Sharon McGowan·Nov 6, 2024Let’s show Donald Trump who we are.I won’t mince words — this is a hard message to write. In 2016, it was easier to think that people perhaps hadn’t realized what they were…
Sharon McGowan·Jul 11, 2024A Way Forward After the Demise of ‘Chevron’Six Justices of the United States Supreme Court have turned Ronald Reagan’s deregulation dream into a public safety nightmare.
InLambda LegalbySharon McGowan·Oct 11, 201830 years in, National Coming Out Day is as important than everA little over twenty years ago, I made a decision that changed, and likely saved, my life. I came out to my parents. I can still recall…
InLambda LegalbySharon McGowan·Jun 7, 2018Death by 1,000 WordsRyan Bounds, a judicial nominee for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, recently shared this exchange with Sen. Coons regarding violence…
InLambda LegalbySharon McGowan·Sep 15, 2017I Left the Government to Sue the Government Because I Believe in the ConstitutionOn my very first day at the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, I swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution.
InLambda LegalbySharon McGowan·Jun 28, 2017We weren’t fooled by Gorsuch, and we aren’t fooled by his clonesAuthored by Lambda Legal Fair Courts Project Fellow Yuvraj Joshi.
InLambda LegalbySharon McGowan·Jun 13, 2017Trump’s War on LGBTQ People Has Reached the CourtsTomorrow, the Senate continues with confirmation hearings for the first batch of Donald Trump’s nominees to the federal courts. True to his…
InLambda LegalbySharon McGowan·May 14, 2017This Mothers’ Day, Our LGBTQ Elders Need Our SupportEver since our oldest daughter started daycare four years ago, the beginning of May has been tinged with a bit of dread.
InLambda LegalbySharon McGowan·Apr 7, 2017Neil Gorsuch’s Path to the Supreme Court Was a Hot Mess, but It’s Not the End — It’s Just the…Well, that happened.
