# Movement Advancement Project: The Movement Advancement Project is an independent think tank that provides rigorous research, insight and analysis that help speed equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender \(LGBT\) people\.

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## Pages
- [MAP's 20th Anniversary: Celebrating Two Decades of Impact](https://mapresearch.org/20th-anniversary/)
- [Home](https://mapresearch.org/)
- [20th Anniversary Timeline](https://mapresearch.org/20th-anniversary-timeline/)
- [Policy \& Issue Analysis](https://mapresearch.org/policy-issue-analysis/)
- [LGBTQ Equality Landing Page](https://mapresearch.org/equality/)

## Posts
- [History of MAP: Tracking Equality and Democracy Through State Policy](https://mapresearch.org/history-of-map-tracking-equality-and-democracy-through-state-policy/): In this second installment of our “History of MAP” series, we highlight MAP’s extensive collection of policy research — from its origins in the early 2000s to its most recent expansion through the Democracy Program\.
- [History of MAP: Building Common Ground Through Messaging](https://mapresearch.org/history-of-map-building-common-ground-through-messaging/): This blog highlights the legacy and ongoing impact of MAP’s messaging work\. Alongside this history, we include several perspectives from MAP’s strongest supporters\.
- [History of MAP: Analyzing the Movement’s Capacity](https://mapresearch.org/history-of-map-analyzing-the-movements-capacity/)
- [History of MAP: Leading Through Collaboration](https://mapresearch.org/history-of-map-leading-through-collaboration/): This third installment of our spotlight anniversary series identifies important examples of collaboration and partnership across MAP’s history\.
- [In This Moment, It’s Crucial That States Protect LGBTQ\+ Data](https://mapresearch.org/in-this-moment-its-crucial-that-states-protect-lgbtq-data/): As federal data collection on LGBTQ\+ people is scaled back, states and localities are increasingly being called on to fill widening gaps in research and data on LGBTQ\+ communities\. 

## Briefs
- [Support for Transgender People is Higher Than Headlines Suggest](https://mapresearch.org/brief/support-for-transgender-people-is-higher-than-headlines-suggest/): This partner brief from MAP and Advocates for Trans Equality \(A4TE\) offers new analysis which shows that transgender people are widely accepted and supported by their families, workplaces, faith communities, and more\.
- [Creating a License to Discriminate: First Amendment Defense Act](https://mapresearch.org/brief/creating-a-license-to-discriminate-first-amendment-defense-act/)
- [Title IX, Religious Exemptions \& Campus Climate: LGBT Protections in Higher Education](https://mapresearch.org/brief/title-ix-religious-exemptions-campus-climate-lgbt-protections-in-higher-education/): This brief shows how the expansion of the ability of colleges and universities to claim a religious exemption to federal nondiscrimination laws can have a profoundly negative impact on LGBTQ students\.
- [Democracy 101: Understanding State Voting Rights Acts](https://mapresearch.org/brief/democracy-101-understanding-state-voting-rights-acts/): This policy brief outlines the need for state VRAs, explains how these policies have developed and how they differ, and offers a rundown of proposals in the 2025 legislative session\.
- [Democracy 101: Understanding Proof of Citizenship Requirements for Voter Registration](https://mapresearch.org/brief/democracy-101-understanding-proof-of-citizenship-requirements-for-voter-registration/): This brief details how policy proposals requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration have emerged, and explains why these threaten to disenfranchise millions of otherwise eligible voters\.

## Citation Sheets
- [Relationship \& Parental Recognition Laws: Functional Parent Doctrines](https://mapresearch.org/citation/functional-parent-doctrines/)
- [Relationship \& Parental Recognition Laws: Assisted Reproduction/Intended Parent Provisions](https://mapresearch.org/citation/assisted-reproduction-intended-parent-provisions/)
- [Relationship \& Parental Recognition Laws: Voluntary Acknowledgment of Parentage \(VAP\)](https://mapresearch.org/citation/voluntary-acknowledgment-of-parentage-vap/)
- [Types of Adoption:  Stepparent, Second/Co\-Parent, \& Confirmatory Adoption](https://mapresearch.org/citation/types-of-adoption-stepparent-second-co-parent-confirmatory-adoption/)
- [Anti\-Bullying Laws](https://mapresearch.org/citation/lgbtq-youth-anti-bullying-laws/)

