This piece by Tessa Juste, MAP’s LGBTQ movement building and policy researcher, is cross-posted from the Center for Effective Philanthropy’s blog where it was originally published on August 24, 2023. Learning from MacKenzie Scott's Gifts to LGBTQ Organizations Movement Advancement Project shares insight from a survey of LGBTQ-focused nonprofits that benefitted from MacKenzie Scott’s philanthropy.cep.org

MAP’s Equality Maps provide a detailed snapshot of the current state of LGBTQ laws and policies in the United States. In this regularly changing landscape, these are the state and local policy updates from mid-June 2023. For a full look at LGBTQ policy throughout the year, see MAP’s brief, Assessing…

The past three years have brought a dramatic — and still ongoing—escalation of attacks on LGBTQ people across virtually every aspect of our lives. Now that most states’ legislative sessions have adjourned for the year, MAP is taking a look at just how far states’ LGBTQ policies have changed so…

MAP’s Equality Maps provide a detailed snapshot of the current state of LGBTQ laws and policies in the United States. In this regularly changing landscape, these are the state and local policy updates from May 5 through June 13, 2023. 2023 has seen a record number of political attacks…

This month marks the arrival of Pride, a celebration of visibility, identity, and expression for LGBTQ people. Every year in June, companies release statements of support — and even Pride-themed products — to signal LGBTQ inclusion. Yet, amid a record-shattering year for anti-LGBTQ legislation and escalating attacks against LGBTQ people…

June 2023 marks the one-year anniversary of President Biden’s signing of the Executive Order on Advancing Equality Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI+) Individuals (the “LGBTQI+ Equality EO”). This executive order did many things, including giving instructions to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department…

MAP’s Equality Maps provide a detailed snapshot of the current state of LGBTQ laws and policies in the United States. In this regularly changing landscape, these are the state and local policy updates from March 15 through May 5, 2023. This year we’ve seen a horrifying record number of…

On the 14th annual Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV), we celebrate the joy and the incredible community of transgender and nonbinary people everywhere. At the same time, we recognize that this year has been unprecedented in its fast, furious, and coordinated attacks against LGBTQ people broadly, and anti-transgender rhetoric in…

MAP’s Equality Maps provide a detailed snapshot of the current state of LGBTQ laws and policies in the United States. In this regularly changing landscape, these are the state and local policy updates as of March 2023. ▸▸ State Policy Updates (The links in the policy updates below take you to relevant coverage…