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Seeking Remedies For Lgbtq Children From Destructive Parental Authority In The Era Of Religious Freedom, Roy Abernathy May 2020

Seeking Remedies For Lgbtq Children From Destructive Parental Authority In The Era Of Religious Freedom, Roy Abernathy

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

This Note explores the intersection of parents’ rights, religious rights, state’s rights, and children’s rights. This Note analyzes the development of children’s rights and how those rights may be applied to current state religious exemption policies that affect the health of LGBTQ children. This Note will argue that in the absence of direct federal legislation to stop the harm of LGBTQ children, four possible remedies may exist to protect LGBTQ children. These remedies include states asserting parens patriae authority, children asserting substantive due process claims, children utilizing partial emancipation statutes, or children utilizing mature minor exemptions, which provide a judicial …


The Many Harms Of Forced Marriage: Insights For Law From Ethnography In Northern Uganda, Myriam S. Denov, Mark A. Drumbl Jan 2020

The Many Harms Of Forced Marriage: Insights For Law From Ethnography In Northern Uganda, Myriam S. Denov, Mark A. Drumbl

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Harnessing an interdisciplinary framework that merges elements of law and social science, this article aims to recast the crime of forced marriage, and thereby enhance accountability, in light of knowledge acquired through ethnographic fieldwork in northern Uganda. More specifically, we draw upon the perspectives and experiences of 20 men who were "bush husbands" in the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). These men were abducted by the LRA between the ages of 10 and 38 and spent between 6 and 24 years in captivity. During their time in the LRA, these men became ‘bush husbands’ with each man fathering between 1 and …


What Happens Next? Will Protection Against Gender Identity And Sexual Orientation Workplace Discrimination Expand During President Obama’S Second Term?, Sarah M. Stephens Mar 2013

What Happens Next? Will Protection Against Gender Identity And Sexual Orientation Workplace Discrimination Expand During President Obama’S Second Term?, Sarah M. Stephens

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Ask, Tell, But Do Not Get Greedy: The Inequalities That Pervade In The Military In Light Of The Repeal Of “Don’T Ask, Don’T Tell”, David Barnes Sep 2012

Ask, Tell, But Do Not Get Greedy: The Inequalities That Pervade In The Military In Light Of The Repeal Of “Don’T Ask, Don’T Tell”, David Barnes

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Eluding The Grim Reaper: How Section 2 Of The Defense Of Marriage Act Could Survive Strict Scrutiny, Michael Disiena Sep 2012

Eluding The Grim Reaper: How Section 2 Of The Defense Of Marriage Act Could Survive Strict Scrutiny, Michael Disiena

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The Need For Change: Evaluating The Medical Necessity Of Gender Reassignment Through International Standards, Chad Ayers Mar 2012

The Need For Change: Evaluating The Medical Necessity Of Gender Reassignment Through International Standards, Chad Ayers

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.