Jun 9, 2014 | Civil Rights, DOMA, Legal Intelligencer, LGBT Law, Philly Gay Lawyer Media, Same Sex Marriage
The fight for marriage equality has entered into a new phase garnering a different perspective with respect to legal strategy. Pennsylvania joined the ranks (becoming the 19th state) on May 20 when U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III of the Middle District of...
May 12, 2014 | Civil Rights, DOMA, Legal Intelligencer, LGBT Law, Philly Gay Lawyer Media, Same Sex Marriage
The fight for marriage equality in Pennsylvania may finally be coming to an end. There are multiple same-sex marriage cases that have been filed in Pennsylvania, but the American Civil Liberties Union and Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller’s Whitewood...
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...
Mar 10, 2014 | Civil Rights, DOMA, Legal Intelligencer, Philly Gay Lawyer Media, Same Sex Marriage
Remember the good old days of marriage when all you had to worry about choosing was a centerpiece and whether or not to invite that annoying second cousin on your mother’s side of the family? These days, as the battle for national recognition of same-sex...
Feb 17, 2014 | Civil Rights, International Law, Legal Intelligencer, LGBT Law
When Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into Russian legislation a law that criminalized all conduct supporting, encouraging or positively portraying the LGBT orientation in June 2013, it sparked an international outcry that has been growing in intensity,...
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...
