Ezra’s scholarship and litigation has been covered by media outlets including the Associated Press, AbovetheLaw, Bloomberg Law, Buzzfeed News, Chicago Sun Times, The Guardian, Houston Chronicle, International Business Times, Law360, MTV News, MSNBC, National Law Journal, The New York Times, National Law Review, National Public Radio, The Oklahoman, Politifact, Politico, Reuters, Slate, and Texas Lawyer.
2025
Supreme Court to Weigh Same-Sex Marriage Challenge from Former Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis
Alexandra Jacobo, NATION OF CHANGE
Oct. 28, 2025 [link]
Supreme Court Will Meet Next Month to Revisit Landmark Marriage Equality Ruling
Chris Walker, TRUTH OUT
Oct. 27, 2025 [link]
Take a Deep Breath—Marriage Equality is Probably Here to Stay
Kate Sosin, 19TH NEWS
Sept. 11, 2025 [link]
A Conversation About Skrmetti with Ezra Young & Naomi Schoenbaum
Riki Wilkins, ASSIGNED MEDIA
July 8, 2025 [link]
SMU Law Professor’s Tenure Suit Partly Revived by 5th Circuit
Catherine Marfin, LAW360
June 26, 2025 [link]
5th Cir. Revives Professor Tort Claims Over Denied Tenure
Khorri Atkinson, BLOOMBERG LAW
June 25, 2025 [link]
This Supreme Court Decision Might End Up Displacing Families for Good
Lil Kalish, HUFF POST
June 11, 2025 [link]
TX Supreme Court Clarifies Relationship Between Common Law Torts and Statutory Liability
TORTS PROF BLOG
May 28, 2025 [link]
Former SMU Professor Can Sue for Alleged Racial Discrimination in Tenure Process, High Court Rules
Megan Cardona, KERA (NPR for North Texas)
May 27, 2024 [link]
Texas Employees Can Bring Tort Claims Against Coworkers
Khorri Atkinson, BLOOMBERG LAW
May 23, 2025 [link]
LGBTQ+ Legal Groups Ask Judge to Block Trans Military Ban
Kate Sosin, 19TH NEWS
May 7, 2025 [link]
“There’s More Going On in Our Fight Than Being Reactive to Nonsense Executive Orders”
Janine Jackson, COUNTER SPIN
Feb. 12, 2025 [link]
Ezra Young on Trans Rights Law
Janine Jackson, COUNTER SPIN
Feb. 7, 2025 [link]
UNM Law Professor Serving on Legal Team in “Landmark Discrimination Case” at Texas Supreme Court
Alexa Skonieski,UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
Jan. 23, 2025 [link]
2024
‘It’s Like They Lynched You:’ Law Professor’s Discrimination Claim Reaches High Court
Paul Caron, TAX PROF BLOG
Dec. 5, 2024 [link]
‘It’s Like They Lynched You:’ Law Professor’s Discrimination Claim Reaches High Court
Adolfo Pesquera, TEXAS LAWYER
Dec. 4, 2024 [link]
Texas Supreme Court Hears Ex-SMU Law Prof’s Case
Michelle Casady, TEXAS LAWBOOK
Dec. 3, 2024 [link]
What to Expect as the Supreme Court Weighs in on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
Dec. 3, 2024 [link]
Sign the ACLU’s “Defend Trans Freedom” Petition Ahead of the SCOTUS Case on Trans Healthcare
Matthew Rodriguez, THEM
Nov. 12, 2024 [link]
How the Supreme Court Case on Trans Youth Could Affect Health Care for All Americans
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
Oct. 31, 2024 [link]
Could Courthouses Provide the Blueprint for Safe Transgender Bathrooms?
Kate Sosin, 19TH NEWS
Aug. 17, 2024 [link]
Texas Justices to Answer SMU Law Prof’s Defamation Query
Emily Sawicki, LAW360
Aug. 9, 2024 [link]
Litigation Roundup: Fifth Circuit Sends Another Certified Question to SCOTX
Michelle Casady, TEXAS LAWBOOK
Aug. 5, 2024 [link]
Biden’s New Trans-Inclusive Title IX Rules Are Already Blocked in Most States
Samantha Riedel, THEM
Aug. 1, 2024 [link]
Even Neil Gorsuch Is Ready to Call Shenanigans on Rogue Lower-Court Trump Judges
Dhalia Lithwick & Mark Joseph Stern, SLATE
Mar. 30, 2024 [link]
Neil Gorsuch Confidently Declares that He Did the Research (He Did Not Do the Research)
Joe Patrice, ABOVE THE LAW
Mar. 27, 2024 [link]
Is it Legal to Ban Care for Transsexuals as Requested by Idaho?