## Fact Sheets
- [Fact Sheet: Increasing LGBTQIA\+ Access to Sexual and Reproductive Care with Telehealth](https://mapresearch.org/fact-sheet/fact-sheet-increasing-lgbtqia-access-to-sexual-and-reproductive-care-with-telehealth/)
- [Fact Sheet: Identity Documents and Transgender People](https://mapresearch.org/fact-sheet/fact-sheet-identity-documents-and-transgender-people/)

## Infographics
- [Infographic: Get the Facts About Trans Youth](https://mapresearch.org/infographic/infographic-get-the-facts-about-trans-youth/)
- [LGBT Employees \& Title VII](https://mapresearch.org/infographic/lgbt-employees-title-vii/)
- [Infographic: LGBT \& GNC Girls Face Criminalization](https://mapresearch.org/infographic/infographic-lgbt-gnc-girls-face-criminalization/)
- [LGBT Older Adults and Social Isolation](https://mapresearch.org/infographic/lgbt-older-adults-and-social-isolation/)
- [Infographic: Transgender Students and Title IX](https://mapresearch.org/infographic/infographic-transgender-students-and-title-ix/)

## Messaging Guides
- [Talking About Curriculum Censorship and Anti\-LGBTQ School Bills](https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-curriculum-censorship-and-anti-lgbtq-school-bills/): Far\-right politicians are trying to pass laws designed to censor school curriculum, books and teaching—and create a hostile school climate for LGBTQ students\. Explore approaches for discussing these growing cultural attacks on schools, education, and LGBTQ youth and the adults who support them\.
- [Talking About ID Update Bans](https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-id-update-bans/): Identification documents are vital keys that open doors to so many parts of everyday life\. Learn about conversations that can help conflicted audiences understand what’s at stake when states seek to ban transgender people from updating the gender marker on their ID\.
- [Talking About Transgender Youth Health Care](https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-transgender-youth-health-care/): Parents of transgender children, like most parents, want to do what is best for their child—and that includes ensuring that their child is able to receive the prescribed medical care they need\. Read more about why this care is so important for transgender youth, and why bans are so harmful\.
- [Talking About Conversion "Therapy" Practices](https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-conversion-therapy-practices/): Conversion “therapy” practices are dangerous, discredited efforts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity\. Learn how to help conflicted audiences understand what’s at stake when a state\-licensed mental health practitioner subjects an LGBTQ young person to these dangerous conversion practices under the guise of “therapy\.”
- [Talking About Transgender Youth Participation in Sports](https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-transgender-youth-participation-in-sports/): Kids learn important life lessons in sports: leadership, confidence, teamwork\. Amid efforts to ban transgender youth from K\-12 school sports, this guide provides messaging tools that emphasize shared values and show how harmful it is to exclude transgender youth from this vital part of their education\.

## News
- [State of Democracy: 2025 Mid\-Year Legislative Wrap Up](https://mapresearch.org/news/state-of-democracy-2025-mid-year-legislative-wrap-up/)
- [Reflecting Forward: Learnings from the 2025 Legislative Sessions](https://mapresearch.org/news/reflecting-forward-learnings-from-the-2025-legislative-sessions/)

## Policy Overviews
- [Identity Documents](https://mapresearch.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/id-documents/): Identity documents are vital keys necessary to unlock the doors to everything from driving a car and getting a library card to opening a bank account, getting a job, and, increasingly, voting\. These resources offer clear, achievable ID policies that promote public safety and good governance to ensure people can have their basic needs met and have an equal opportunity to participate in civic and everyday life\.  
- [LGBTQ People](https://mapresearch.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/lgbtq-people/): LGBTQ people in the United States have families, work hard to earn a living, pay taxes, and serve their communities and their country\. MAP offers a collection of resources addressing the many aspects of LGBTQ people’s lives\.
- [Voting Policy Resources](https://mapresearch.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/voting-policies/): These resources help build understanding of the opposing trends in election policies and their effects on how voters cast their ballots, in addition to the security and independence of our elections\. 
- [Standard Annual Reporting: Individual Reports](https://mapresearch.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/standard-annual-reporting/individual-reports/): View detailed individual organization reports for 2006\-2022\.
- [Education](https://mapresearch.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/education/): Every student deserves a fair chance to succeed in school and prepare for their future—including students who are LGBTQ\. Unfortunately, bullying, harassment, and violence create significant barriers to educational access and success for LGBTQ students\. These resources explore policies that impact the experiences of LGBTQ youth in schools\.

