Professor Elizabeth Sepper, Crillon C. Payne II Professor in Health Law at the University of Texas School of Law, will deliver this year's Justice William O. Douglas Lecture.

A summary of the lecture: 

Sixty years ago, both cisgender women and LGBTQ people were the subject of discrimination in public. The feminist movement successfully fought to include “sex” in anti-discrimination law, aiming not only for equal access to commerce and leisure, but also for freedom from the regulation of sexuality and gender performance. This talk explores both the history of sex in public accommodations law and its significance for contemporary controversies like same-sex couples’ weddings and transgender women’s participation in sports.

This campus event is approved for the Law, Culture, and Humanities minor (Event Attendance Form).

The lecture is sponsored by the Robert and Mabel Groseclose Fund.