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Protecting Trans Rights: The 7th Circuit and Beyond
On Wednesday, June 7th, at 12:00pm PST/3:00pm EST, the National LGBT Bar Association and the Transgender Law Center will host a call-in addressing the 7th Circuit's recent groundbreaking ruling affirming the preliminary injunction granted in Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District. Ash Whitaker, a transgender boy from Wisconsin, brought the lawsuit last year after his high school barred him from the boys’ bathroom and forced him to use a separate bathroom from all other students. The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the school district’s treatment of Ash violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Equal Protection Clause of Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. Hear from members of the legal team and other experts as they talk about how this precedent-setting victory was won and what it means for transgender rights moving forward, particularly in regard to Title IX protection from discrimination for transgender youth.
Join us, and remember to come prepared with questions for our expert panelists!
Call-in Information
Time: June 7th, 12:00pm PST/3:00pm EST
Dial-in Number: (712) 432-6333
Participant Code: 187141#
Ilona Turner, Legal Director, Transgender Law Center
Ilona Turner joined the Transgender Law Center as legal director in January 2012. Before that, she was a staff attorney at the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), where her work frequently focused on issues affecting transgender clients. She previously practiced law at Cohen, Weiss, & Simon LLP in New York City, representing unions, union-run health and retirement plans, and employees. In the early 2000s she worked as the lobbyist for Equality California, where she helped to shepherd groundbreaking legislation that prohibited housing and employment discrimination against transgender people and dramatically expanded the rights of domestic partners in California.
Joseph J. Wardenski, Counsel, Relman, Dane & Cofax
Joseph Wardenski practices primarily in civil rights litigation and is lead counsel on the Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District case. Prior to joining Relman, Dane & Colfax, Mr. Wardenski served as a trial attorney in the Educational Opportunities Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where he was lead attorney on a variety of matters enforcing federal civil rights laws protecting students in public schools, colleges, and universities from discrimination. While at the Justice Department, Mr. Wardenski also served as co-chair of the Civil Rights Division’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) Working Group. Previously, Mr. Wardenski was a litigation associate at Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in New York.
Shannon Minter, Legal Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights
Shannon Minter is a longtime LGBT advocate and has served as lead counsel for a number of high profile cases, including the 2009 Proposition 8 Case in the California Supreme Court and Christian Legal Society v. Hastings. Minter has been the recipient of a number of awards, including California Attorney of the Year in 2009, and was listed as one of six Lawyers of the Year by Lawyers USA.
Joshua Block, Staff Attorney, ACLU
Joshua Block is a staff attorney with the National ACLU’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & HIV Projects. Josh was a member of the legal team that litigated Obergefell v Hodges and United States v. Windsor before the Supreme Court, and he has litigated cases seeking marriage for same-sex couples in Kansas, Missouri, Utah, and Virginia. Josh’s litigation docket covers a wide range of issues, including employment discrimination, attempts to use religion to discriminate, access to healthcare for transgender people, military service, and censorship and free speech. In in 2012, he was named one of the “Best LGBT Lawyers Under 40" by the LGBT Bar Association
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