John C. Bienvenu (This Op-Ed appeared in the Santa Fe New Mexican on December 7, 2024) The Santa Fe New Mexican recently published two rebukes to the transgender community. One article claims that Democrats are disillusioned with defending transgender rights (“Trans activists question confrontational approach,” Nov. 27). In the other (“How to navigate Republican trap … More Transgender Rights are Human Rights
(This tribute appeared in the Santa Fe New Mexican on June 8, 2024) These days there are not many who can justly be called an American hero. Pete McCloskey, who died last month at the age of 96, was one of those few. I first met Pete in 1987 when I helped him on an … More A Tribute to an American Hero: Paul N. “Pete” McCloskey Jr.
When Trump-appointed Judge Kyle Duncan of the Fifth Circuit of Appeals came to Stanford Law School at the request of the Federalist Society on March 9, 2023, he was confronted by students in protest of his career as a private lawyer and as a judge targeting the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. An … More Stanford’s Misguided Response to Judge Kyle Duncan Protest