Our Vision
The Center for Gender and Sexuality Law's mission is to formulate new approaches to complex issues facing gender and sexual justice movements.
Founded in 2004 by Professors Katherine Franke and Suzanne Goldberg, the Center for Gender and Sexuality Law (CGSL) has been home to many research projects and initiatives focused on issues of gender, sexuality, reproductive rights, bodily autonomy, and gender identity and expression in law, policy, and professional practice. Notable initiatives born at CGSL include the ERA Project and the Law, Rights & Religion Project (LRRP).
Historically, a core focus of the Center's work has been to provide students with opportunities to supplement their curricular learning through lectures, panel discussions, conferences, and guest speaker series on a multitude of contemporary issues regarding Gender and Sexuality Law, including civil rights, bodily autonomy and reproductive justice, the rights of transgender, nonbinary and gender non-conforming persons, the rights and experiences of intersex persons, and gender norms in public space.