Is it fair? Does it set a good or bad precedent for future political movements in the country? Join us for a discussion of the organization and the movement. Until the end of 2018, Kendell led the National Center for Lesbian Rights, a national legal organization committed to advancing the civil and human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families through litigation, public policy advocacy, and public education. She also serves as co-chair of OutWOMEN, Out Leadership's talent accelerator engaging and celebrating LGBT+ women in business. Kendell grew up Mormon in Utah and received her J.D. degree from the University of Utah College of Law in 1988. After a few years as a corporate attorney she was named the first staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah. She is a nationally recognized spokesperson for LGBT rights and has an active voice in major media, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Advocate, NPR, CNN and many others. Despite the national success of NCLR under her tenure, she says her most rewarding responsibilities still include fostering alliances on the community and organizational levels, and advocating from a grass-roots perspective on issues concerning social justice. This program is part of our weekly series with Michelle Meow, who brings her long-running daily radio show to The Commonwealth Club one day each week. Meet fascinating—and often controversial—people discussing important issues of interest to the LGBTQ community, and have your questions ready. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome back Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights to give us the inside scoop on the Trans Ban and the action the Supreme Court took on it. With an unsigned 5-4 order, the court did not rule on the legality of the ban, but allowed for it to take effect while lower courts take further actions. Shannon is the NCLR's Legal Director, and the organization is one of the nation's leading advocacy groups for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. With co-host Brody Levesque.    

We welcome back Shannon Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights to give us the inside scoop on the Trans Ban and the action the Supreme Court took on it. With an unsigned 5-4 order, the court did not rule on the legality of the ban, but allowed for it to take effect while lower courts take further actions. Shannon is the NCLR's Legal Director, and the organization is one of the nation’s leading advocacy groups for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. With co-host Brody Levesque.    

Kim Surratt is a force of nature. She sits on the Executive Council as the Vice-Chair for the Family Law Section of the State Bar of Nevada, is a member of the National Family Law Advisory Council for the National Center of Lesbian Rights, a member of the National LGBT Bar Association and Vice President of the Nevada Justice Association. Kim is the chair of the domestic lobbying committee for the Nevada Justice Association and was a leader in the successful movement to have Nevada pass a comprehensive, family-supportive surrogacy law. She has spoken on assisted reproductive technology issues around the world. Listen as Kim discusses: • Her journey to ART Law, starting with getting involved with the LGBTQ community and Aids Prevention • Her adventures from Nevada to Costa Rica to California • Why she decided to go to law school and her first job after law school. • The amazing story of her first surrogacy case - and how it launched many surrogacy cases after it. • How she drafted and lobbied for the passage of the current reproductive family law statutes in Nevada. Want to share your story or ask a question? Call and leave us a message on our hotline: 303-997-1903. Learn more about our podcast: iwanttoputababyinyou.com
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Guest: Jessica Powers Age: 40 years old Location: Brooklyn, NY **UPDATE** Jessica would love to share her free resource, Be Spacious, with you.  Be Spacious is a workbook that will help you slow down to consciously create what’s next in your career and business. It takes you out of everyday minutiae, out of your automatic self, and into dynamic presence. Click here to get Be Spacious! **UPDATE** Bio: Jessica Powers launched her coaching and consulting company in 2011, and has worked as an organizational development consultant, coach, and learning strategist since 2007. She has worked with many industries, including media, technology, entertainment, energy, international development, and financial services. Before entering the organizational development field, she worked in film and music production, and as a fundraiser and event producer for the National Center for Lesbian Rights. Jessica believes that big thinking, joy, meaning, and intimate connection fuels business growth, and that careers can be wildly successful, fun, and healthy. She works with leaders to identify the people practices that will have the most impact on the organization’s culture, team effectiveness, and business growth. Jessica has a Masters Degree in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Oberlin College.  