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From the courtroom to the boardroom: trans attorney leads rights group
Weiss’s casework “resulted in landmark settlements and rulings… and sending an unmistakable message that employment bias will not be tolerated.”
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Judge blocks Mississippi anti-LGBT religious objections law
“As a result, Mississippi will no longer be permitted to favor some ‘religious beliefs’ over others.”
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Oklahoma wants to impeach Obama over where trans kids pee
The legislature introduced a bill requiring public schools to provide “religious accommodations” for students who object to sharing restrooms with trans classmates.
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China’s 1st domestic violence law makes no mention of gay or lesbian couples
Activists welcomed China’s first anti-domestic violence law on Monday, though some criticized the apparent omissions of sexual violence and gay couples.
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Malawi will not arrest, prosecute gays despite anti-gay laws
The Malawian government will not arrest or prosecute gay citizens while lawmakers review existing anti-gay laws, the country’s justice minister said.
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Canadian law school approved despite plan enforce ban on ‘gay intimacy’
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The B.C. government has approved the creation of a new law school at Trinity Western University in Langley B.C., despite concerns from gay rights advocates over its plans to enforce a policy prohibiting “gay intimacy” among staff and students.
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Law school graduates stage walkout to protest Senator’s anti-gay voting record
More than 100 University of Michigan Law School graduates on Saturday staged a walk out during Ohio Sen. Rob Portman’s commencement speech in protest of his anti-LGBT voting record.
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Michigan law students call graduation speaker ‘openly hostile’ toward gay rights
Students at the University of Michigan Law school have expressed outrage over the selection of Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to deliver the commencement address, saying his “openly hostile” position on gay rights makes him an inappropriate choice.
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‘Harvard Law Review’ elects first openly gay president
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Mitchell Reich, a second year at Harvard Law School, has been elected the first openly gay president of the Harvard Law Review, a journal of legal scholarship published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.