LGBT+ lawyers: Recent Episodes
The Law Society
This podcast series looks at themes of interest to LGBT+ lawyers and their allies. Members of the Law Society's LGBT+ Lawyers Division share their thoughts and opinions on a range of topical issues.
Christos Paphiti, solicitor at Sharpe Pritchard, joins Ewan Watson and Philipp Engel to discuss his unique coming out experience, and why he feels it has not been an integral part of affirming his identity.
LGBT+ Committee member Ewan Watson is joined by Natalie Gamble and Andrew Spearman to offer insights into the complex area of surrogacy law and discuss the practical realities of surrogacy for LGBT+ people embarking on parenthood via this route.
In this podcast, the last story in our series for “Untold Pride”, Ewan Watson and Jonathan Wheeler, members of our LGBT+ committee, are joined by Liam Langlois.
They discuss Liam’s story of exploration and his work with Queer Lawyers of Tomorrow.
Speakers:
Liam Langlois
Liam Langlois is a final year law student, soon to be graduating from Queen Mary University. Liam is the co-chair of the student-led network Queer Lawyers of Tomorrow which aims at enhancing visibility and support for future queer students entering the profession. Liam is trans, and his personal journey of transitioning at university and navigating a neurodiverse condition continue to strengthen his interest to push towards and intersectional approach to D&I beyond Pride month.
Jonathan Wheeler
Jonathan Wheeler is a founding member of The Law Society’s LGBT+ Divisional Committee and a Stonewall Ambassador. In his day job he is the managing partner of London firm Bolt Burdon Kemp, representing clients with high value and complex injury claims. He recently co-authored the latest edition of Lexis Nexis’ Guide to Child Abuse Compensation Claims (published December 2020) and is a former president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. He lives in Greenwich with partner John and Clemi the dog.
Ewan Watson
Ewan Watson is a member of the Law Society’s LGBT+ Committee. He works as a solicitor in the in-house legal team at Warner Bros., specialising in TV licensing and distribution.
Ewan lives with his husband in North London.
Ben Campkin, Chris Barkley, Helen Randall and Ewan Watson discuss the value, purpose and ultimate decline of LGBT+ specific venues alongside legal issues around the closures.
In this podcast from our LGBT+ Lawyers Division, Imogen Hamblin, member of our LGBT+ Lawyers Committee, invites Steve Chalke and Matthew Hyndman to discuss the recent update in the conversation on banning conversion therapy.
It has been 1000 days since the Government pledged to ban conversion therapy and, following the Queen’s recent speech, there is an opportunity to believe that this is moving along. However, as Imogen, Steve and Matt discuss, there is a lot of scepticism and loss of hope.
Listen below to this insightful discussion of personal stories, religion and an LGBT+ identity.
To mark LGBT+ History Month and International Stand Up to Bullying Day (28 February), speakers from our LGBT+ Lawyers Division explore bullying and harassment faced by the LGBT+ community in the workplace.
Ewan Watson is joined by Netanya Clixby and Jonathan Andrews, who discuss bisexuality and the legal profession to celebrate Bi Visibility Day.
In our Pride podcast series we speak to LGBT+ legal professionals around the world. This episode features Brett Hearnden and Peter Dernbach.
In our Pride podcast series we speak to LGBT+ legal professionals around the world. This episode features Naosuke Fujita and Alexander Dmitrenko.
This year's Pride theme is Home and Away, and our second podcast episode is an interview with Tinashe Chipendo, a senior paralegal based in the Manchester Office.
This year's Pride theme is Home and Away, and our first podcast episode is an interview with Heather Capell Bramble, a seasoned attorney and a member of the LGBT+ community.
Ewan Watson interviews Katrina Robinson MBE, who shares her experience of qualifying and discusses unconscious bias.
Ewan Watson was joined by Trowers & Hamlins partners Helen Randall, James Hawkins and Paul McDermott during LGBT History Month to discuss their experiences working for GLAAD in the 1980s and 1990s.
To mark Trans Awareness Week, we speak to two contributors to the Human Dignity Trust’s report ‘Injustice exposed: The criminalisation of trans people and its impacts’.
We discuss how worldwide criminalisation came about, what it means now and what the future might hold.
Emma Dunn talks to Chris Seel about being intersex and why Intersex Awareness Day is so important.
Nimmisha Aslam continues her conversation with Yetunde Dania and Isaac Eloi. They discuss hurdles and challenges they have faced in being black and LGBT+/ally members of the legal profession and the importance of diversity networks in organisations.
Yetunde Dania and Isaac Eloi tell LGBT+ Lawyers Division committee member Nimmisha Aslam about their background, education and what led them to pursue a career in the legal profession.
Members of our LGBT+ Lawyers Division committee and James Welch (who acted on the ground-breaking Walker case) discuss ongoing issues – especially in relation to pensions.
Netanya Clixby and Chris Seel talk about why Bi Visibility Day (23 September) is important and bust some bi-myths.
To mark the start of Pride Season, members of the LGBT+ Lawyers Division Committee discuss the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, what Pride means to them and how people can get involved with what the Law Society is doing at various Prides across the country.
Harun Tulunay talks to Chris Seel about experiencing homophobia in Turkey and how lawyers do not always appreciate that homophobic treatment can be the basis of an asylum claim.
Members of our LGBT+ Lawyers Division share tips about how to get the most from networking opportunities, as developed during speed networking events held during LGBT History Month 2019.
Rachel Reese and Chris Seel talk about why Trans Day of Visibility (31 March) is so important, and what you can be doing to support the trans community.
This podcast focuses on current themes and prospects for the future of LGBT+ clients who are moving or have moved to the UK, drawing on the experience of our speaker Tim Barnden, himself a gay lawyer with more than two decades of experience in practice in this area, to give an insight into key themes in practising in related areas of law.
In this podcast, members of our LGBT+ Lawyer Division committee share what LGBT History month means to them, how they mark it, and why it is still important.
LGBT+ Lawyers Division committee members Esther McDermott and Ewan Watson join Chris Seel and Helen Lee to discuss was the LGBT+ Lawyers Division does, and how individuals and organisations can get involved.
In this podcast three members of our LGBT+ Lawyers Division discuss what is wrong with the Gender Recognition Act 2004.
To mark National Inclusion Week, we hosted a live-streamed roundtable discussion on what inclusive leadership means to me.
This podcast shares advice and tips from those experienced in setting up LGBT+ staff networks in firms, in-house and between multiple organisations.