Gender & Sexuality Law Blog
"A forum for students, faculty and law school alums to discuss current issues in gender and sexuality law.
Author: Katherine Franke and Suzanne Goldberg are professors at Columbia Law School and directors of its Gender & Sexuality Law Program, and Jeannie Chung is a student and Brooklyn Law School.
Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Women in the Law • Civil Rights • Family Law • Brooklyn Law School • Columbia University • Law Professor • Law Student
Recent Posts from Gender & Sexuality Law Blog
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Another Step Backwards For Women’s Rights in Italy
Letizia Palumbo is a visiting scholar at Columbia Law School, and a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Palermo, Department of Politics, Law and Society. This fall at Columbia she is researching the limits of…
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Marriage Equality in Maine: Lessons Learned, Future Directions
Marriage Equality in Maine: Lessons Learned, Future Directions Wednesday, November 4th 4:30 pm Room 107, Greene Hall ▸ Suzanne Goldberg, Director of the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law; ▸ Nate Persily, Charles Keller Beekman…
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Maine Trending in the Right Direction Today on Preserving SS Marriage
Reports from Maine show high turnout at the polls – this is read as good news for preserving marriage rights for same sex couples. You know, homos don’t like rain!
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Public Shaming as the New Revolt of the Homosexual
The passage of Proposition 8 in California a year ago unleashed a troubling new strategy in the movement to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples: public shaming. In an effort to slow down the ever-increasing…
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Freak-ish Feminism: The “Perilous” Results of the Women’s Liberation Movement
Nicole Medham is a third year law student at Columbia Law School and has these thoughts about a recent 20/20 episode that caught her attention when the authors of Freakonomics were interviewed about the what…
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Maine Vote on Revoking Marriage Rights For Same-Sex Couples: How Close Is It?
Maine voters will see on their ballots next Tuesday a proposition to repeal legislation that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry. The language on the ballot is: Do you want to reject the new…
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First David Letterman, Now Steve Phillips – Is Sex with Female Subordinates Always Sexual Harassment?
A day doesn’t go by that we don’t hear about a man in the public eye being found to have had sex with female subordinates at work. Today’s offender is 46 year-old Steve Phillips, ESPN…
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Balloon Boy Hoax Redux or A Lawsuit That Brings New Meaning to An Abrasive Brief?
It may well be that this is just a hoax, but it’s a good one, and on a funky Friday afternoon it’s just too good to pass up: Escambia County Court (Florida) Judge Patricia Kinsey…
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Hate Crimes Laws & The Social Contract
Chinyere Ezie, Columbia Law School class of 2010 is Editor-in-Chief of the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law and former President of Outlaws (the Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer/Allied student organization at Columbia Law School), offers the following reflections…
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The Queer Argument for the Public Option
The relative silence of a queer – or even a gay – voice in the health care reform debate of the last six months is confounding. As someone who spent my 20’s and 30’s dealing…