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 August 2022. ▸▸ State Policy Updates (Links in the policy updates below take you to the Equality Map for…

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 landscapes these are the state and local policy updates as of July 2022. ▸▸ State Policy Updates The links in the policy updates below take you to either the Equality…

This blog post by Movement Advancement Project’s Naomi Goldberg is cross-posted from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. This post originally published on June 30, 2022 at the close of Pride Month. Data Inclusion Is Vital for LGBTQI Equality The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on many of the systems that have long failed communities: affordable child care…civilrights.org The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on many of the systems that have long failed communities…

From researchers to policymakers to parents of LGBTQ kids, MAP’s Equality Maps are a vital resource for anyone looking for a quick, yet detailed snapshot of the current state of LGBTQ laws and policies in the United States. …

Last week, the team at the Movement Advancement Project was talking about announcing a new series on all the ways LGBTQ people are under attack. And we are still going to do that. Then Politico published a draft Supreme Court opinion that shows the Court is poised to strike down…

The recent wave of bans attempting to block best-practice medical care for transgender youth has been fertile political ground in an election year. — Prior to 2020, not a single state had considered legislation to ban best-practice medical care for trans youth. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 22 states considered this type of legislation in 2021 with one state, Arkansas, passing such a bill into law. Unfortunately, this trend has only continued this year. According…

From researchers to policymakers to parents of LGBTQ kids, MAP’s Equality Maps are a vital resource for anyone looking for a quick, yet detailed snapshot of the current state of LGBTQ laws and policies in the United States. At MAP, we know the patchwork of federal, state, and local level…

by Logan Casey, PhD, senior policy researcher & advisor at MAP Thirteen years ago today, transgender advocate Rachel Crandall established Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV), an annual event to celebrate transgender and nonbinary people while also recognizing the discrimination our communities face worldwide. …

In recent years, a growing number of states have considered or passed legislation that censors discussions of race and LGBTQ people in schools and that creates a hostile climate for students. …