Tag: Out Law
The new ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
In April, for the first time ever, a full panel of Circuit Court judges in the Seventh District in Illinois ruled that discrimination...
How LGBTQ-owned businesses further equality
In recent years, when the terms “LGBTQ” and “small business” are discussed in the media, it’s usually in response to a small but vocal...
The importance of LGBT employee-resource groups
If it makes dollars, it makes sense — and it’s no secret that diversity in the workplace is good for business. ...
The icing on the discrimination cake
On the final day of its session, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Colorado baker Jack Phillips, who refuses to make...
Ongoing LGBT evolution in the U.S. military
For 17 years, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” forcibly closeted tens of thousands of military servicemen and women. Originally designed as a compromise between lawmakers...
Silence on Chechen violence
LGBT equality has been an important topic in the United States for the last several years, and the legal strides we’ve made to improve...
A pawn for good instead of evil
On Feb. 24, 2004, then-President George W. Bush announced that he supported a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, declaring it was the only way...
Grim outlook for transgender rights?
So much has changed since that day in October when we all rejoiced at the announcement that the Supreme Court of the United States...
The beginning of an LGBT civil-rights rollback?
I won’t mince words: Each day, values that we hold dear — inclusion, tolerance and equality — are in danger like never before. Over...
2016 Year in Review
Well, congratulations! If for nothing else, congratulations on surviving one of the most tumultuous, confusing, disappointing and momentous years … ever. ...
What LGBT people can do to protect themselves before Trump is...
Can you believe that 14 percent of LGBT people actually admitted that they voted for President-elect Donald J. Trump? And that is after he...
Ushering in a new era
I have never fielded more phone calls, emails and Facebook messages than since the passage of marriage equality as I did this week. That’s...
Supreme Court takes on transgender rights
The LGBT community has been making long-deserved strides recently in obtaining equal protection under the law. With decisions like Windsor and Obergefell, we have precedents...
After marriage equality, reproductive reforms still needed
Most LGBT couples spend upwards of $5,000 to go through the adoption process in the United States. As always, Canada is about to make...
Still wed-locked in Pennsylvania post-marriage equality
Since Whitewood v. Wolf in Pennsylvania and the federal Obergefell v. Hodges, gay people’s biggest worries surrounding marriage have been whether or not to...
Legal apps for non-lawyers
I’m always looking up “lawyer apps” that help attorneys with productivity, keeping track of billable hours or even offer tips on how to relax....
LGBT community takes on NRA and gun control
This quote by actor Don Winsor went viral almost immediately after the Orlando massacre and it is spot on: “Congrats, murderer....
Birth certificates should be the next battleground
The firestorm of bathroom laws, otherwise known as anti-transgender laws, rests on one thing: birth certificates. Very few people realize...
Historic EEOC ruling makes local employment suits possible
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission recently filed its first suits challenging sexual-orientation discrimination as sex discrimination — one comes from Pennsylvania and the other...
Southern shame
North Carolina is truly a state of Tar Heels — they are stuck in the past. I’m sure I wasn’t the only person who...
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