Greg Heilman, DIARIO AS
Feb. 20, 2024 [link]
2023
The Groundwork for a Supreme Court Case on Gender-Affirming Care is Being Laid Now
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
Oct. 12, 2023 [link]
In Some States, Gender Dysphoria is a Protected Disability—And Momentum Could be Growing
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
July 20, 2023 [link]
Trans Youth in Tennessee Barred from Gender-Affirming Care After Court Ruling
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
July 10, 2023 [link]
Theatres United: Hanger and Kitchen Collaborate to Ratify “Constitution”
Barbara Adams, ITHACA TIMES
June 7, 2023 [link]
Legal Battles Pile Up Over Trans Worker Health Benefits
Kellie Mejdrich, LAW360
May 27, 2023 [link]
Cosmetic to Critical: Blue States Help Trans Health Coverage
Claire Rush, ASSOCIATED PRESS
April 26, 2023 [link]
Columbia Resources and Readings in Honor of Transgender Day of Visibility
Kelley Moffitt-Hawasly, COLUMBIA NEWS
March 30, 2023 [link]
Montana Bill Aimed at Strictly Defining Sex Would Exclude Transgender People
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
March 9, 2023 [link]
Does Tennessee’s New Law Limiting Drag Make It ‘Illegal to be Publicly Transgender’?
Samantha Putterman & Sara Swann, POLITIFACT
March 8, 2023 [link]
2022
Bisexual Activists Cautiously Excited After White House Meeting
Heron Greenesmith, WASHINGTON BLADE
September 21, 2022 [link]
White House Officials to Meet wtih Bisexual Activists
Michael K. Lavers, WASHINGTON BLADE
September 19, 2022 [link]
Obstacles to Gender-Affirming Surgery in Connecticut: Access and Insurance
Kate Farrish, HARTFORD COURANT
September 7, 2022 [link]
Right Wing Is Waging Attacks to Limit Key LGBTQ Rights Protected in Bostock
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
Aug. 1, 2022 [link]
Gender Dysphoria is a Protected Disability, Federal Appeals Court Finds
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
August 1, 2022 [link]
Block on Biden’s Title IX Rule is Part of Broader Attack on Key LGBTQ+ Rights Case, Experts Say
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
August 1, 2022 [link]
What Will Happen if Obergerfell is Overturned? Queer Legal Experts are Scrambling
Kate Sosin & Candice Norwood, 19TH NEWS
July 11, 2022 [link]
Title IX Helped Daughter-Father Duo Level the Playing Field for Girls’ Athletics in Virginia
Whitney Evans, VPM
June 16, 2022 [link]
Indivisible: Why Racial, Gender, and LGBTQIA+ Justice Cannot be Separated (w/ Prof. Russell Robinson)
UNDER THE BLACK LIGHT PODCAST
June 1, 2022 [link]
Legal Battles Pile Up Over Trans Worker Health Benefits
Kellie Mejdrich, LAW360
May 27, 2022 [link]
What Happens if Roe v. Wade is Overturned? LGBTQ+ Legal Experts Are Worried About Civil Rights
Kate Sosin, Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
May 6, 2022 [link]
Transgender Minors Have a Right to Gender-Affirming Care, Justice Dept. Warns States
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
April 5, 2022 [link]
The Title IX 50th Anniversary Symposium
Holly Chaisson, VIRGINIA LAW WEEKLY
April 5, 2022 [link]
Classroom Tips, Resources Provided in New LGBTQ Guide
Lori Sonken, CORNELL CHRONICLE
March 30, 2022 [link]
2021
Senate Confirms Beth Robinson as the First Out LGBTQ+ Woman to Serve on a Federal Appeals Court
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
November 1, 2021 [link]
After Being Fired, Transgender Professor Wins Job Back at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Josh Dulaney, THE OKLAHOMAN
September 14, 2021 [link]
University Must Rehire Trans Professor, Says 10th Circuit
Daniel Wiessner, REUTERS
September 13, 2021 [link]
FGSS/LGBT Programs Plan Yearlong Anniversary Celebration
Kathy Hovis, CORNELL CHRONICLE
September 7, 2021 [link]
Judge Temporarily Blocks Arkansas Law Criminalizing Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Kids
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
July 21, 2021 [link]
How Conservative Legal Arguments Paved the Way for Transgender Rights
Orion Rummler, 19TH NEWS
July 6, 2021 [link]
Bostock’s Protections for Bi Workers May Be Tested in Court
Amanda Ottaway, LAW360
June 16, 2021 [link]
Here’s How You Can Honor Trans Day of Visibility at Columbia This Year
Acacia O’Connor and Kelly Moffitt, COLUMBIA NEWS
March 26, 2021 [link]
Bostock’s Been on the Books for 6 Months. What’s Next?