Some of her favorite things: meandering Brooklyn neighborhoods, talking to strangers, grocery shopping, dance breaks, and floating. What The World Needs More of:  1. Love 2. Letting Go 3. Unconstructed time WOW factor: I have a warm, dynamic, and open conversations with just about anyone. I love talking to strangers and hearing stories about peoples’ lives, longing, love, struggles, and what matters to them. I am comfortable talking with anyone - from old friends to new friends to total strangers if it feels right. I think that people sense my curiosity and lack of judgement. Favorite Color: Blue  Interesting facts that few people know: I grew up in a family that was curious about people - especially my grandma. She alway asks questions and waits for answers. Spending time with her always meant eating grapes, rubbing her feet, and looking through her papers, journals, photographs. She also had letters, which she found between her father (my great grandfather, Morris) and her grandfather (my great-great grandfather, David) between America and Lithuania. I saw the inner lives of people who I never met, but were so real. I want to always know and care about what matters to people - not the mundane routine minutiae of life - but what we yearn for, what we struggle against, what we overcome, what we cannot overcome, what gives us a sense of awe. My grandfather, who died over 20 years ago, was a ham radio operator, and he collected postcards from people all over the world who he connected with - including a kings or two. I always had the exciting feeling that we could connect to people anywhere in the world, and that people want to be known. One example of how that translated for me - I'd write papers in college and dial 411 to talk to people I was writing about, and had conversations with them. Everyone felt accessible and important. Reading Anne Frank’s diary when I was young had a big impression on me. As a third grader, I knew this person sharing her intimate thoughts was alive and dynamic, but also dead. I went to a high school on a farm in Vermont for one semester - The Mountain School. Every Friday in English class was awesome. We’d turn off the lights, and our English teacher would read snippets of everyone’s journals to the class, anonymously. It was fascinating and so intimate to know the inner lives of my classmates, and to not know their particular musings, but to know that they all had these interior lives and vulnerabilities that they don’t always display. Living in an apartment building on the upper east side with some very strange neighbors (cantaloupe thrown at my door, police coming into my apartment to get inside my neighbor’s apartment through my fire escape, neighbor with pet pigeon) where I didn’t want to be friendly with anyone, to living in a building now where I love my neighbors, have them over, they have me over, they’ve helped me get stitches, talked through relationship ups and downs. I love my neighbors, and this is how I want neighbors to be in this modern world. Getting laid of from a job, and suddenly walking around Manhattan at 11AM, 3PM, and wondering what all these people sitting in cafes and walking the streets were doing. Who were they? How did they get here? Did they not have jobs? How could they afford their mid morning lattes? What interesting things are they doing with their lives? So I set out to talk to strangers on purpose once a week for a while, and I talked to a ping pong champion, street cleaner, traveling the world couple, a sober dog walker, and a nightclub manager who lived in my great grandpa Morris’s old building on Henry Street in what is now Chinatown. We are all so fascinating, connected, different, and also - the same - in our desire for love, meaning, mastery, and pleasure. I also hosted a dinner party series with friends that was so fun and intimate and stimulating - getting to what impacted my guest’s lives. Every person played a character that was a source of inspiration for one dinner guest, so we all got to know each other in a creative way.

A live panel on AIDS activism in the 1980s and 1990s and its influence on activism today. Panelists: - Matt Coles is a professor of law at UC Hastings. - Ken Jones is a gay rights activist and Vietnam veteran. - Matt Sharp is the director of treatment and education at Project Inform in San Francisco. - Mike Shriver is the chair of the board of director at the National AIDS Memorial Grove. The panel was led by Kate Kendell, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. The panel was recorded at Berkeley Rep on June 4, 2018. Get tickets to "Angels in America" at berkeleyrep.org

A Colorado baker's case stood before the Supreme Court this week. Due to his view of religion, he felt compelled to reject a gay couple and their wedding cake order. Does he have the right to say no?  According to Shannon Price Minter, Legal Director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the action the Supreme Court could take would “open the floodgates to discrimination in employment, healthcare, schools, and other settings. Businesses and others can simply claim that their anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination isn't about LGBTQ+ people, just their “conduct” of being married, partnered, sexually active, transitioning, or even just openly LGBTQ+. In short, there is no way to limit the impact of a negative ruling just to wedding cakes or bakers.” Tonight, I talk to Shannon Minter along with our distinguished board of journalists, Brody Levesque, Karen Ocamb and Dawn Ennis. We find out if anti-LGBTQ2 discrimination is about to be a sanctioned institution in the United States and what we can do about it. The award-winning Shannon Price Minter, Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), was lead counsel for same-sex couples in the landmark California marriage equality case which held that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry and that laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation are inherently discriminatory and subject to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny.  

