Queers in Law: Layne Clarke

Show Notes

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.com
Special Thanks: Glen Swarnadhipathi, CFUV 101.9 FM CFUV.uvic.ca

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00:45 - Who is Layne? Being genderqueer
04:11 - Port Hardy, GSA, small town beginnings as a baby gay
07:30 - Stories from Western - Dodging archeology and lessons in queer advocacy
11:33 - Queerness and perspective - Empathy and being an outsider
15:08 - Layne’s road to law school - Eat pray love? Epiphany in Rwanda
21:31 - Job-hunting while queer - The little things and some hope
25:48 - Practice Direction PD-59 - It doesn’t have to be a big thing
27:41 - Law school activism and community - Outlaws, PBSC Trans ID clinic
33:37 - 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 strength
41:10 - QAnon analysis, SCOTUS, Stardew Valley - Layne’s pop culture recs

What is Stare Indecisis?

Exploring issues relevant to law students and the law at large. Stare Indecisis is a student-led podcast at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law affiliated with its law journal, Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform published by the Appeal Publishing Society.

Produced on the unceded Coast Salish territories of the Lekwungen, Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.
Hosts: Sarah Lachance (she/her), Camille O’Sullivan (she/her), Vinson Shih (he/him)