Language, Advocacy & Visibility: Lawyering in the Latine LGBTQ+ Community
2025 Lavender Law Conference
MSK's Director of DEI and Talent Development, Iveliz Crespo, is speaking on the panel, "Language, Advocacy & Visibility: Lawyering in the Latine LGBTQ+ Community," at the LGBTQ+ Bar's annual Lavender Law Conference on August 9, 2024.
About the panel...
Speakers:
Raquel Rivera (Moderator) (Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.)
Iveliz Crespo (Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP)
Omar Gonzalez-Pagan (Lambda Legal)
Anya Marino (National Women’s Law Center)
Anthony Varona (Seattle University School of Law)
In this workshop, a panel of LGBTQ+ Latine lawyers will discuss how language (English, Spanish, Spanglish, legalese, LGBTQ+ terminology, pronouns, etc.) plays a role in not only how we define ourselves, but also guides our advocacy on behalf of Latine and LGBTQ+ clients and communities.