## Press Releases
- [New Report and PBS Series Document LGBTQ Equality in the U\.S\. South](https://mapresearch.org/press-release/new-report-and-pbs-series-document-lgbtq-equality-in-the-u-s-south/)
- [New Report and PBS Series Document LGBTQ Equality in the U\.S\. South](https://mapresearch.org/press-release/new-report-and-pbs-series-document-lgbtq-equality-in-the-u-s-south/)
- [New Report Outlines How Vote by Mail Can Remove Barriers and Ensure Integrity and Safety in U\.S\. Elections](https://mapresearch.org/press-release/new-report-outlines-how-vote-by-mail-can-remove-barriers-and-ensure-integrity-and-safety-in-u-s-elections/)
- [New Report Outlines How Vote by Mail Can Remove Barriers and Ensure Integrity and Safety in U\.S\. Elections](https://mapresearch.org/press-release/new-report-outlines-how-vote-by-mail-can-remove-barriers-and-ensure-integrity-and-safety-in-u-s-elections/)
- [Los trabajadores de color LGBT están entre los que tienen más desventajas de la fuerza laboral estadounidense](https://mapresearch.org/press-release/una-promesa-rota-para-los-trabajadores-de-color-lgbt-comunicado-de-prensa/)

## Reports
- [In Their Own Words: Learning from LGBTQ Youth Experiences to Tell a New Story](https://mapresearch.org/report/in-their-own-words-learning-from-lgbtq-youth-experiences-to-tell-a-new-story/): By combining new insights on who LGBTQ youth are and examining how social dynamics and public policy shape their lives, this comprehensive report expands our understanding of an often overlooked but frequently debated community\.
- [State\-Level Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data Practices: Inclusive Data, Responsible Governance](https://mapresearch.org/report/state-level-sogi-data-practices-and-governance/): This report maps the landscape of state\-level SOGI data collection, assesses emerging risks of data misuse, and identifies policies and practices for leaders committed to ethical, responsible data governance\.
- [International LGBT Advocacy Organizations and Programs](https://mapresearch.org/report/international-lgbt-advocacy-organizations-and-programs/): International LGBT advocacy organizations and programs are rapidly expanding in quantity, reach and influence\. This analysis provides a review of their priorities, strategies and tactics; an overview of their capacities and budgets; a snapshot of their challenges and opponents; and a look at needs that funders can help address\.
- [Looking Ahead to 2021: The Impact of COVID\-19 on the LGBTQI Movement](https://mapresearch.org/report/looking-ahead-to-2021-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-lgbtqi-movement/): To understand the ways LGBTQI and allied social justice organizations have adapted to the pandemic, MAP conducted several surveys\. Using survey data from November 2020, this report provides the broadest view of the pandemic’s impact, allowing organizations to reflect on changes over the past eight months\.
- [COVID \& the LGBTQI Movement in 2021: Results from the Q3 2021 COVID Pulse Survey](https://mapresearch.org/report/covid-the-lgbtqi-movement-in-2021-results-from-the-q3-2021-covid-pulse-survey/): This report presents the results from our third quarterly COVID pulse survey of 2021, demonstrating the impact of COVID\-19 and the uncertainty that impacts how these organizations provide services and support to LGBTQI people, how their staff are working, and how they are navigating the financial realities of the pandemic\.

## Staff \& Board
- [Rachael](https://mapresearch.org/staff_and_board/rachael/)
- [Naomi Goldberg](https://mapresearch.org/staff_and_board/naomi-goldberg/)
- [Brian](https://mapresearch.org/staff_and_board/brian/)
- [Ian](https://mapresearch.org/staff_and_board/ian/)
- [Tessa](https://mapresearch.org/staff_and_board/tessa/)

