Listen "Queers in Law: Layne Clarke"
Episode Synopsis
Navigating law school and the law is a unique experience—what is it like as a queer person? In this episode, Vinson profiles Layne Clarke, a fellow queer law student at UVic. Join the two as they examine what their queerness means to them, and what it means to be queer in law in this cozy coffee chat.Guest: Layne Clarke (they/them)Host/Producer/Editor: Vinson Shih (he/him)Theme Music: Jeremy Marsan jeremymarsan.comSpecial Thanks: Glen Swarnadhipathi, CFUV 101.9 FM CFUV.uvic.ca Website: onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/stareindecisisContact: [email protected]: @appealreviewofcurrentlawandlawreformTwitter: @AppealLawReview00:45 - Who is Layne? Being genderqueer04:11 - Port Hardy, GSA, small town beginnings as a baby gay07:30 - Stories from Western - Dodging archeology and lessons in queer advocacy11:33 - Queerness and perspective - Empathy and being an outsider15:08 - Layne’s road to law school - Eat pray love? Epiphany in Rwanda21:31 - Job-hunting while queer - The little things and some hope25:48 - Practice Direction PD-59 - It doesn’t have to be a big thing27:41 - Law school activism and community - Outlaws, PBSC Trans ID clinic33:37 - The ideal queer goes to Church St? - Intersectionality and what still troubles us about the law 38:19 - Wouldn’t have it another way - How queerness is a strength41:10 - QAnon analysis, SCOTUS, Stardew Valley - Layne’s pop culture recs
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