Joint Program of Sections on Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues and Minority Groups

Association of American Law Schools
2001 Annual Meeting
Wednesday, January 3, 2001 - Saturday, January 6, 2001
San Francisco, California

Wednesday, January 3, 2001
2:00-3:45 p.m.

Imperial A
Hilton San Francisco and Towers
Ballroom Level

Isabelle R. Gunning, Southwestern University, and Chair, Section on Gay and Lesbian Legal Issues
Berta Esperanza Hernandez-Truyol, University of Florida, and Chair, Section on Minority Groups

Intersecting Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation: Theoretical and Activists Perspectives

Speakers:

Elvia R. Arriola, Human Rights Lawyer, Austin, Texas, and Visiting Professor, DePaul University
Pamela D. Bridgewater, Northeastern University
Julie Greenberg, Thomas Jefferson School of Law [View Program Materials]
Joan W. Howarth, Golden Gate University
Darren Lenard Hutchinson, Southern Methodist University
Paula C. Johnson, Syracuse University
Myron Dean Quon , Staff Attorney, Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund, Los Angeles, California

This program addresses the continuing problem facing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people of color of having the multilayered aspects of their identity recognized by the law and other societal institutions. Scholars will explore the deconstruction of the range of problems involved with this and its destructive nature for the individuals and for the ways in which the law and society understand and define identity for anyone. This will be done both for community of colors in the United States but also for sexual minority communities in Africa. Activists will explore the practical aspects of these issues.

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