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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 …


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.