A day long symposium featuring Kevin Cathcart, Nan Hunter, Joey Mogul, Aisha Moodie-Mills, and keynote speake Jewelle Gomez
Since 1991 the LGBT movement has struggled to secure the right to legally marry for lesbians and gay men. Nineteen states and the District of Columbia now permit same-sex marriage. The Supreme Court has ruled it unconstitutional for the federal government to deny federal benefits of marriage to married same-sex couples. At least twenty other states are now facing legal challenges to their ban on same-sex marriage. The fight for marriage equality is, essentially, over.
After two decades focusing on this fight what are the most important issues facing the LGBT movement now?
The year-long seminar series brought together four prominent lawyers and activists who will examine crucial issues facing the LGBT movement today: increased discrimination against and criminalization of people with HIV; how class and poverty effect the LGBT movement; the problems of relying on federal law to secure LGBT equality; and how religious exemptions and conscious clauses are undermining LGBT anti-discrimination law.
The series will culminate in a day long symposium with the seminar speakers discussing these issues with one another as well as a keynote by writer/activist Jewell Gomez.
LOCATION:Thompson Room, Barker Center 110, 12 Quincy St. STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20150327T140000Z DTEND:20150327T190000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR