This panel will address the potential impact of the 2024 election on the legal rights of the LGBTQ+ community over the next four years along with the concrete steps that members of the community might take now to protect themselves—as well as what allies might do to assist them.

Featuring: Sheila Velez Martinez, Director, Pitt Immigration Law Clinic

Naiymah Sanchez, Senior Organizer, ACLU of Pennsylvania

Nicky Ripley, Head of Legal Services, Hugh Lane Wellness Foundation

Liz Bradbury, Chair of Keystone Equality and Chair of the Lehigh County Human Relations Commission

Tom Ude, Director of Legal and Public Policy at the Mazzoni Center

Moderated by Lee Carpenter, Associate Professor at Rutgers Law School