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Heron Greenesmith

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Heron Greenesmith, Esq. is the former Senior Research Analyst for An umbrella acronym standing for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer or questioning. Learn more justice here at PRA and a policy attorney with over a decade of LGBTQ advocacy experience. Currently the Deputy Director of Policy at the A term used for someone whose gender is not (exclusively) the one they were assigned at birth. Learn more Law Center, Heron is also adjunct faculty at Boston University School of Law and an Editorial Board Member at the Bulletin of Applied Trans Studies. They are a co-founder of BiLaw and the Polyamory Legal Advocacy Coalition, and live in Boston.

Articles

Political Research Associates
What does the new administration mean for the LGBT community?
Despite running with strong LGBT support, President-elect Biden’s centrist-Right platform is not likely to bring about the needed structural changes that queer movements have been demanding since the Stonewall Riots.
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Political Research Associates
The legal landscape post-Bostock
In the wake of the momentous Bostock decision, conservatives are laying the groundwork for challenges to the employment protections that it provides, using Justice Alito’s dissent as a road map.
Article
Political Research Associates
How Anti-Trans Feminists Are Complicit in Christian Right Anti-Trans Advocacy
Analysis of advocacy efforts over the past three years by U.S. anti-trans feminists demonstrates the movement’s success is limited to its unlikely role as mouthpiece of the Christian Right.
Report