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Christos Paphiti, solicitor at Sharpe Pritchard, joins Ewan Watson and Philipp Engel to discuss his unique coming out experience, and why he feels it has not been an integral part of affirming his identity.

LGBT+ Committee member Ewan Watson is joined by Natalie Gamble and Andrew Spearman to offer insights into the complex area of surrogacy law and discuss the practical realities of surrogacy for LGBT+ people embarking on parenthood via this route.

In this podcast, the last story in our series for “Untold Pride”, Ewan Watson and Jonathan Wheeler, members of our LGBT+ committee, are joined by Liam Langlois.

They discuss Liam’s story of exploration and his work with Queer Lawyers of Tomorrow.

Speakers:

Liam Langlois

Liam Langlois is a final year law student, soon to be graduating from Queen Mary University. Liam is the co-chair of the student-led network Queer Lawyers of Tomorrow which aims at enhancing visibility and support for future queer students entering the profession. Liam is trans, and his personal journey of transitioning at university and navigating a neurodiverse condition continue to strengthen his interest to push towards and intersectional approach to D&I beyond Pride month.

Jonathan Wheeler

Jonathan Wheeler is a founding member of The Law Society’s LGBT+ Divisional Committee and a Stonewall Ambassador. In his day job he is the managing partner of London firm Bolt Burdon Kemp, representing clients with high value and complex injury claims. He recently co-authored the latest edition of Lexis Nexis’ Guide to Child Abuse Compensation Claims (published December 2020) and is a former president of the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers. He lives in Greenwich with partner John and Clemi the dog.

Ewan Watson

Ewan Watson is a member of the Law Society’s LGBT+ Committee. He works as a solicitor in the in-house legal team at Warner Bros., specialising in TV licensing and distribution.
Ewan lives with his husband in North London.

Ben Campkin, Chris Barkley, Helen Randall and Ewan Watson discuss the value, purpose and ultimate decline of LGBT+ specific venues alongside legal issues around the closures.

In this podcast from our LGBT+ Lawyers Division, Imogen Hamblin, member of our LGBT+ Lawyers Committee, invites Steve Chalke and Matthew Hyndman to discuss the recent update in the conversation on banning conversion therapy.

It has been 1000 days since the Government pledged to ban conversion therapy and, following the Queen’s recent speech, there is an opportunity to believe that this is moving along. However, as Imogen, Steve and Matt discuss, there is a lot of scepticism and loss of hope.

Listen below to this insightful discussion of personal stories, religion and an LGBT+ identity.

To mark LGBT+ History Month and International Stand Up to Bullying Day (28 February), speakers from our LGBT+ Lawyers Division explore bullying and harassment faced by the LGBT+ community in the workplace.