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Snapshot: Democracy Ratings by State

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Laws Protecting Election Officials Against Threats

Since 2020, state and local election officials have increasingly been the targets of an alarming increase in violent threats and harassment. As a result, some states have put in place new laws that seek to explicitly protect the election officials who protect our democracy.
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Regulating Gender To Allow Discrimination

As part of a broader, coordinated attack on transgender people across the country, these newly emerging laws explicitly regulate gender by defining “sex” throughout all state law to effectively allow discrimination against transgender people.
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Bans on Transgender People Using Public Bathrooms and Facilities According to their Gender Identity

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Transgender Healthcare “Shield” Laws

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Parental Recognition Laws

Legal recognition of the parent-child relationship (“parentage”) is important for many reasons, from healthcare decisions and school settings to economic security, everyday life, and much more. These maps illustrate some of the pathways to parental recognition that are especially important for LGBTQ families.
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Child Welfare Nondiscrimination Laws

Child welfare nondiscrimination laws protect youth in the child welfare system from discrimination based on the youth’s sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Identity Document Laws and Policies

These maps illustrate the state laws and administrative polices governing the processes by which an individual can change the gender marker on their driver’s license and/or birth certificate to accurately reflect their gender identity, sometimes including intrusive and outdated requirements, such as proof of sex reassignment surgery and court orders.
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Safe School Laws

This map shows state school nondiscrimination laws that explicitly enumerate sexual orientation and/or gender identity as protected characteristics, as well as states that explicitly interpret existing prohibitions against sex discrimination to include discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
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Anti-bullying

This map shows state anti-bullying laws that explicitly enumerate sexual orientation and/or gender identity as protected characteristics, as well as states that explicitly interpret existing prohibitions against sex discrimination to include discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.