Lat, you probably shouldn't number the list, as it implies that Alston (for example) is better than Nixon (for example) when really they both got perfect scores and were just listed alphabetically.

Powell Goldsetin is a great place for gays. They even employed a gay porn star at one time. If only the firm had some clients.

These lists are kind of a joke. Top NY law firms are awful places to work, whether one is gay or straight. One's sexual orientation makes no difference. I imagine that if one is gay, it's better to suffer a slight amount of discrimination and then go home at 6 or 7 PM, then to be treated equally by having to pull an all nighter at the office or work for an asshole senior associate who doesn't know what he's doing.

2 out of 10 of these firms are based in Atlanta. Am I to infer that gays enjoy being paid like shit?

I heard Bryan Cave NY is really gay friendly,

and so is probably all the firms that have extended me offers of employment.

I heard STB is not gay friendly.

When are people going to learn that these places are inherently conservative, regardless of their claims to the contrary? Sure, some are more conservative than others but, ultimately, all of these firms exist to serve the interests of large corporations.

9:58: Is they illiterate-friendly too?

"When are people going to learn that these places are inherently conservative, regardless of their claims to the contrary? Sure, some are more conservative than others but, ultimately, all of these firms exist to serve the interests of large corporations."

Yes, this is why ALL the top law firms -- regardless of this silly list -- are "gay friendly" (but not human being friendly). They exist to serve the interests of large corporations. Large corporations care about making money, not peoples' sex lives or romantic lives. Gay people have nothing to fear from large corporations. Organizations headed by people like James Dobson are another matter.

wachtell hates teh gays.

Mick, stop messing around here! We’ve got an album to record.

Pillsbury is very gay friendly. There are lots of gays there.

Lat, Can we get a new poll? Which law firm has the flaming-est gays? I'm talking Boy George associates. Can we get this one going? And lets not forget about trannies. Any firms have trannies?

Blah blah blah, I sleep with the same sex, SHUT UP Already...

Where's Shearman and Sterling?

are any NY firms panda-friendly?

A & B and Nixon are the gayest law firms out there--I certainly have no argument with that assertion.

11:19 is almost on to something interesting. What about associates that are transgendered or otherwise have a "gender identity" different from their physical appearance? Are there any firms that let such associates use the "wrong" restroom? Or express their gender identity by, for example, letting male assocaites wear skirts? Do tell.

I am a lesbian trapped inside a man's body, except that I have a strong urge to use my actual penis during sex, instead of a strap on.

This is all very strange. What on earth does it mean to be "gay friendly"? And why in bloody hell does it matter? This is a case of political correctness run amok. Preventing discrimination is one thing, but to label a place of work as being "gay friendly" or not?!? Good grief.

Jacoby loves the gays . . .but Meyers is homophobic.

Anony,

You're clearly a straight, white man. It matters, becaue no one wants to work in an environment where he feels he is "accepted" solely because the powers that be force his acceptance. Just as women or racial minorities generally want to work places where they see like others suceeding, so do most LGB folks.

On another note, what about Queery Gottlieb? No one has mentioned them.

2:21, with all due respect I don't think you can generalize about any firm or business and say it is "gay friendly," or not. Attitudes toward homosexuality and gays in the workplace start with the person. An organization can have all the gay friendly policies it wants. But it doesn't really matter because individuals within the organization drive behavior. So long as person A and person B acts in accordance with rules against discrimination and harrassment. My firm is wondrously gay friendly in terms of policies and outward expressions, but this doesn't alter a whole lot in this firm (and office) that is comprised overwhelmingly of friendly positive conservative-natured (non-political) ladies and gentlemen. My long-winded way of saying that labeling a place "gay friendly" is a load of hoey.

Gay dudes at my firm stare at me in the mens room. Talk about uncomfortable.

There are a shitload of gays in the legal profession. That's not a judgment statement, rather a statement of fact. My Midwest based conservative national law firm has gays all over the place and it doesn't impact a damned thing positive or negative. I agree with Anony. Saying a firm is gay friendly is horseshit. If someone discriminates or is antagonistic against a gay person, then he/she is in violation of the law and will be dealt with accordingly.

It might be unfair of me to say this, but I'm betting that most gay lawyers don't want to draw more attention than normal to themselves. Just like fat dumpy pastie ugly guys like myself don't want to be singled out because my firm promotes itself as pro fat dumpy pastie ugly guys. The legal profession is one of the most englightened and liberal of any profession in the world. Let it go.

Queers are categorically unable to uphold the law.

What about firms in atlanta like Kilpatrick, McKenna, and Sutherland?

"The legal profession is one of the most englightened and liberal of any profession in the world. Let it go."

FPG, I agree with much of your post, but I don't know if you can simply say let it go, as a blanket statement. It's because people didn't simply let it go that the legal profession has achieved enlightenment. I don't if it's possible to know the exact, "hey everything's Hunky Dory now" moment.

David, nothing would make me happier than to record another album with you, but unfortunately I'm dead! - Mick

I used to work at Brown & Wood, then Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, in New York. We used to joke about pretending to be gay to increase your chances of making partner. No one had a problem with wide stances there.

Look, the only reason BigLaw allows shitstabbers and pussylickers to work there is because there are potential large-fee clients where shitstabbers and pussylickers make the decisions. Plain and simple. It has nothing to do with what they actually think about gueers.

30, when I pound my secretary in the ass, am I shitstabbing? How about when I eat her out, am I pussylicking? Shitstabbing and pussylicking are not specific to any particular sexual orientation.