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Will the Supreme Court Consider Trans Cases in 2024?
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– “Constant anxiety” as if she were “trapped” and “drowning”—those are the words that describe how a young transgender teenager known as L.W. felt a…
Ringing in Equality This Holiday Season
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– “We are sad. We are angry. We are grateful. We are hopeful.” These were the words of Vaibhav Jain and Parag Mehta, one of…
You Can’t Bomb a Rainbow
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– Last week, horrific news emerged from Russia. The Russian Supreme Court gave the green light to the government to prosecute and sentence to long…
Fierce Advocacy: It’s All About Love
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– The late Rebecca LePere was one of the most powerful LGBTIQ activists we’ve ever known. She alongside her partner Leslie Ewing and other extraordinary…
Another Major Breakthrough for Transgender Rights in Japan
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– In July, we reported on a major breakthrough for transgender rights in Japan. A five-judge panel of the Japanese Supreme Court issued a unanimous…
‘I Really Want to Visit Your City!’
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– The lyrics of the iconic 1936 song “San Francisco” conclude with the grand proclamation: “San Francisco, welcome me home again. I’m coming home to…
A Simple Matter of Dignity
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– On July 11, 2023, a five-judge panel of the Japanese Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling in favor of a transgender government employee who…
A Call to Embrace the Constitution, Even as the Supreme Court Abandons It
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a powerful dissenting opinion to last month’s disturbing U.S. Supreme Court decision, issued by the extremely conservative Republican-appointed Court’s supermajority,…
Acting Up and Fighting Back in 2023
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– Imagine: A politically conservative Christian television station applies to the City of San Francisco for a permit to use Civic Center Plaza for a…
Unstoppable: The March for LGBTIQ Equality in Japan
By John Lewis and Stuart Gaffney– Unstoppable. That’s the word that summed up our feelings about the Japanese LGBTIQ movement after participating with over 200,000 other people in the recent…
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