Jul 7, 2017 | Philadelphia Gay News
On the final day of its session, the Supreme Court agreed to hear the case of Colorado baker Jack Phillips, who refuses to make cakes for same-sex weddings on the basis of his “religious beliefs.” Unfortunately, we are going to have to wait to see if “religious...
Jul 6, 2017 | Philadelphia Gay News
I won’t mince words: Each day, values that we hold dear — inclusion, tolerance and equality — are in danger like never before. Over the past two weeks, we’ve seen Americans ban together in unprecedented ways, from the Women’s March in Washington, D.C., to a small town...
May 8, 2014 | Civil Rights, DOMA, LGBT Law, Philadelphia Gay News, Philly Gay Lawyer Media, Same Sex Marriage
Respect your elders. It’s one of the early cornerstones of manners that we are taught as kids. Yet LGBT elders don’t always automatically receive this same respect. Our LGBT elder trailblazers came out under fire, grew up when being gay was considered a mental-health...
Apr 4, 2014 | LGBT Law, Philadelphia Gay News, Philly Gay Lawyer Media, Real Estate
Home may be where the heart is, but having a roof over one’s head is one of the most basic of human needs. Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights includes “housing” on its list of essentials that everyone should have access to, alongside food,...
Mar 12, 2014 | LGBT Law, Philadelphia Gay News, Philly Gay Lawyer Media, Same Sex Marriage
Regardless of the year, June 26 is a date that LGBT Americans will never forget. On that day in 2003, the Supreme Court of the United States found Texas’ anti-sodomy laws unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas and, 10 years later, the top court gave us another huge...