## Top Stories
- [Why leaving red states isn't so simple for LGBTQ Americans](https://mapresearch.org/top-story/why-leaving-red-states-isnt-so-simple-for-lgbtq-americans/)
- [Texas Children’s Hospital must create country’s first “detransition clinic” under legal settlement with state](https://mapresearch.org/top-story/texas-childrens-hospital-must-create-countrys-first-detransition-clinic-under-legal-settlement-with-state/)
- [A new crop of state laws are ‘leveraging criminalization as a tactic against trans people’](https://mapresearch.org/top-story/a-new-crop-of-state-laws-are-leveraging-criminalization-as-a-tactic-against-trans-people/)
- [Ballots become battlegrounds for voting rules, redistricting, election power](https://mapresearch.org/top-story/ballots-become-battlegrounds-for-voting-rules-redistricting-election-power/)
- [Transgender Idaho Residents Sue After State Criminalizes Use of Bathrooms](https://mapresearch.org/top-story/transgender-idaho-residents-sue-after-state-criminalizes-use-of-bathrooms/)

## Videos
- [Unjust: How the Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People](https://mapresearch.org/video/lgbt-criminal-justice-video/)
- [Paying an Unfair Price: Maria's Story](https://mapresearch.org/video/paying-an-unfair-price-marias-story/)
- [Video: How Automated Verification \& Registration Works](https://mapresearch.org/video/video-how-automated-verification-registration-works/)

## State Democracy Profiles
- [Connecticut](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-profiles/ct/)
- [Mississippi](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-profiles/ms/)
- [South Carolina](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-profiles/sc/)
- [Oklahoma](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-profiles/ok/)
- [Montana](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-profiles/mt/)

## State Equality Profiles
- [Iowa](https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/ia/)
- [Delaware](https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/de/)
- [North Carolina](https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/nc/)
- [Texas](https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/tx/)
- [Wyoming](https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/wy/)

## Maps
- [Fertility Health Care Coverage](https://mapresearch.org/equality-map/fertility-healthcare-coverage/)
- [HIV Criminalization Laws](https://mapresearch.org/equality-map/hiv-criminalization-laws/)
- [Bans on Transgender Youth Participation in Sports](https://mapresearch.org/equality-map/bans-on-transgender-youth-participation-in-sports/)
- [Restrictions on 3rd Party Voter Registration Drives](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-map/restrictions-on-3rd-party-voter-registration-drives/): 3rd party voter registration drives are often non\-partisan, community efforts that encourage and assist people in registering to vote\. While almost all states allow voter registration drives, some ban them entirely, and a number of states have implemented restrictions that operate to unduly burden these efforts\. 
- [Conversion “Therapy” Laws](https://mapresearch.org/equality-map/conversion-therapy-laws/): This map illustrates the landscape of laws that prohibit licensed mental health practitioners from subjecting LGBTQ minors to harmful conversion “therapy” practices that attempt to change their sexual orientation or gender identity\.

## Map Sections
- [HIV Criminalization Laws](https://mapresearch.org/map-sections/hiv-criminalization-laws/)
- [Private Insurance](https://mapresearch.org/map-sections/private-insurance/)
- [Fertility Preservation](https://mapresearch.org/map-sections/fertility-preservation/)
- [Fertility Treatment](https://mapresearch.org/map-sections/fertility-treatment/)
- [Sports Participation Bans](https://mapresearch.org/map-sections/sports-participation-bans/)

## Categories
- [Uncategorized](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_category=uncategorized)
- [LGBTQ people](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_category=lgbtq-people)
- [Nondiscrimination](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_category=nondiscrimination)
- [Election independence](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_category=election-independence)
- [LGBTQ youth](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_category=lgbtq-youth)

## Tags
- [Transgender people](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_post_tag=transgender-people)
- [Mapping Equality](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_post_tag=mapping-equality)
- [Economic security](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_post_tag=economic-security)
- [Families](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_post_tag=families)
- [Education](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_post_tag=education)

## Report Types
- [PDF](https://mapresearch.org/report-type/pdf/)

## Map Groups
- [Voting by Mail](https://mapresearch.org/map-groups/voting-by-mail/)
- [Election Independence](https://mapresearch.org/map-groups/election-independence/)
- [Health Care](https://mapresearch.org/map-groups/health-care/)
- [LGBTQ Youth](https://mapresearch.org/map-groups/lgbtq-youth/)
- [Voter Registration](https://mapresearch.org/map-groups/voter-registration/)

## Map Types
- [Democracy Map](https://mapresearch.org/map-types/democracy-map/)
- [Equality Map](https://mapresearch.org/map-types/equality-map/)

## Related Resource Categories
- [Brief](https://mapresearch.org/related-resource-category/brief/)
- [Report](https://mapresearch.org/related-resource-category/report/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://mapresearch.org/sitemap_index.xml)