A Colorado baker’s case stood before the Supreme Court this week. Due to his view of religion, he felt compelled to reject a gay couple and their wedding cake order. Does he have the right to say no?  According to Shannon Price Minter, Legal Director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the action the Supreme Court could take would “open the floodgates to discrimination in employment, healthcare, schools, and other settings. Businesses and others can simply claim that their anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination isn’t about LGBTQ+ people, just their “conduct” of being married, partnered, sexually active, transitioning, or even just openly LGBTQ+. In short, there is no way to limit the impact of a negative ruling just to wedding cakes or bakers.” Tonight, I talk to Shannon Minter along with our distinguished board of journalists, Brody Levesque, Karen Ocamb and Dawn Ennis. We find out if anti-LGBTQ2 discrimination is about to be a sanctioned institution in the United States and what we can do about it. The award-winning Shannon Price Minter, Legal Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), was lead counsel for same-sex couples in the landmark California marriage equality case which held that same-sex couples have the fundamental right to marry and that laws that discriminate based on sexual orientation are inherently discriminatory and subject to the highest level of constitutional scrutiny.  

Kate Kendell's courage and conviction helped win the battle for marriage rights for all Americans, including those in same sex relationships. Her fierce advocacy and legal strategy have made her a popular speaker and social media personality. What led her here? Growing up Mormon and coming to terms with being a lesbian clarified her belief that all people deserve fair treatment and equal civil rights. Her career at the National Center for Lesbian Rights has supported the legal struggles of many LGBTQ communities, defining intersectionality and equal rights for ALL. Join us for conversation about the struggles facing these communities today, and how her own early experiences of oppression and judgement fuel her to keep up the fight!

Kate Kendell's courage and conviction helped win the battle for marriage rights for all Americans, including those in same sex relationships. Her fierce advocacy and legal strategy have made her a popular speaker and social media personality. What led her here? Growing up Mormon and coming to terms with being a lesbian clarified her belief that all people deserve fair treatment and equal civil rights. Her career at the National Center for Lesbian Rights has supported the legal struggles of many LGBTQ communities, defining intersectionality and equal rights for ALL. Join us for conversation about the struggles facing these communities today, and how her own early experiences of oppression and judgement fuel her to keep up the fight!

Kris Hayashi is the executive director of the Transgender Law Center, one of the leading trans civil rights organizations in the country. As more Americans support trans causes, Oakland-based TLC provides legal support for activists across the U.S.TRANSCRIPTSpeaker 1:Method to the madness is next. Speaker 2:You listening to method to the madness, a weekly public affairs show on k a l x Berkeley Celebrating Bay area innovators today, producer Anna Stir La speaks with Chris Hayashi, the executive director of the transgender law center, one [00:00:30] of the largest organizations in the country advancing the rights of transgender and gender nonconforming people. Speaker 1:So welcome to the show, Chris Hayashi. Thank you for having me. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Sure. I'm Chris Hayashi. I'm the executive director at the transgender law center. Uh, we're based [00:01:00] in Oakland, California, but we also have an office in Atlanta, Georgia. We're a national organization, um, the largest in the country actually advancing the rights of trans and gender nonconforming people through litigation policy advocacy, public education and movement building. And it used to be mostly a California based organization. Right? Right. The organization started back in 2002 as a California focused organization. We actually started as a project of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. And then [00:01:30] the organization has just grown tremendously, um, particularly in the last couple of years. So now we definitely consider ourselves a national organization. We work with Trans and gender nonconforming people all over the country, but particularly prioritizing regions that have, uh, less access to resources, um, like the south, the Midwest and the southwest. Speaker 1:What are some of your more recent cases? Well, we have a case. Um, we're representing a young transgender boy who lives in Wisconsin. [00:02:00] Um, his name is ash and you know, very similar to the case of Gavin Grimm and other trans boy that has been in the media a lot, um, in the recent period. But, uh, you know, ash, uh, had been going to school, um, you know, using the restroom, uh, the boys room with all the other boys in his school, no problem. And then the school changed the policy, um, and was going to make him use a different restroom than all the other students and they actually took it a step further and [00:02:30] we're going to require all of the trench, gender students in the school to wear green wristbands so they could better monitor and police their bathroom use. So we're representing ash, um, in his case, uh, that was just heard recently. Speaker 1:Um, and we'll, we should be hearing the outcome of that very soon. [inaudible] and have you had any, uh, I think one thing we want to know is have you had any major victories so far that you've like really been building on? Definitely, definitely. I'm [00:03:00] about, I think it was about a year ago. So we represented to a transgender woman, uh, who were incarcerated, who are one of them who is still incarcerated here in the state of California. And you know, transgender people, uh, face a tremendous amount of discrimination, um, and lack of access to educational opportunities as well as employment. And so as a result, many