LGBTQ, Solo and Small Firm Practice, and Student Outreach Committees Host Popcorn Chicken and Bubble Tea Social

On August 14, 2025, AABANY’s LGBTQ, Solo and Small Firm Practice, and Student Outreach Committees hosted a Popcorn Chicken and Bubble Tea Social event at Anderson & Associates in Lower Manhattan. AABANY members, attorneys, law students, interns, and all participants were able to enjoy a variety of snacks from popcorn chicken, takoyaki, and buns to tea and traditional boba. Everyone enjoyed the opportunity  to meet both new and familiar faces, and all attendees made good use of the time to network and chat.

The Chairs and Co-Chairs of each co-sponsoring Committee, Gregory Hom, Yen-Yi Anderson, and Albert Tong shared their upcoming events and encouraged everyone to continue attending similar events in the future by checking AABANY’s calendar. Thanks to everyone who came out. To learn more about the LGBTQ Committee, click here. To learn more about the Solo and Small Firm Practice Committee, click here. To learn more about the Student Outreach Committee, click here.

AABANY’s LGBT Committee Presents Program on “Trans Rights: Transactional or Transformative” at Nixon Peabody

On March 22, the AABANY LGBT Committee held its annual Spring Educational program at Nixon Peabody consisting of a robust discussion about the current status of trans rights and the rise in anti-trans legislation over the last two years. Featured speakers were Cynthia Cheng-Wun Weaver, Litigation Director at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Howard Zelbo, Senior Counsel at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, and Schuylar Bailer, the first trans NCAA D1 Men’s athlete. We thank AC Mariott for sponsoring Schuylar Bailer’s attendance. 

The panelists discussed in detail the types of legislative attacks that the transgender community has been experiencing, the legal challenges facing those laws, and the legal landscape with respect to trans rights post Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia.

We give an especially warm thank you to Nixon Peabody for sponsoring the event and to Gregory Hom from Nixon Peabody who served as the liaison.

To learn more about the LGBT Committee, click here.