Understanding Issues Facing LGBT People in the U.S.
The Bottom Line Understanding Issues Facing LGBT People in the U.S. is a short primer that summarizes the major areas in which unfair laws and stigma create extra burdens for LGBT people across the country. The guide also includes policy
Where We Call Home: LGBT People in Rural America
Popular culture images of LGBT people suggest that most LGBT people live in cities or on the coasts. Yet an estimated three million or more LGBT people call rural America home. The Movement Advancement Project released a new report, Where
2018 Federal Child Welfare Amendment
The Bottom Line In July 2018, a committee passed the so-called Aderholt Amendment to an appropriations bill that creates a federal license to discriminate for child welfare providers. As detailed in a brief released by MAP, Lambda Legal, and the
Putting Children at Risk: How Efforts to Undermine Marriage Equality Harm Children
The Bottom Line Putting Children at Risk: How Efforts to Undermine Marriage Equality Harm Children shows how these coordinated efforts pose a profound threat to the children in LGBT families. First, some government officials, state legislators, and courts have refused
The Power of State Preemption: Preventing Progress and Threatening Equality
The Bottom Line Across the country, cities and counties are taking steps to promote progress and to protect their residents on a range of issues, including workers’ rights and benefits, the minimum wage, nondiscrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
2018 LGBT Community Center Survey Report
The Bottom Line The 2018 biennial LGBT Community Center Survey Report provides a detailed picture of centers’ staff and boards, program priorities, constituencies and services, infrastructure, fundraising, budgets, and technical assistance needs. The 2018 report finds that local community centers
