Freed Marcroft Proud Returning Corporate Sponsor of GLAD Event
Meghan Freed and Kristen Marcroft are proud to announce that Freed Marcroft is again sponsoring the GLAD (Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders) event “Connecticut: Making History, Changing Lives” this Sunday, March 10, 2014, at The Studio at Firebox Restaurant in Hartford, Connecticut. GLAD works in New England and nationally to create a just society […]
WNPR’s Colin McEnroe Show on the Psychology and Sociology of Coming Out
The good people of the Colin McEnroe Show on WNPR, including of course our dearest Chion Wolf, did an important show today on the psychology and sociology of coming out of the closet. Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra discusses what it is like to be an out gay man in politics, and Brian Murray, who currently […]
Ten Connecticut Companies Earn Perfect Scores on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index
Last week we discussed how Connecticut cities fared in the Human Rights Campaign’s 2013 Municipal Equality Index. This week, the Human Rights Campaign released its 12th annual Corporate Equality Index.
So how did Connecticut-based companies do this year?
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Nelson Mandela and Gay Rights: “The True Test of our Devotion to Freedom is Just Beginning.”
Today, the world mourns the loss of Nelson Mandela. My law school Sexual Orientation and the Law professor devoted time to the post-apartheid South African constitution — a document that has been heralded as the new international model and which would not exist but for Nelson Mandela’s leadership. The South African constitution includes the freedom from […]
Hartford and New Haven Score at the Top of 2013 Human Rights Campaign LGBT Municipal Equality Index
The Human Rights Campaign and Equality Federation have released their second annual national Municipal Equality Index, an evaluation of a “city’s laws and policies and an examination of how inclusive city services are of LGBT people.” Cities are rated on a scale of 0-100, based on the city’s laws, policies, benefits, and services. There are 100 […]
Mississippi Case Latest to Address Difficulties Same Sex Couples Can Have Attempting to Divorce
We have written about the difficulty married same sex couples can face in finding a court to grant a divorce when they live in a state that does not recognize their marriage. In addition to the Texas cases discussed previously, now Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham has filed a divorce complaint in Mississippi chancery court, effectively asking “one […]
Connecticut High School Cancels School Production of Musical with Lesbian and Gay Themes
Trumbull High School in Trumbull, Connecticut has been in the news lately over the school principal, Marc Guarino’s “abrupt” decision to cancel the school’s Thespian Society’s production of the school edition of the musical Rent, which is “based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme,” and follows a “year in the life of a group of impoverished young
Kristen Marcroft to Participate in Connecticut Bar Association Symposium
Kristen Marcroft will be a panelist in a symposium the Connecticut Bar Association Young Lawyers Section is presenting tomorrow, November 22 in conjunction with the University of Connecticut School of Law’s Lambda Law Society.
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Connecticut Bar Association LGBT Section Gathering with Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Andrew McDonald
On November 13, 2013, the new Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Section of the Connecticut Bar Association held a meeting featuring Connecticut Supreme Court Justice Andrew McDonald. Justice McDonald is Connecticut’s first openly
Meghan Freed Quoted in Connecticut Law Tribune Article Paying Tribute to LGBT Lawyer Irene C. Olszewski
Meghan Freed was interviewed for a recent Connecticut Law Tribune article entitled “Colleagues Offer Sad Farewell to Attorney Known for LGBT Work,” which paid tribute to Irene C. Olszewski, one of the first lawyers in Connecticut to focus on matters that affect gay, lesbian, bisexual and
