One year after the 2021 Lavender Law historic panel on bi+ inclusion, “Bridging the Gap in LGBTQ+ Rights Litigation: A Community Discussion on Bisexual Visibility in the Law,” this panel brings last year’s speakers back together to reflect on tangible work that has been done in the past year to further intersectional bi+ visibility and representation in the movement for LGBTQ+ equity. In 2021, this panel of speakers addressed bi+ erasure in the larger LGBTQ+ rights movement in a historic roundtable discussion that addressed ways in which the LGBTQ+ rights movement can begin a new, more bi-inclusive chapter in impact litigation and other advocacy work. In 2022, the panelists will report on the advances they have made and the barriers they and their organizations have encountered while working to further bi+ inclusion, while continuing the discussion about the importance of meaningful inclusion of bisexual+ people in our work and lives.
Progress and Barriers Toward Visibility and Inclusion of Bisexual+ People in the LGBTQ+ Rights Movement: Learning from Movement Leaders
Location: Floor M2, Studio C
Speakers: Hon. Mike Jacobs (Moderator) (State Court of DeKalb County); Alexander Chen (Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic); Nesta Johnson (National Center for Lesbian Rights); Bendita Cynthia Malakia (O’Melveny & Myers); Sarah Warbelow (Human Rights Campaign); Ezra Young (Law Office of Ezra Young)