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the Equal Access Act in Caudillo
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- Article/Artikel
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- Hastings Women's Law Journal
- Magazine Year
- 2006
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Oren, Laura
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- gelijke behandeling, wetgeving, rechtspraak, homoseksualiteit, onderwijsinstellingen, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- Examination of the history and purpose of the Equal Access Act, which prohibits high schools from discriminating among extracurricular clubs on the basis of viewpoint, by focusing on a recent case in which a federal discrict court upheld the decision of Lubbock High School to deny access to members of a Gay/Straight Alliance.
meeting the 'because of...sex' requirement
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- Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice
- Magazine Year
- 2007
- Creator
- Diefenbach, Clare
- Description
- By looking at every relevant federal same-sex harassment case dating rom the Oncale decision in 1998 through 2006 the author examines the way in which courts have interpreted the Oncale decision, and specifically, the way in which courts have applied the 'because of...sex' requirement from Title VII.
the lesbian mother and the judicial perpetuation of damaging stereotypes
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- Yale Journal of Law and Feminism
- Magazine Year
- 1995
- Magazine Number
- 2
- Creator
- Ronner, Amy D.
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- rechtspraak, discriminatie, homoseksualiteit, Verenigde Staten
- Description
- The image that materializes in judicial decisions is a composite of two separate stereotypes of homoseksuals: the first as an emblem of dangerous 'malum in se' criminality, and the second, as someone with a life-style devoid of any marital or familial attributes. This article explores the merging of those two stereotypes in three cases in Virginia, a state renowned for its conservativism in the area of lesbian and gay rights.
judicial policy innovation and diffusion
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- Article/Artikel
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- Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice
- Magazine Year
- 2007
- Creator
- Turner, William B.
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- Holtzman v. Knott was the first decision in which a court recognized a lesbian as the 'de facto parent' of a child whom her partner had conceived and delivered during the course of their relationship. The author describes the holding and rationale of Holtzman, along with descriptions of subsequent cases, both those that grant standing to the petitioner and those that do not. He also gives demographic information about the states that have directly addressed the issue and states that restrict the parenting rights of gays and lesbians.
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