Author Archives: Lisa Keen
Supreme Court will review three Title VII cases
In what one legal activist termed an "aggressive" move, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review lower court decisions in three Title VII workplace discrimination cases --two that were resolved in favor of LGBT employees, one in favor
“Deeply disturbing message” in Supreme Court silence
The U.S. Supreme Court refused Monday to hear the appeal of a death row inmate whose attorneys gathered sworn statements from the man's jury that some jurors expressed anti-gay bias in deciding to give the man the death penalty.
Trump ban on trans service members: under way but under challenge
President Trump's ban on transgender people in the military went into effect April 12, but the legal challenges against the ban are still underway.
Buttigieg makes it official: ‘We are not going back’
Openly gay mayor Pete Buttigieg announced his formal campaign for the presidency Sunday, finding a way to make his evolution as a gay person relatable to people who are not gay and a kind of metaphor for the nation’s struggle
The implausible rise of Pete Buttigieg
With an unusually large field of popular and well-known Democrats running for the party's nomination for president, everyone, including openly gay presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg are surprised at how well he has caught on with voters.
Supreme Court declines B&B’s appeal for religious exemption
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal from a Honolulu bed-and-breakfast which sought the right to refuse to accommodate a same-sex couple by citing religious beliefs. Still another such public accommodation appeal is pending before the high court,
Courts splitting over Fair Housing protection
With the increasing number of seniors, more courts are weighing in on --and disagreeing-- whether the federal Fair Housing Act provides protection to LGBT people seeking admission to senior communities.
Trump dumps one gay nominee, downgrades another
President Trump has not resubmitted the nomination of an openly lesbian judge to serve on the federal district court in Illinois and has dropped a gay male attorney's nomination from the Ninth Circuit appeals to the district court in San
Whitaker to Congress: ‘You can change the law’
Acting U.S. Attorney General defended DOJ's argument that Title VII does not protect LGBT people from discrimination.
