Colorado prisons will protect transgender women from sexual abuse and provide them with required healthcare thanks to a precedent-setting settlement agreement negotiated by Greisen Medlock. Transgender women are typically imprisoned in male-designated prisons, subjecting them to routine sexual harassment and violence. And necessary medical treatment – such as hormone replacement treatment and gender affirming surgery […]
Greisen Medlock In the News
“The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling today threatens the civil rights of LGBTQ+ Americans, as well as decades of long-standing laws that protect people in all minority groups,” said Paula Greisen, founding partner of Greisen Medlock. “While we think this decision should only apply to a very narrow group of business, we have no doubt that […]
The Colorado courts have again ordered a cakeshop owner in Colorado to stop discriminating against the LGBTQ community. In 2017, a transgender woman tried to order a pink birthday cake with blue icing from a bakery to celebrate her upcoming birthday. The bakery agreed to make the cake until it discovered that the customer was […]