Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review

The Symposium featured a keynote address by Professor Dean Spade of Seattle University School of Law, an afternoon address by Shannon Price Minter of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and panels of accomplished scholars and practitioners addressing the ways in which our legal and social systems create obstacles for transgender persons and the ways in which those obstacles affect transgender lives.

Symposium panels focused on issues of gender self-determination, workplace diversity, and criminal justice. Ultimately, the Symposium provided a forum for discussion regarding the policies and practices that would best address the challenges faced by transgender communities.

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Keynote Address:

Dean Spade
Assistant Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law
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Afternoon Address:

Shannon Price Minter
Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights
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Panel: The Right to Gender Self-Determination

Dr. Dan Irving
Assistant Professor, Human Rights and Sexuality Studies, Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University
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Katrina Rose
Attorney, Doctoral Candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of History, University of Iowa
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Amara Chaudhry
Legal Director, Equality Advocates Pennsylvania
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Taylor Flynn
Professor of Law, Western New England College School of Law
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Panel: Criminal Justice for Trans Communities

Andrea Ritchie
New York-Based Civil Rights Activist, Litigator, and Author
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Kylar Broadus
Associate Professor, Business Law, Lincoln University of Missouri
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Gabriel Arkles
Staff Attorney, Sylvia Rivera Law Project
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Panel: Gender Diversity in the Workplace

Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
Associate Professor of Law and Society, Ramapo College of New Jersey
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Dr. Gwen Greenberg
Podiatrist, Lecturer on Transgender Issues
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Elizabeth Glazer
Associate Professor of Law, Hofstra University School of Law
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Terry Kogan
Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah
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