Past Programs
Dallas
Exhibition Opening
Friday, September 6, 2024 | 6:00PM - 8:30PM CT
Resource Center | 5750 Cedar Springs Rd, Dallas, Texas
Mingle with fellow community members and enjoy light refreshments as we celebrate Queer Justice. Short remarks will be given by American LGBTQ+ Museum Chief Development Officer Seth Rosen, Resource Center CEO Cece Cox, Deputy Legal Director of Legal Education and Public Engagement Paul D. Castillo, and Lambda Legal SCRO Regional Director Shelly L. Skeen, J.D., LL.M.
Exhibition Symposium
Saturday, September 7, 2024 | 10:00AM - 3:30PM CT
The Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum | 300 N Houston St, Dallas, Texas
Schedule | The Unstoppable State of LGBTQ+ Rights: Past, Present, and Future
Opening Remarks with Seth Rosen (Chief Development Officer, American LGBTQ+ Museum), Shelly L. Skeen, J.D., LL.M. (Regional Director, Lambda Legal), Mary Pat Higgins (President and CEO, Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum), and Lauren Mutti (Past Board Chair and Board Member, Lambda Legal)
Panel 1: The State of LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Before Lawrence v. Texas feat. Wesley Phelps and Dick Peeples
Panel 2: The New Beginning: Lawrence v. Texas feat. Mitchell Katine (trial attorney in Lawrence v. Texas), Lee Taft (U.S. Supreme Court Legal & Education Team, Lambda Legal), and Nicholas “Guilly” Guillory (former Tyron Garner Fellow, Lambda Legal)
Panel 3: The State of LGBTQ+ Legislation feat. Jessica González (Texas House of Representatives), Miriam Laeky (Government Affairs Director, Equality Texas), and Cece Cox (CEO, Resource Center)
Panel 4: Civil Rights Impact Litigation Now and Into the Future feat. Lambda Legal lawyers, Paul D. Castillo (Deputy Legal Director of Legal Education and Public Engagement), Richard Saenz (Counsel, Criminal Justice and Police Misconduct Strategist), and Sasha Buchert (Counsel, Nonbinary & Trans Rights Project Director)
Chicago | Opening Reception & Panel
Saturday, May 4, 2024 | 5:30 - 8:30PM CT
The opening reception will include the panel discussion The Fight for Queer Justice: Past, Present, and Future.
Participants include Kevin Jennings (Lambda Legal CEO), Camilla Taylor (Lambda Legal Deputy Legal Director for Litigation), Owen Keehnen (writer and historian), Anna DeShawn (Community Organizer and Media Personality), Silas Leslie (Hire Trans Now Coordinator at Chicago Therapy Collective), Ben Garcia (American LGBTQ+ Museum Executive Director), and Doug Curtis (Lambda Legal Midwest Regional Director).
Los Angeles | Opening Reception & Panel
Sunday, March 3, 2024 | 2:00 - 5:00PM PT
The Los Angeles Queer Justice Opening Reception and Exhibition Viewing will be hosted by Lambda Legal, the American LGBTQ+ Museum, and the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
The opening reception will include a panel discussion titled "Our Movement at 50: Past, Present, & Future," featuring Kevin Jennings [Lambda Legal], Jennifer Pizer [Lambda Legal], Bamby Salcedo [TransLatin@ Coalition], Tony Hoang [Equality California & Silver State Equality], and Jeannette Bronson [Black Lesbians United].
Atlanta | Opening Panel
Friday, January 5, 2024 | 7:00 - 9:30PM
The Atlanta Queer Justice Exhibition Opening Reception is hosted by Lambda Legal, the American LGBTQ+ Museum, the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (NCCHR), and the LGBTQ+ Institute at the NCCHR.
The event will feature a panel discussion, moderated by Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings, on the past, present and future of LGBTQ+ civil rights in the U.S.
Panelists include: Hon. Jane Morrison, Founding Regional Director of Lambda Legal’s Southern Regional Office; Vandy Beth Glenn, a former Lambda Legal client; and, Dani Alexander Burk, Regional Program Coordinator and Office Manager for Lambda Legal’s Southern Regional Office.
Atlanta | “Past, Present, and Future”
Saturday, January 6, 2024 | 9:00AM - 2:00PM
Join us for a day of presentations and panels educating, honoring, and inspiring our community.
Topics include looking back through generations of LGBTQ+ history, the impact of Lawrence v. Texas 20 years later, and the state of the movement in Georgia in preperation for the 2024 legislative session.
Hosted by Lambda Legal, the American LGBTQ+ Museum, Georgia Equality, National LGBTQ+ Bar Association, National Center for Civil and Human Rights, and the LGBTQ+ Institute at the NCCHR.
Intersections of Activism: ACT UP, Visual AIDS,
and Lambda Legal's Impact
Monday, November 13, 2023 | 6:30-8:00PM
Lively discussion shedding light on the activism of the AIDS crisis and Lambda Legal's work over the past 50 years, shared via Live Broadcast!
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