Bio
Amanda is the Audrey Irmas Director of the LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project at the ACLU of Southern California, fighting for the rights and civil liberties of LGBTQ people through litigation, policy advocacy, technical assistance, coalition-building, and community engagement.
Amanda was previously a staff attorney in the LGBT & HIV Project of the National ACLU, working on projects to advance transgender workers' rights, safety and dignity for incarcerated people, the rights of LGBTQ students, and marriage equality for same-sex couples. Amanda also previously served as Director of Litigation at Inner City Law Center in Los Angeles, as Senior Counsel in the New York City Law Department, and as Legal Coordinator for a group providing pro bono name change assistance to transgender New Yorkers. In 2015, Amanda was named one of the 40 Best LGBT Lawyers under the age of 40 by the National LGBT Bar Association.
Amanda is an alum of Harvard Law School and Rice University, a former co-chair of the Board of Directors of Genders & Sexualities Alliance Network, and a former fifth grade teacher.
