Angela D Giampolo

May 09, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on one of the most unsettled civil rights questions—are LGBTQ people protected by Title VII in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin and sex?

By Angela D. Giampolo

7 minute read

March 12, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Parents can legally force their LGBTQ children into conversion therapy in all but 14 states, and for those LGBTQ teens living in the other 36 states, conversion therapy is a very real fear.

By Angela D. Giampolo

7 minute read

February 01, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

In some cases, the definition of “parent” plays a big role in defining the situation. If courts don't recognize nonbiological parents as true parents, it could mean surrogates and sperm donors have more rights than a nonbiological parent who raised the child.

By Angela D. Giampolo

7 minute read

January 07, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer

Since Donald Trump took office, LGBTQ citizens and advocates have braced themselves for an onslaught of policy changes and legislation designed to take away hard-won rights, remove protections against discriminations, and otherwise relegate them back to second-class citizenhood.

By Angela D. Giampolo

8 minute read

November 12, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The letter condemns the Trump administration's attempts to strip federal protections and rights from the transgender and intersex communities.

By Angela D. Giampolo

7 minute read

October 05, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Most people are familiar with pre-marital agreements, designed to protect individuals entering a legal marriage. LGBTQ individuals find themselves in an interesting position as it relates to pre-marital agreements because of the staggered way in which marriage equality came about.

By Angela D. Giampolo

5 minute read

September 07, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

In 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Obergefell v. Hodges case that marriage equality was the law of the land, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community celebrated, but only briefly.

By Angela D. Giampolo

6 minute read

August 10, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state of Ohio's House of Representatives is considering legislation that forces educators, therapists, and social workers to out transgender minors to their parents or face fourth-degree felony charges.

By Angela D. Giampolo

6 minute read

June 08, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Most children live with the expectation that they'll grow up, get married, and one day, have kids—I think that's even a song! But, for children who realize they're a member of the LGBTQ community, the certainty of parenthood is now in question.

By Angela D. Giampolo

1 minute read

May 04, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

Much of our focus on LGBTQ rights centers at the federal level because those decisions impact the entire United States, but there are many ongoing battles in a multitude of states that concern LGBTQ equality.

By Angela D. Giampolo

8 minute read