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In June 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States affirmed that LGBTQ+ workers are protected from discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 — a landmark decision.

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Corporate Equality Index 2026

The State of the Workplace for LGBTQ+ Americans is a research‑based assessment of workplace protections, policies, and lived experiences across the United States. It offers insight into the current landscape…

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Corporate Equality Index 2026

The State of the Workplace for LGBTQ+ Americans is a research‑based assessment of workplace protections, policies, and lived experiences across the United States. It offers insight into the current landscape…

Laws & Legislation, Workplace, State & Local Policy

MEI: See Your Cities' Scores

HRC's Municipal Equality Index (MEI) demonstrates the ways that many cities can — and do — support the LGBTQ+ people who live and work there, even where states and the…

Municipal Equality Index 2025

The 2025 MEI is the fourteenth annual edition and rates a total of 506 cities on 49 different criteria from every state in the nation. The MEI is the only…

Allies, Workplace

Creator & Influencer Hub

Amid increased attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, and particularly the transgender community, the Human Rights Campaign declared a state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people in the United States in June…

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Workplace, Global, Evaluate

HRC Equidade BR: Programa Global de Equidade no Trabalho

O relatório HRC Equidade BR é a principal e mais abrangente avaliação de políticas, práticas e benefícios relacionados a inclusão de pessoas LGBTQIA+ em grandes corporações e negócios em todo…

Workplace, Research

Foreclosure and Eviction Among LGBTQ+ Adults

Many LGBTQ+ people experience homelessness at some point in their lifetime. Previous research suggests that LGBTQ+ people could comprise 20% to 40% of the homeless population. LGBTQ+ youth are also…

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Capacity Building, For Providers & Institutions, Workplace, Learn

HRC LEARN

HRC LEARN is the HRC Foundation's Learning Management System designed to deliver high-quality eLearning content on LGBTQ+ inclusion to learners across industries and professions.