With the Supreme Court poised to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion nationwide, there may be far-reaching implications for the legal rights of other groups, including the LGBTQ community. Katherine Sender, professor of communication and feminist, gender,…
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Mount Sinai Ranked No. 5 on the 2022 DiversityInc Top Hospitals and Health Systems List
The Mount Sinai Health System was ranked No. 5 on DiversityInc’s Top Hospitals and Health Systems list for 2022.
First-of-its-kind twin study at IU finds 50 percent greater risk of suicide attempts, self-harm in sexual minority adolescents
Adolescents who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or other sexual minority are twice as likely to attempt suicide or self-harm than adolescents who identify as heterosexual, according to a new study from Indiana University.
Mom and Pop Can Still Fire You for Being Gay: Rutgers Labor Law Expert Discusses Asterisks on SCOTUS Rulings
PISCATAWAY, N.J. (June 19, 2020) – The Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Earlier in the week, the Court ruled employers cannot discriminate against workers on the…

[email protected] expert: Supreme Court decision on LGBTQ+ rights will have ‘monumental’ impact on community
Contact: Nardy Baeza Bickel, 734-763-0368, [email protected] FACULTY Q&A Audio Supreme Court decision on LGBTQ+ rights will have ‘monumental’ impact on community Gary Harper is a professor of health behavior and health education at the University of Michigan’s School of Public…
Supreme Court just the beginning for LGBTQ workplace equality
On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a decision in the case Bostock v. Clayton County, finding it illegal for employers to discriminate against LGBTQ workers. Katrina Nobles is the Director of Conflict Programs at Cornell University’s School of Industrial and…
LGBT health improves when friends are just like them
Researchers from Michigan State University are the first to pinpoint social factors that can reduce these stressors and improve health for LGBT people. “When we reviewed past studies, we found a pretty stark bias toward studying what made things worse,” said William Chopik, assistant professor of psychology at MSU and lead author.
Craig Konnoth, law professor, contributed to an amicus brief in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. EEOC and is available for media interviews.
Craig Konnoth, associate professor of law, contributed to an amicus brief in R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The brief argues Aimee Stephens was improperly fired for not conforming to gender stereotypes. He is in Washington, D.C.…