All Articles tagged sexual orientation

• General
  April 15, 2018 EDT
  FROM THE CLOSET TO THE BOARDROOM: REGULATING LGBT DIVERSITY ON CORPORATE BOARDS
  Alexander M. Nourafshan

  This article proposes reforms to strengthen the SEC’s diversity disclosure rule by defining diversity and mandating disclosure of specific demographic traits: race, gender, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  “I DON’T LIKE GAYS, OKAY?” USE OF THE “GAY PANIC” MURDER DEFENSE IN MODERN AMERICAN COURTROOMS: THE ULTIMATE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
  Joseph R. Williams

  This note turns a critical eye on the availability of the “gay panic” defense in modern American courtrooms.

• Justice Commentaries
  August 03, 2015 EDT
  “I DON’T LIKE GAYS, OKAY?” USE OF THE “GAY PANIC” MURDER DEFENSE IN MODERN AMERICAN COURTROOMS: THE ULTIMATE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE
  Joseph R. Williams

  This note turns a critical eye on the availability of the “gay panic” defense in modern American courtrooms.

• State Constitutional Commentary
  November 11, 2011 EDT
  STATE CONSTITUTIONAL DECISION-MAKING AND PRINCIPLES OF EQUALITY: REVISITING BAKER V. STATE AND THE QUESTION OF GENDER IN THE MARRIAGE EQUALITY DEBATE
  Cheryl Hanna

  This essay suggests that the most under-appreciated opinion in Baker is Justice Denise Johnson‘s concurring opinion that states that denying same sex couples the right to marry is sex discrimination.