Key leaders of major LGBT advocacy organizations share how they, and their advocacy groups, are working to achieve equality and to identify critical legal issues facing the community in the years ahead. This plenary will look at the future, from 2008 to 2012, to comport with LGBT Bar’s new strategic plan.
Speakers: Andrea Khoury , Jody Marksamer , Katie Stewart
Youth
LGBT Youth OUT and in the Schools
LGBT advocates have been working to develop leaders and make schools safer by supporting Gay/Straight Alliances (GSAs) in schools. However, strategic and coordinated efforts are being employed by the radical right to circumvent the Equal Access Act’s Protections and make Gay/Straight Alliances less accessible in schools. Meanwhile, legal advocates are working hard to prevent anti-gay harassing speech while protecting LGBT-affirming speech. Come to this workshop to get the latest on these complex Constitutional issues and learn how best to advocate, and when to litigate, on behalf of LGBT students.
Speakers: Kara Suffredini, Carolyn Laub, Brian Chase