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Common Legal Issues of LGBT Law
by Eric Gormly
LGBT law encompasses a broad range of legal areas, each of which overlaps and interconnects with at least one other area. No one attorney can practice effectively in all of them.
However, an informed, competent LGBT attorney will have a good working knowledge of all the relevant areas, will focus on a number of them, and will know the best attorneys to bring in, if needed, to provide the client the best, most effective representation possible.
Some of the legal areas that the LGBT community faces include:
Relationship Rights
Recognition of a committed same-sex relationship and the marriage-style rights that should be inherent in that relationship. Parental Rights
Gaining of custody and visitation rights following either a traditional divorce or the ending of a same-sex relationship.Guardianship, adoption, and medically assisted insemination for a GLBT couple or individual. Property
Legitimate claims to real property, personal property and other assets following a change in relationship, change in financial arrangements, or death or disability of one of the parties. Business Law
Succession in or rights to business assets following a change in relationship, change in financial arrangements, or death or disability of one of the parties. Public Access
Rights, especially of gender non-conforming individuals, to travel via public transportation and to use public facilities. First Amendment
Rights of free expression and association.Schools / Education
Rights of LGBT students to live without harassment or compromising who they are. Employment
Dealing with job discrimination and unequal treatment in the workplace.Housing
Living where one chooses or keeping one's home after the death of or breakup with a same-sex partner.This list is far from complete, but it gives a broad sense of the different issues that fall into this area of law.
If you face or are concerned about potential problems because of your LGBT status, do not hesitate to contact us.
