We’ve seen major victories for LGBTQ+ rights and equality at all levels, but we’re not done yet.
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Last updated: August 17th 2023
With more than 80 new anti-LGBTQ+ laws across the states this year and the extremist Supreme Court actively granting a license to discriminate against LGBTQ+…
The PrEP Access and Coverage Act would require all private and public insurance plans to cover the HIV prevention pill and related services with no out-of-pocket costs for patients.
Learn more about the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
The Real Education for Healthy Youth Act would provide grants for comprehensive sex education to public or private entities that focus on adolescent health and education or have experience with…
The Safe Schools Improvement Act (SSIA) would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to require school districts in states that receive ESEA funds to adopt codes of conduct…
HRC published its “Inclusive Interpretations of Sex Discrimination Law,” a report that outlines how federal courts have developed a consistent legal narrative regarding discrimination against LGBTQ+ people as constituting unlawful…
The SEI rates all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. in six areas of law and assigns the states to one of four distinct categories.
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See state maps that show the laws and policies that affect LGBTQ+ people in areas of non-discrimination, healthcare, youth, and more.
The State Equality Index is an annual comprehensive state-by-state report that provides a review of statewide laws and policies that affect LGBTQ+ people and their families. The scorecards below are…
Currently, the MEI rates 506 cities from all across the country. In 2012, this project began with just 137 municipalities. Though the MEI’s reach is far and wide, our general…
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