transgender people end up re relying [00:03:30] on street economies, survival economies to survive, which means that, um, a large number of transgender people, particularly transgender woman, particularly transgender women of color, end up incarcerated, end up in the prison system and in the prison system faced tremendous abuse, violence, and harassment. Speaker 1:And so the transgender law center, along with, um, other organizations in the state have been fighting for some time for the rights of transgender people who are incarcerated. And we represented two transgender women who [00:04:00] were incarcerated here in California, um, for them to be able to get access to the healthcare that they need, um, the healthcare that they deserve as transgender people. And we were able to, um, successfully win those cases. And, uh, a, the one of the transgender woman was able to get her surgery here in California for the first time ever. Wow. And so one thing I want to know is, you know, obviously anybody could be trans [00:04:30] and so how does your organization kind of overlap with other advocacy works? For example, integration? Right. Definitely. I'm, and I think that is a really good question. Uh, particularly given the times we are in now, the, at the transgender law center for a number of years, we've been fighting for the rights of immigrants for transgender immigrants. Speaker 1:We've been part of national campaigns like the, not one more campaign. Um, and you know, in the recent period since [00:05:00] Trump was elected to office, uh, you know, we, he ran on a very clear platform of hate against many different communities from people of Color to immigrants, to women, to people with disabilities, to the people in the LGBT community. And so we were very clear, um, that one of the first communities that he would target would be, uh, the immigrant community. And we know that transgender immigrants, um, because many transgender immigrants, [00:05:30] uh, due to lack of access to employment opportunities and income, um, rely on survival and street economies to survive that many transgender immigrants would have criminal records. So it would be among some of the communities, uh, first targeted and most vulnerable under a Trump administration. So we've been working with immigrant rights organizations here in California and across the country to advocate for the rights of all immigrants, but particularly raising up the conditions that transgender immigrants face. Speaker 1:So, [00:06:00] um, one thing that we know is that for transgender immigrant to be in detention means facing horrendous abuse, violence, and harassment while transgender women make up one in 500, uh, transgender. Uh, one in 500, uh, people in detention, they make up one in five reported cases of sexual assault. Um, and those are only the ones that are reported. Only the ones that we know about. We also know that for a transgender immigrant [00:06:30] to face deportation, um, you know, in many cases means returning to her home country that they had originally fled facing violence. Um, you know, and in some cases even possible death. So for the transgender law center, particularly in the recent period, uh, it has been a real priority to focus on the needs of transgender immigrants. So we actually just this January launched a project called the transgender immigrant defense effort, uh, tied for shorts. Speaker 1:And [00:07:00] how has the sort of new age of Trump, how has that affected your organization, you know, and how you approach advocacy? Definitely. Um, you know, we have been hearing from transgender people across the country, uh, non binary gender nonconforming people. Uh, you know, similar to many other communities that are being targeted by this administration. That there is just an incredible amount of fear about [00:07:30] what is happening and what will happen under this administration. And we've already heard about increases in hate, violence and harassment that our community is facing across the country. And you know, for the transgender community, for gender nonconforming people, even before the Trump administration, our community was already in crisis already facing incredible violence, um, harassment and hate all across the country. 2016 [00:08:00] we saw the most reported cases of transgender murders that we've seen. And those are only the ones that we know about. Speaker 1:And you know, we're only, what, a couple months into 2017 and there have already been eight murders of transgender woman, um, all transgender woman of color. So, you know, our community was already facing incredible violence and discrimination and under a Trump administration, we have just seen that grow and increase and know that moving forward, [00:08:30] um, we're likely to see more of that as he rolls out more and more policies that are really rooted in, um, in hate and, uh, discrimination. You know, there's kind of been more attention paid to transgender issues, but then there's also kind of been that same push back. So how has it been kind of being an advocate for the trans community, a legal advocate during this time? Um, yeah. I mean the increase in visibility that has happened over the last couple of years, uh, is really [00:09:00] unprecedented. You know, I, 10 years ago would not have thought there would be a moment where we had have Laverne Cox on the cover of Time magazine, you know, or Janet mock on the bestseller list that was not even anywhere in anyone's thoughts about what would happen with the Trans Movement. Speaker 1:And so all of that has been incredible and just raise the visibility for transgender people and for the issues we face. However, the other reality of that is that while there's been this increase in visible and in popular culture [00:09:30] that the majority of transgender people, the majority of transgender young foreign people of color continue to struggle to survive on a daily basis. You know, we have four times the poverty rate of the general population. That's even more so for transgender people of color. Um, high rates of unemployment, lack of access to health care. The reality is that our community has already been in crisis. And then in 2016 we saw this [00:10:00] onslaught