
Andrew Sta. Ana
Host: Sanctuary for Families
Sponsor: Anonymous
Shannon is one of the nation’s leading advocates for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. He began his law career as an Equal Justice Works Fellow in 1993 and has litigated several landmark cases involving the civil rights of same-sex couples and families.
In 1993, Shannon founded the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) Youth Project, the first legal-advocacy group to address the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ+) youth. He now supervises the Safe Homes Project at NCLR, which helps LGBTQ+ youth who face discrimination and problems in foster care, group homes, or the juvenile-justice system.
Shannon is the legal director at the National Center for Lesbian Rights, where he oversees litigation, legislation, and policy advocacy, with special expertise in family law, youth law, education law, immigration & asylum law, employment discrimination, and HIV criminalization.
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LeGal’s Annual Dinner and Community Vision Awards
Host: Sanctuary for Families
Sponsor: Anonymous
Host: Freedom from Religion Foundation
Sponsor: Wm. Collins Kohler Foundation
Current Fellow
Host: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Sponsor: Equal Justice Works
Host: Community & Economic Development Clinic at CUNY School of Law
Sponsor: The Paul Rapoport Foundation