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Policy Spotlight: Hate Crime Laws

With a rise in hate violence across the country, Policy Spotlight: Hate Crime Laws provides a groundbreaking side-by-side look at the limitations and opportunities of hate crime laws as a means of preventing and addressing hate violence. Released in partnership

LGBTQ Policy Spotlight: Mapping LGBTQ Equality in the U.S. South

More LGBTQ people live in the U.S. South than in any other region of the United States. But for the one in three LGBTQ adults who call the South home, the South is the most hostile LGBTQ state policy landscape

Mapping LGBTQ Equality: 2010 to 2020

This report presents a fresh perspective on the current status of LGBTQ equality in the states by examining MAP’s policy tally, encompassing nearly 40 LGBTQ-related laws and policies across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the five U.S.

LGBT Policy Spotlight: LGBT Equality in the U.S. Territories

The Bottom Line The United States’ long history of territorial expansion has resulted in a truly complicated system of governance for territory residents, where even the U.S. Constitution doesn’t always apply. Examining each of the five territories across the more

Unjust: LGBTQ Youth Incarcerated in the Juvenile Justice System

The Bottom Line Unjust: LGBTQ Youth Incarcerated in the Juvenile Justice System examines how LGBTQ youth who are incarcerated in juvenile detention and correctional facilities face bias in adjudication, and mistreatment and abuse in confinement facilities. LGBTQ youth also lack

Mapping Transgender Equality in the United States

The Bottom Line The lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has seen both significant progress and painful setbacks recently. The 2015 Supreme Court ruling in favor of the freedom to marry was a major step toward legal equality, and

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