of anti-trans legislation in a way that we had not seen before in the form of these, uh, bathroom ban bills, which really are about criminalizing transgender people simply for trying to use the bathroom. Speaker 1:And we saw that in states across the country in ways we just hadn't seen before. And we were successful in defeating almost all of those. I mean, many people have heard about HB two in North Carolina and that particular piece of legislation that moved forward. But [00:10:30] you know, the other piece of it is that while we've had this increase in visibility and wall, our community continues to struggle on a daily basis. What is also true is that there are incredible trans and gender nonconforming leaders all across the country who have been organizing for decades to fight for the rights of transgender people, to create safe spaces within communities where people are able to access healthcare, able to access [00:11:00] services or even just like build community with each other and have that type of support from transgender people in North Carolina to trans and gender nonconforming youth, um, all across the country who have been really advocating speaking out and fighting for it rights. Speaker 1:And can you talk a little bit about yourself and your activist journey? How, how did, how did you arrive to your place today? Sure. Um, you know, I actually, uh, [00:11:30] so, you know, I grew up in Seattle, Washington. I was always this very gender nonconforming, um, Asian kid and definitely, um, I mean this would have been in the like, you know, eighties or so, um, faced a good amount of harassment in school, um, for being gender nonconforming. Um, and you know, so for, from a very young age, I understood that the world was not set up for me to survive. So I've always carried that experience into [00:12:00] my organizing and into my activism. And I first really got involved in organizing here in California, uh, in the probably early nineties, um, as a part of a lot of the youth, uh, particularly youth of color organizing that was happening at that time around, uh, prop one 87, which was an anti-immigrant initiative prop 21, which was an anti youth initiative. And there was just this incredible, um, upswell of particularly [00:12:30] youth led, uh, organizing that was happening in that period in response to the types of attacks that were happening here in the state. And felt very fortunate to be a part of that and really took from that, uh, real belief in bias force organizing in that when organizing around injustices that young people are facing, that young people need to be, um, leading those, those campaigns, leading those fights and have really taken that by us for us, principal [00:13:00] into all of my work. Speaker 3:Ever since then. Speaker 2:If you're just tuning in, you're listening to method to the madness, a weekly public affairs show on k a l x Berkeley Celebrating Bay area innovators today. And a sterling is speaking with the executive director of the transgender law center. Chris [inaudible], Speaker 1:[00:13:30] you yourself a lawyer? I am not a lawyer actually. I do work with a lot of lawyers, but I'm not a lawyer. Um, you know, which all speaks to the work of the trench under law center. Um, you know, we definitely are a legal organization, but we also do policy advocacy and we do movement building and leadership development. Um, you know, really pulling from a wide range of strategies to address the needs, um, and fight for the rights of our community. [00:14:00] And then as part of that also like outreach and education so that folks are informed of what rights they actually have. Definitely. Definitely. Actually this past year, um, in California, we partnered with, uh, equality California oh, as well as a number of other organizations here in the state, like the GSA network, which is also based here in the bay area. Um, to launch a public education campaign called Transform California. Speaker 1:Um, which was really about raising public understanding [00:14:30] and consciousness about trans and gender nonconforming people here in the state. Um, and really building up, uh, a statewide infrastructure infrastructure that would advocate and fight for the rights of Trans and gender nonconforming people. Particularly in a time when we were seeing, um, other states, uh, launch anti-trans initiatives and campaigns, um, that here California, we would seek to model, um, you know, model something different. And how has the transgender law center then, you know, we talked a little [00:15:00] bit about how it was founded and how, uh, it's gone national, but how has kind of its own mission and what it does day to day kind of changed since it was founded? Sure. Um, you know, when the transgender law center first started, uh, you know, it was with I think, two paid staff and a handful of volunteers and you know, out, it was at a time where we had nowhere near the legal protections that [00:15:30] we have in place now or the policy wins that we have, particularly here in California. Speaker 1:And the organization was really about like, how do we, uh, when some legal rights for the Trans Community, particularly here in California, um, but also started from a place of doing some community organizing and, uh, movement building here in the state. So bringing Trans Gender people together to say what are the needs of the communities facing and did like a needs assessment and a survey. Um, [00:16:00] and really offered also access to legal services to transgender people. We, um, from the beginning and still have a helpline, um, where transgender people can reach out to us and get access to legal information and resources. Um, you know, so started as a really small shop, California based, really focused on focusing on advancing the rights of transgender people here in California at a time. Um, when we, you know, honestly had made very little progress as far as [00:16:30] legal and policy rights. Speaker 1:You know, I mean this was a, you know, 15 years ago. Um, you know, fast forward to now when, you know, as a result of the work of the transgender law center and other organizations here in the state, you know, we're in a place and nationally we're in a