FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2016 Contacts: Erik Olvera Communications Director National Center for Lesbian Rights 415.392.6257 x324/415.994.3242 (cell) EOlvera@NCLRights.org Rebecca Sturtevant Southern Poverty Law Center 334.956.8298/334.314.6897 (cell) rebecca.sturtevant@splcenter.org Transgender Employee in Louisiana Prevails in Employment Discrimination Case PDF VERSION (LAKE CHARLES, LA, Dec. 7, 2016)—A former employee of an installment loan company in Lake […]
It has been a year since the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Marriage Equality, and we’ve spent that year celebrating love in ways many of us thought would never be possible in our lifetimes. Although the Obergefell ruling opened a world of opportunities to the LGBTQ community, the legal world has yet to fully […]
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Louisiana trans man says he was fired from his job at a New Orleans financial firm because he refused to obey his employers’ edict that he wear dresses and identify as female. According to ABC News, a number of rights organizations are banding together to support Tristan Brussard in his lawsuit against Tower Loan, which […]
(New Orleans, LA, April 13, 2015)—A national Mississippi-based finance company fired a transgender man after he refused to agree to dress and be treated as female, according to a federal employment discrimination lawsuit filed today by civil rights advocates. Tristan Broussard, 21, was hired by Tower Loan as a manager trainee in the company’s Lake […]
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A New Orleans law firm is taking on the civil rights case of a Lake Charles man who says he was fired from his job, after he refused to wear a dress, and be treated as a woman. WGNO reporter Deepak Saini explains why this lawsuit is one of the first […]
By Benjamin Alexander-Bloch NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune February 12, 2014 A gay rights group on Wednesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Louisiana Constitution’s ban on recognizing gay marriages performed legally in other states — adding Louisiana to a growing list of legal challenges to state laws on the issue. The civil lawsuit, filed in […]
This month, a private law firm focused specifically on the legal needs of the LGBT community opened its doors in New Orleans. Openly gay lawyers Ryan Delaney and Brandon Robb, pictured here, both graduated from Loyola University. They decided to launch Delaney & Robb Attorneys at Law, LLC together earlier this year. “We opened trying to do […]
www.advocate.com Two gay lawyers have opened the first private law firm in Louisiana to focus its services on LGBT clients. In New Orleans, Ryan Delaney and Brandon Robb have established what they say is the first private law firm in Louisiana to focus primarily on LGBT issues: Delaney & Robb Attorneys at Law, LLC. Delaney […]