Anne Cullen, LAW360
January 3, 2021 [link]
2020
U.S. Supreme Court Holds that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Bans Anti-LGBT Employment Discrimination in Landmark 6-3 Ruling
Arthur S. Leonard, LGBT LAW NOTES
July 2020 [link]
New Sex-and-Age Bias Ruling Signals Reach of LGBT Worker Case
Robert Iafolla, BLOOMBERG LAW
July 27, 2020 [link]
Surprising Alliances Shape the Supreme Court Term
Natalie Rodriguez, LAW360
July 14, 2020 [link]
Because of Sex (with Prof. Jessica Clark)
Interview, HOSTILE WITNESS PODCAST
June 24, 2020 [link]
Ezra Young on Supreme Court LGBT Ruling
Interview, COUNTERSPIN PODCAST
June 19, 2020 [link]
Questions About ‘Nonbinary’ Bias Linger After LGBT Ruling
Vin Gurrieri, LAW360
June 19, 2020 [link]
J.K. Rowling and the Sorcerer’s Stonewall: Anti-Trans Tweetstorm Receives Furious Response
Dawn Ennis, DAILY BEAST
June 7, 2020 [link]
Ezra Young on Litigating Trans Rights
Interview, IPSE DIXIT PODCAST
March 11, 2020 [link]
2019
Over 400 Trans Community Leaders Stand with Former NCTE Staff
OUT MAGAZINE
December 12, 2019 [link]
A Transgender Lawyer for Our Times
Dan Shaw, COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL
June 2019 [link]
What They Talk About When They Talk About Intersectionality
Cathy Young, TABLET
January 30, 2019 [link]
The Demons of Intersectionality
Hannah Jannol,THE NEW YORK JEWISH WEEK
January 29, 2019 [link]
Amazon Finalizing Transgender Bias Settlement
Patrick Dorrian, BLOOMBERG LAW
January 3, 2019 [link]
Amazon Facility Settles Ex-Employees’ Trans Harassment Suit
Dani Kass, LAW360
January 3, 2019 [link]
Amazon Settles Bias Claims With Transgender Employee, Husband
Daniel Wiessner, REUTERS
January 2, 2019 [link]
2018
LGBT Pride: Weighing the State of Equality in the Law
Adam Rhodes, LAW360
June 1, 2018 [link]
Transgender Professor, Denied Reinstatement After Jury Win, Plans to Appeal
Erin Mulvaney, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
April 19, 2018 [link]
Trans Professor Shouldn't Be Reinstated, University Says
Vin Gurrieri, LAW360
March 21, 2018 [link]
Trump Administration Dismantles LGBT-friendly Policies
Dan Diamond, POLITICO
February 19, 2018 [link]
2017
Trump's Justice Department Hasn't Filed Any Civil Rights Act Lawsuits
Backing State Government Workers
Dominic Holden, BUZZFEED
December 22, 2017 [link]
$1.16 Million Awarded in Transgender Employment Discrimination Jury Trial
Eric Bachman, THE NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
December 4, 2017 [link]
The US Justice Department Retreated from a Transgender
Professor's Case. She Still Won.
Erin Mulvaney, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
November 23, 2017 [link]
Transgender Woman Awarded $1M in Discrimination Lawsuit
ASSOCIATED PRESS
November 21, 2017 [link]
Transgender Professor Wins Nearly $1.2M in Sex Bias Case
Patrick Dorrian, BLOOMBERG BNA
November 21, 2017 [link]
Jurors Award Transgender Woman $1M in Discrimination Lawsuit Against State University
Kyle Schwab, THE OKLAHOMAN
November 21, 2017 [link]
Oklahoma Transgender Professor Awarded $1.1 Million in Landmark Case
Lili Zheng, OKLAHOMA’S NEWS 4
November 21, 2017 [link]
Transgender Professor Wins $1 Million in Major Discrimination Case
Anya Crittenton, GAY STAR NEWS
November 21, 2017 [link]
Jury Awards Trans Professor $1.16M in Oklahoma Bias Suit
Christopher Crosby, LAW360
November 20, 2017 [link]
Judge Won't Toss Transgender Professor's Claim Against Oklahoma University
Daniel Wiessner, REUTERS LEGAL
October 27, 2017 [link]
Trans Prof's Bias Suit Can Proceed Against Okla. State U
Braden Campbell, LAW360
October 26, 2017 [link]
In Shift, Justice Dept. Says Law Doesn’t Bar Transgender Discrimination
Charlie Savage, NEW YORK TIMES
October 5, 2017 [link]
Murders of Trans Women Highlight the Intersection of Racism and Gender-Based Violence
Chagmion Antoine, WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER FEATURES
April 18, 2017 [link]
Transgender Protections Hang in the Balance with Healthcare’s Future Cloudy
Molly Redden, THE GUARDIAN
