Amicus Queeriae

Author: Jamie Francesca Rodriguez & Amy Stephens

In Amicus Queeriae, Jamie Rodriguez, a lawyer, and Amy Stephens, a comedienne and mental health counselor in training, discuss legal issues affecting the LGBTQ community.
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Episode 3: Legally Gay
Episode 4
Wednesday, 21 July, 2021

In this episode, we trace the transformation of the Supreme Court's thinking on the criminalization of being gay from Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986) to Lawrence v. Texas, 539 U.S. 558 (2003). The seeds of change were planted in historical cases concerning Constitutional rights to privacy, liberty, and equal protection. Between Bowers and Lawrence the Court's majority view shifted from disdain to respect for the autonomy of people to make intimate and personal choices, regardless of sexual orientation.