The International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Intersex Law Association (ILGLaw, formerly the International Lesbian and Gay Law Association) is an international association of

gay ''Gay'' is a term that primarily refers to a homosexual person or the trait of being homosexual. The term originally meant 'carefree', 'cheerful', or 'bright and showy'. While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late ...

lesbian A lesbian is a homosexual woman or girl. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with female homosexu ...

bisexual Bisexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior toward both males and females. It may also be defined as the attraction to more than one gender, to people of both the same and different gender, or the attraction t ...

transgender A transgender (often shortened to trans) person has a gender identity different from that typically associated with the sex they were sex assignment, assigned at birth. The opposite of ''transgender'' is ''cisgender'', which describes perso ...

and

intersex Intersex people are those born with any of several sex characteristics, including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, "do not fit typical binar ...

lawyer A lawyer is a person who is qualified to offer advice about the law, draft legal documents, or represent individuals in legal matters. The exact nature of a lawyer's work varies depending on the legal jurisdiction and the legal system, as w ...

s. The group also welcomes law professors,

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s, law students,

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s and laypersons, as long as they are committed to

LGBTI Intersex people are born with sex characteristics (such as genitals, gonads, and chromosome patterns) that "do not fit the typical definitions for male or female bodies". They are substantially more likely to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexua ...

equality under the law.

History

ILGLaw was formed in 1999 at

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

by "lawyers from three different continents" after the

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bombing that targeted gay people. The organization hosted conferences in 2000 in

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, in 2002 in

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, Italy, featuring keynote speakers such as Justice

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of the

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and Justice Wilhelmina Thomassen of the

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. ILGLaw participated in the Lavender Law conference in New York City in October 2003, and hosted its third conference in partnership with the

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in 2005.

Activities

With the William Institute at

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and others, ILGLaw sponsored a symposium called "Justice in the Balkans: Equality for Sexual Minorities" in October 2009. The association presents the Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Award for distinguished contributions to the advancement of LGBTI equality. The award is named in honour of

Karl Heinrich Ulrichs Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (28 August 1825 – 14 July 1895) was a German lawyer, jurist, journalist, and writer. He is today regarded as a pioneer of sexology and the modern LGBT rights movement, gay rights movement. Ulrichs has been described as ...

, a

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activist who is believed to have been the world's first openly gay

. The award was announced in 2002 and presented at the organization's conferences in 2005 and 2009. * 2005 –

George Hislop George Hislop (June 3, 1927 – October 8, 2005) was one of Canada's most influential gay activists. He was one of the earliest openly gay candidates for political office in Canada, and was a key figure in the early development of Toronto's ga ...

, Canadian activist and politician * 2009 – Peter Schieder, Austrian and European politicianPeter Schieder, ''Building one Europe: selected articles and speeches 2002–2004'' (Council of Europe Publishing, 2004). Born 1941, Schieder has been a member of the Austrian Parliament, a member of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (1971–74 and 1987–present), Chairman of the Socialist Group (1991–2002), and President of the Parliamentary Assembly since January 2002.

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* International LGBTQ political advocacy groups Intersex rights organizations Bar associations 1999 establishments in England {{LGBT-org-stub

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