Gender & Sexuality Law Blog

  The Center for Gender & Sexuality Law at Columbia Law School wants to express our gratitude for the communities that support our work and who engage in our programming. As we approach #GivingTuesday 2018, Tuesday, November 27th, we hope you will consider including the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law in your year-end giving. […]

Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 Press Advisory: Columbia Law Professor Files Amicus Briefs on Religious Liberty Claims Raised in Federal Prosecutions of Activists in Arizona Who Left Water and Food In Desert For Migrants Media Contact: Elizabeth Boylan, eboyla@law.columbia.edu | 212.854.0167 Access PDFs of the Amicus Briefs, here: Amicus brief in United States of America vs. Caitlin Persis Deighan, et al. […]

Professor Suzanne Goldberg argues ban relies on sex-based stereotypes that have been rejected by courts for decades. Cross-Posted from the Columbia Law School Office of Public Affairs New York, Oct. 29, 2018—The Trump administration’s efforts to ban transgender individuals from serving in the military—which lower courts have so far prohibited from taking effect—are similar to previous […]

Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic Files Brief in Trump’s Transgender Military Ban Case Media Contact: Public Affairs at publicaffairs@law.columbia.edu or 212-854-2650  New York, July 5, 2018—President Trump’s ban on military service by transgender individuals runs counter to decades of well-settled judicial decisions forbidding the government from entrenching sex stereotypes in law, according to an amicus brief filed July 3 […]

A Message from the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law In Honor of the Columbia Law School Class of 2018 May 14, 2018 – The Center for Gender & Sexuality Law is thrilled to bestow our congratulations upon the Columbia Law School Class of 2018. At the core of our work as a Center, we […]

This Spring, the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law is pleased to welcome an exciting cohort of Visiting Faculty, who will be working in residence with our team at Columbia Law School this semester.  Our visitors, Professors Sahar Aziz, Suzanne Kim, and Melissa Murray, will be engaged in programming with students and faculty at Columbia […]

Media Advisory:  Columbia Law School Scholars Professor Katherine Franke and Elizabeth Reiner Platt are available for expert commentary on Supreme Court of the United States Hearing of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. vs. Colorado Civil Rights Commission; arguments to be heard on Tuesday, December 5th, 2017. Press Contacts: Liz Boylan Associate Director, Center for Gender & Sexuality Law, […]

Cross-Posted to Medium It is with great sadness that we honor the passing of Edie Windsor, victorious marriage-equality plaintiff in United States v. Windsor and long-time leader in the LGBT community.  We had the privilege of welcoming Edie to Columbia Law School in February 2014 as the keynote speaker for the Center for Gender & […]

This Summer, Tamar Katz Peled joined the Center for Gender & Sexuality Law as a Visiting Scholar.  I spoke with Tamar 2 weeks ago about her research, and her plans for pursuing further inquiry and advocacy work in her primary field of study: reproductive surrogacy, and reproductive access in legal and social contexts.  Below is […]

Cross-posted to Medium. New York, June 13, 2017–Columbia Law School’s Sexuality and Gender Law Clinic released a comprehensive country conditions report documenting the serious risks LGBT people in Guyana face. The report, Documentation of Country Conditions Regarding the Treatment of Gay Men, Lesbians, Bisexuals, and Transgender Individuals in Guyana, which can be filed as an index by […]