place where we have, um, have made advances as far as the legal rights of transgender people. Um, for example, the transgender law center, uh, won the case of Mia Macy, which was one of the first times that it was, [00:17:00] uh, made clear that transgender people are protected under title seven from employment discrimination. Um, you know, there have been cases across the country that have made clear that we are protected, uh, under title nine that transgender students are protected from discrimination, um, in schools and in education systems. And you know, here in California there are strong policies around access to health care for transgender people. Speaker 1:Um, so there have been these major wins. And so also [00:17:30] tlcs work in the last, you know, I would say five years is years or so. One has grown to be national, so has moved beyond California. Um, and also has really looked, uh, much more strongly than before at how do we really raise up and prioritize the communities that are most vulnerable, that are most targeted by discrimination, harassment and violence. And so [00:18:00] that's led us to open our first office in Atlanta, Georgia in partnership with a group called southerners on new ground. It's led us to launch our detention project with spe, which specifically focuses on transgender people who are incarcerated, whether it's in immigration detention or prisons and jails. It's let us so launch a project called truth, which we do in partnership with the GSE network, um, which is a trans and gender nonconforming youth led movement building and storytelling [00:18:30] project, um, based nationally and also does work here in California. Speaker 1:So it's led us to really launch some projects that specifically raise up the visibility, leadership and analysis of particular communities within the transgender community. Is there anything else like the transgender law center elsewhere in the u s so we are, we are definitely the largest, uh, transgender, uh, organization. Um, and as far as focus specifically on legal rights, [00:19:00] uh, that is specifically focused on the transgender community. Um, you know, probably the closest is our, our, uh, sister organization in DC, the national center for transgender equality. Um, they also do a, some amount of legal work, uh, but they also do a lot of policy, uh, federal policy in particular. And then a lot of the larger legal organizations, uh, like the ACLU, Lambda legal, uh, they do, they have specific kind of focuses [00:19:30] on transgender rights. Um, but as far as an organization that's specifically focused on illegal rights of transgender people, um, we are one of very few, actually. Speaker 1:There's, there's an organization in New York City, um, called Tilda, the transgender legal defense and education fund that also specifically focuses on, um, transgender legal rights. So, you know, it's not, it's not a lot. Um, though, I mean, I do think it's important to raise up that wall. There's only, probably a handful [00:20:00] of like larger trans focused organizations that there are hundreds of smaller grassroots trans groups and organizations that are led by transgender people led by transgender people of color. Uh, you know, that most often like don't have paid staff, um, don't have a lot of resource, but have been a building community and organizing for the rights for, for many, many years. Looking forward towards the future, what achievements, what [00:20:30] goals do you hope for the community? Yeah, that's a great question. Um, you know, so I'll answer that in two ways. One is, is very long term. Speaker 1:I mean, ultimately we are fighting for a world in which everyone, um, is able to live, survive and thrive, has access to healthcare and housing and food and education. Um, you know, ultimately we are looking for a world looking [00:21:00] towards a world where, uh, we all have what we need, um, to thrive. And you know, that is probably a very, very, a longterm goal, uh, particularly given the times we are in right now. But that's ultimately what we're, we're fighting for. And then in the more immediate, uh, for the transgender law center, you know, for, for many, many years, the transgender community has been under-resourced, um, [00:21:30] has had lack of access to, um, whether it's funding or um, you know, organizational infrastructure. And so, you know, we are really looking to build up a national movement led by Trans and gender nonconforming people who are fighting for our rights across the country, whether it's in South Dakota or Atlanta, Georgia or here in the bay area that is really, uh, led [00:22:00] by Trans and gender nonconforming people and center is the most vulnerable and most targeted members of our community. What would you say to a young person now who's considering going into law school going into advocacy work? What would you, what advice would you give them? Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, I, I would say to a young person looking to get part of looking to be part of movement, a movement work that, you know, um, [00:22:30] I, I feel like w what I, the kind of most important experiences and lessons I've learned have just been from doing it have just been from getting involved in organizing has been from getting involved in organizations that I believed in, that I was passionate about, that were about fighting for the rights and safety of my community, [00:23:00] my family. Um, you know, people that I love and care about. And it's from actually that, uh, involvement and engagement that I've learned, um, learned the most important lessons, um, in, in movement work. If there's a, a young person who's facing harassment, um, whether it's in their school or, um, by their, at their job, uh, you know, that it's important, particularly here in California, in the bay area, there are so many incredible organizations [00:23:30] that have resources and support. Speaker 1:Um, you know, from the, the GSA network, which is here in the bay area and work specifically with, uh, LGBT young people to, uh, you know, the Pacific Center here in Berkeley to the SF LGBT center. There's incredible infrastructure here in California for anyone who's needing support. And so I think the most important thing would be to reach out, whether it's to one of these organizations, whether it's to a friend or, um, [00:24:00] you know, someone who is supportive in this, their school or job and really getting connected to, to resources and support. Any contact info that we can share. Sure. Um, if you're looking to get, find out more information about the transgender law center, you can go to our website. It's transgender law center.org. That's probably the best way. And then closing philosophy. Uh, what is your philosophy in life? Um, yeah, that's a, that's a good question. Speaker 1:[00:24:30] Um, you know, I have been part of movements for racial and economic justice probably since I was about 19. So at that point, it's over 20 years ago. And for me it's always been about, uh, uh, deeply felt a need to fight for a world in which [00:25:00] I could live and survive and thrive and which, uh, other people that I care about and other people that I'm in community with, um, you know, also also can do so. And so for me, uh, a lot of that has been about, um, keeping strong to that disbelief. And in that we can build, uh, a world that is different and a world in which, uh, [00:25:30] you know, we all have what we need, but in which we also can, uh, can do more than just survive but also thrive. Um, you know, so one of the things that I, I haven't spoken about that I think is important to raise up is that transgender people in this country face incredibly high rates of HIV and aids. Speaker 1:And it's something that actually doesn't get talked about a lot and doesn't get a lot of visibility. The reality is actually that for [00:26:00] a black transgender woman, the lifetime risk of HIV is one and two. So a couple of years ago, largely through the leadership of our senior strategist, Cecilia Chung, who is a longtime leader here in the trench gender community in the bay area, as well as nationally launched a project called positively trans, which is led by and for transgender people living with HIV. Uh, the majority of the folks in leadership are transgender [00:26:30] woman of color or transgender people of color. And so there's a national advisory board that, uh, launched and implemented a national needs assessment. Um, one of the first of its kind to really raise up the needs of transgender people living with HIV. And what I think has been incredible about that project is that they then took that data and have gone to national, uh, strategy sessions to national meetings, setting HIV [00:27:00] policy and have raised up the needs of transgender people and have really been able to inform and shift, um, national HIV policy to better meet the needs of transgender people here in the u s um, you know, and one of the other things that I didn't, uh, speak as much about is also so, you know, because over the past in 2016, we saw this onslaught of anti-trans legislation across the country. Speaker 1:Um, what we saw [00:27:30] again and again in, in states facing, uh, anti-trans legislation is that there would be a transgender leaders in that state who'd been there forever, like small groups without a lot of resources. And they would be fighting to get a seat at the table, um, in leader leading campaigns to fight back against these anti-trans bills that were about their lives and their communities. So one of the things that we did at the transgender law center in partnership with, [00:28:00] uh, a couple of different organizations including the ACLU and a project called the trend justice funding project and GSA network, is we launched this National Training Institute, um, where Trans and gender nonconforming leaders, particularly from the Midwest, the south and the southwest, uh, were able to come and get training on organizing, on speaking to the media, on communications, um, on coalition building. And we were able to train up a cohort of about 60 trans and gender nonconforming leaders [00:28:30] from around the country, all of whom are really on the front lines of fighting back against, um, anti-trans campaigns in the state, their states, whether it's legislative or ballot initiatives. Um, and what we saw again and again is that for so many of the leaders who came to the trains, it was the first time they've ever had access to any type of organizing or comms or media training, which I think really just speaks to the lack of resource, the lack of investment that has happened [00:29:00] for many, many years as far as the, the Trans and gender nonconforming community, uh, here in the u s thank you so much for stopping by Chris. Yes. Great. Thank you. Speaker 3:[inaudible] Speaker 2:you've been listening to method to the madness, a weekly public affairs show on k a l x Berkeley Celebrating Bay [00:29:30] area innovators. You can find all of our podcasts on iTunes university. Tune in next Friday. Okay. Speaker 3:[inaudible]. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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This is an essay for my upcoming book entitled Today Was the Day from Hell. On January 12th 2012 a newspaper article in Canada's Globe and Mail Newspaper indicating that same-sex marriages in Canada, like Rodolfo's and mine where the couple lived in a country or state that wouldn't perform or recognized same-sex marriages would be invalidated in Canada and treated as if the never occurred. I was in a state of panic all day until I received a joint press release from several LGBT and mainstream organizations including Lambda Legal, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders and Freedom to Marry assuring same-sex couples married in Canada that our marriages were not in jeopardy and not likely to be. I decided to send an email to family, friends, activists, executive directors of LGBT organizations, elected officials and media friends (over 250 people). and I posted it on my Facebook page for more than 2,000 friends to read The purpose of the letter was to share my feelings of frustration and panic. As many of the people receiving the email were straight I wanted them to understand the challenges that gay people face over issues that straight people take for granted. I decided to turn the email into an essay for my upcoming book.

