Shannon Minter Oral History

OUTWORDS interview with Shannon Minter conducted by Mason Funk on August 7, 2016 during the Lavender Law conference in Washington, DC. As a lawyer, many of his cases have set precedents that safeguard LGBTQ rights. In 2001, he successfully advocated for a woman named Sharon Smith to file a wrongful death suit after a neighbor’s dog killed her partner. In 2003, he defended the custody rights of a transgender father. In 2008, he was lead counsel for same-sex couples in the case that instituted marriage equality in California. In 2005, Shannon received the Ford Foundation’s Leadership for a Changing World Award. In 2009, California Lawyer named him one of their California Lawyers of the Year. In 2016 he secured an injunction to stop President Trump’s proposed ban on transgender people in the military. Today, Shannon serves as legal director for NCLR and on the boards of Faith in America and the Transgender Law & Policy Institute.

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Identifier: 3t945q93f
Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution: OUTWORDS
Creator(s): Minter, Shannon
Contributor(s): Funk, Mason
Publisher: OUTWORDS
Date Created: Aug. 7, 2017
Dates Covered: 1961
2001
Genre: Oral Histories
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Subject(s): Faith in America
Larry Jackson
National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR)
Romeo and Juliet
Shannon Minter
Places: Oregon
Texas > Travis County > Austin
California > San Mateo > Half Moon Bay
Texas > Bell > Fort Hood
Topic(s): Christian communities
Coming out
Family members
Homophobia
Lesbians
LGBTQ+ Christians
LGBTQ+ spiritual people
Marriage
Parental acceptance
Small cities
Trans men
Transgender people
Transphobia
Resource Type: Moving image
Language: English
Rights: Copyright undetermined
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