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Undocuqueer
Signal boost for Julio Salgado, a talented queer and undocumented artist now living in the Bay Area. In his own words: “I am UndocuQueer!” is an art project in conjunction with the Undocumented Queer Youth Collective and the Queer Undocumented Read More …
Gender Boundaries
When we allow women/queer organizers to leave activist spaces and protect people whose violence provoked their departure, we are saying we value these de facto state agents who disrupt the work more than we value people whose labor builds and Read More …
Revisiting Gay I-130s and Galvanizing Support for DOMA Repeals
It is unquestionably appalling that a gay (or bi) American citizen cannot sponsor her or his spouse to live in the United States. It’s annoying that I feel the need to spend time writing about the case of a happily-married Read More …
CLE Report
I participated in the first Continuing Legal Education (CLE) of my life yesterday at the Golden Gate University Law School. I had not planned to speak at the event but one of my awesome speakers had a family emergency the Read More …
Emerging Issues for LGBT Immigrants, Asylees and Refugee Seekers CLE
I’ve been working on this for quite a while and will also have a practical comprehensive “know your rights” guide for everyone who attends the CLE, which focuses more on transgender issues. I worry that discourse around LGBT immigrants, refugee Read More …