If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The University of Chicago Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (LGBT) Alumni Group presents Martha Nussbaum, Ernst Freud distinguished service professor of law and ethics in the Law School, Department of Philosophy, and the Divinity School at the University of Chicago, lecturing on the legal and moral debates surrounding same-sex marriage in the U.S. The post-lecture discussion will be led by Melanie Rowen, AB'99, JD'04, attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights.

Since 2002, Ms. Stewart has served as Chief Deputy City Attorney under San Francisco City Attorney, Dennis J. Herrera, overseeing the City and County's civil litigation and representing San Francisco and its officials in key cases. Previously, she was a partner at Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, where she handled complex business litigation in state and federal courts. From February 2004 through May 2008, Ms. Stewart headed a team of deputy city attorneys and private firm lawyers representing Plaintiff City and County of San Francisco in the Marriage Cases, which were litigated in the state trial and appellate courts. She presented oral argument to the California Supreme Court on March 4, 2008, and the high court decision was issued on May 15, 2008. The Marriage Cases consisted of six coordinated cases involving state constitutional challenges to California's laws excluding same-sex couples from marriage. These cases are the first in the nation in which a local government body has joined with lesbian and gay couples to challenge a state's marriage laws. The City and the couples raised claims under the California Constitution's equal protection, liberty, privacy and free association clauses. They prevailed in the Superior Court, lost on appeal, and ultimately won in the California Supreme Court. The May 15, 2008 decision held that the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage unjustifiably discriminates against lesbians and gay men and denies them of fundamental liberty and autonomy privacy interests in entering into a state-sanctioned family relationship equal in dignity to other state-sanctioned family relationships. Ms. Stewart and the City Attorney team also defended Mayor Newsom when his decision to issue marriage licenses to thousands of same-sex couples was challenged in 2004. The California Supreme Court ruled that the Mayor and other City officials lacked the power to refuse to enforce the limitation of marriage to opposite sex couples based on their belief that such limitation violated the Constitution. To learn more about the San Francisco City Attorney's Office go to www.sfgov.org. Ms. Stewart has long represented parties and amicus curiae in LGBT civil rights cases, including the airlines' challenge to San Francisco's Equal Benefits Ordinance, a lesbian police officer discrimination suit against the City of Sacramento, an early equal protection challenge to the State's denial of equal benefits to partners of lesbian and gay employees, and a case challenging the Defense Department's denial of security clearances to lesbians and gay men. In the 1990's, Ms. Stewart served as the first Co-Chair of the Bar Association of San Francisco's Committee on Sexual Orientation, which developed guidelines for legal employers on eliminating sexual orientation discrimination. In the 1980's, she served on the Board of the Lesbian Rights Project (currently known as the National Center for Lesbian Rights), and her firm later assisted NCLR in changing its name and obtaining non-profit status. She also served on the Board of Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom, San Francisco's lesbian and gay bar association. In 1999, Ms. Stewart served as the first openly gay President of the Bar Association of San Francisco. In that capacity, she co-founded BASF's School-To-College Program, which provides mentoring and guidance to inner city high school students to help them prepare for, select, and apply to college. Ms. Stewart currently serves on a Task Force of the California Judicial Council's Commission on Judicial Independence, and the Boards of the Northern District of California Historical Society and the Legal Aid Society/Employment Law Center. She is also a member of the American Bar Association's recently established Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Commission. She has previously been a lawyer delegate for Northern District of California to the Ninth Circuit and a State Bar delegate to the American Bar Association. Ms. Stewart was recognized as a California Superlawyer in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008. Ms. Stewart received her B.A. with Distinction from Cornell University in 1978 and her J.D. from Boalt Hall School of Law in 1981, where she was awarded Order of the Coif and received Am Jur awards in Constitutional and Criminal Law. Ms. Stewart was Editor-in-Chief of Ecology Law Quarterly and a research assistant to Professors Paul Mishkin and William Fletcher. From 1981-1982, she was a law clerk to Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.