March 26, 2017 [link]
Transgender Lawyers, Law Students Share Personal Stories in SCOTUS Brief
Marcia Coyle, THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL
March 7, 2017 [link]
Schools, Cities Back Student in High Court Bathroom Suit
Vin Gurrieri, LAW360
March 2, 2017 [link]
Trans Student Bathroom Access Reversal No Bar to High Court
Kevin McGowan, BLOOMBERG BNA
February 24, 2017 [link]
Trans Prof Slams Bid to Toss Her From Bathroom Rule Row
Dani Kass, LAW360
February 6, 2017 [link]
Bathroom Rules Ban is Toothless in Okla., LGBT Group Says
Vin Gurrieri, LAW360
January 11, 2017 [link]
Transgender Progress and the ‘Chilling’ Challenges of 2017 and Beyond
Barbra Casbar Siperstein, HUFFINGTON POST
January 4, 2017 [link]
2016
Texas Judge Blocks Transgender Policy
Mihir Zaveri, HOUSTON CHRONICLE
December 31, 2016 [link]
Texas Judge Halts Federal Transgender Health Protections
Paul J. Weber, ASSOCIATED PRESS
December 31, 2016 [link]
Catholic Health Care Providers Sue Obama, Say They’re Forced to Offer Gender Reassignment
Stefanie Gerdes, GAY STAR NEWS
December 30, 2016 [link]
Trans Man Wins Fight to Change Name Without Providing 'Medical Evidence'
Dawn Ennis, LGBTQ NATION
December 23, 2016 [link]
Victory as New York Trans Man Granted Legal Name Change at Appeal
Joseph McCormick, PINK NEWS
December 20, 2016 [link]
Health Experts Aim to Allay Transgender People's Fears of New Administration
Santiago Arnaiz, THEINK.NYC
December 13, 2016 [link]
Texas Counters DOJ Efforts to Ban Its Transgender Bathroom Initiative
Miriam Rozen, TEXAS LAWYER
November 16, 2016 [link]
Circuit Urged to Revive Case Over Denied Sex Reassignment Coverage
Brendan Pierson, REUTERS
October 26, 2016 [link]
Who Is My Neighbor
Marcus Patrick Ellsworth, MTV NEWS
September 7, 2016 [link]
Will Feds Keep Protecting Transgender Workers In Wake of Court Ruling
Dominic Holden,BUZZFEED NEWS
August 30, 2016 [link]
Transgender Health Discrimination Ban Faces Legal Challenge From Five States
Molly Redden, THE GUARDIAN
August 23, 2016 [link]
Being Transgender Could Be Removed From Mental Disorders List
Nicole Lyn Pesce, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
July 27, 2016 [link]
Despite Drawing Conservative Judge, Gov. McCrory Faces Long Odds in Legal Fight Over HB2
Emma Margolin, MSNBC.COM
May 11, 2016 [link]
HHS Rules Trans Woman Entitled to Surgery Under Medicare
Cleis Abeni, THE ADVOCATE
January 31, 2016 [link]
UnitedHealth Medicare Plan Must Cover U.S. Sex Reassignment Surgery
Brendan Pierson, REUTERS
January 29, 2016 [link]
Genital Surgery Must be Provided to Trans Woman Through Medicare Program
Dominic Holden, BUZZFEED NEWS
January 29, 2016 [link]
HHS Sides with Trans Woman in Case of Insurance Coverage
Matthew Clark, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
January 29, 2016 [link]
Judge Rules Employer Must Pay $115,000 to Transgender Over Bathroom Dispute
Anugrah Kumar, CHRISTIAN POST
January 23, 2016 [link]
Employer to Pay Transgender Woman $115,000 in Job Discrimination Settlement
Dominic Holden, BUZZFEED NEWS
January 20, 2016 [link]
Employer to Pay Transgender Woman Settlement for Alleged Discrimination: Report
Sarah Berger,INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
January 20, 2016 [link]
Minn. Co., EEOC Settle Transgender Discrimination Suit
Kat Greene, LAW360
January 20, 2016 [link]
2015
2015 Trans Year in Review—The Upside
Dana Beyer, HUFFINGTON POST
December 28, 2015 [link]
Transgender Prof.'s Hostile Workplace Claim OK'd by Judge
Matthew Bultman, LAW360
July 10, 2015 [link]
Gender Reassignment for Inmates Emerges as Hot Topic
Chris Johnson, WASHINGTON BLADE
May 7, 2015 [link]
Health Clinic Settles with Fired Transgender Worker for $150,000
Zack Ford, THINK PROGRESS
April 13, 2015 [link]
History in Oklahoma: Feds Sue School for Trans Discrimination
Dawn Ennis, THE ADVOCATE
March 31, 2015 [link]
Once Michael, now Mandi, San Quentin Guard Makes Transition to Celebrated Pioneer
Janis Mara, SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS
March 9, 2015 [link]