by admin | Jan 22, 2019 | Featured, Transgender
Today, the Supreme Court granted a request from the Justice Department to ban transgender military recruits while objections to the policy play out in the lower courts. President Trump first announced the ban in July 2017, citing concerns over medical costs....
by admin | Feb 28, 2018 | Featured, News
It seems like an inconsequential court case. In 2010, a skydiving instructor in New York lost his job and sued his employer over discrimination. Donald Zarda was fired, he contends, only days after mentioning his sexuality to his employer. The lawsuit is based...
by admin | Oct 2, 2017 | Featured, News
“The world lost a tiny but tough-as-nails fighter for freedom, justice, and equality,” said Judith Kasen-Windsor, wife of activist Edith Windsor, announcing her death on Tuesday, September 12th. “Edie was the light of my life.” Edith Windsor’s light...
by admin | Feb 17, 2017 | Featured, Politics
When President Trump appointed Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, it left many Americans fearful that the new justice would overturn the legalization of gay marriage. But as the New York Times points out, it’s not so easy to tell where Gorsuch stands on...
by admin | Mar 16, 2016 | Power LGBT
Lakeland lawyer Larry Hardaway organized an event in Lakeland recently as a vigil for the late Virgil Hawkins, a respected civil rights pioneer in Florida. Hawkins’ story begins in 1949, when the then 43-year-old’s application to the University of Florida’s Levin...