Gender & Sexuality Law Blog

Updating our earlier post on the statement to be read at the UN this week calling for an end to rights abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity: The International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission has confirmed that the Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC) is joining with the Vatican to protest [...]

As the world celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), a statement will be read before the U.N. General Assembly this week, endorsed by more than 50 countries across the globe, calling for an end to rights abuses based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Nations on four [...]

From Alma Beltran y Puga of the Human Rights Clinic:
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the United States, and we have a tragic story to tell. On June 22, 1999, Jessica Lenahan’s estranged husband, Simon Gonzales, abducted her three young daughters in violation of a court-issued domestic violence restraining order. As soon [...]