Aug 4, 2014 | Civil Rights, LGBT Law, Philadelphia Gay News, Transgender Issues
We just marked the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which sparked the modern gay-rights movement, with Pride events in New York City and San Francisco. The events featured transgender celebrities Laverne Cox and Janet Mock as grand marshals; the symbolic inclusion...
Apr 16, 2014 | Civil Rights, Corporate Law, DOMA, Legal Intelligencer, LGBT Law, Philly Gay Lawyer Media, Transgender Issues
The legal landscape for LGBT people today is quickly changing and hard to predict, but the trend over the last few years has been overwhelmingly positive—from the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s...
Apr 7, 2014 | LGBT Law, Philly Gay Lawyer Media, Transgender Issues
The Legal Blitz’s Steve Silver interviews PhillyGayLawyer Angela Giampolo about Transgender athlete Chloie Jonsson’s California discrimination case against CrossFit. Original...
Jan 13, 2014 | Adoption, Civil Rights, Conversion Therapy, DOMA, International Law, Legal Intelligencer, LGBT Adoption, LGBT Law, Philly Gay Lawyer Media, Transgender Issues
Will 2014 be the year when opponents of progress will finally stand alone on the wrong side of history? The forecast looks cloudy, at best. But as I look back at 2013—the battles we’ve won and the battles we’ve lost—I see tremendous potential for advances...
Jan 6, 2014 | Civil Rights, LGBT Law, Philadelphia Gay News, Transgender Issues
Very few people know the ramifications, consequences and freedoms that come with a birth certificate. Let’s say for a minute that you are a transgender person — an individual who was born the wrong gender. You’ve seen a doctor and received hormone-replacement therapy,...
