Nan Hunter
At a Glance:
Nan Hunter has been a Project Contributor since September 2008, has written 36 entries and currently lives in Washington, DC.
Bio
Nan Hunter is a law professor at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. Her publications include legal scholarship in the areas of sexuality, gender and health law. Professor Hunter is also Legal Scholarship Director at the Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation Law and Policy at UCLA Law School.
Nan Hunter: Recently Filed
Anti-Gay Lobbyist Tries to Hide Moralism with "Pro-Business" Arguments
Filed by Nan Hunter | November 27, 2011 4:00 PM |It is surely a sign of the times that the successful lobbyist for the Tennessee Family Action Council used a strategy of not highlighting religious or moral objections to homosexuality when doing outreach to members of the state legislature.Read More
A New Player in the DOMA Game
Filed by Nan Hunter | November 08, 2011 11:00 AM |Last week, when briefs were due from amicus groups supporting the plaintiffs' challenge to DOMA, ten were filed. Most were from the usual suspects of gay-supportive organizations, but there was a surprising new player in the game.Read More
Chile: French PACS-style Status for Couples Proposed
Filed by Nan Hunter | July 17, 2011 10:00 AM |The government of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera will present a bill to the national legislature that would grant legal rights to gay and straight couples who have lived together for more than one year.Read More
Obama extends Bush policy on religious group discrimination
Filed by Nan Hunter | January 04, 2011 3:30 PM |Virtually unnoticed by the press, President Obama issued an Executive Order in November establishing criteria for federal agency funding of social services provided by religious organizations. Executive Order 13559 modified Executive Order 13279, the much criticized 2002 order issued by...Read More
Oral argument leaves many options open for 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
Filed by Nan Hunter | December 07, 2010 9:30 AM |The long-awaited oral argument in Perry v. Schwarzenegger before the Ninth Circuit is over, and we all now begin what I expect will become an even longer wait for a decision. Who won? To my hearing (via radio), it's hard...Read More
