Research
Our reports feature independent research, data driven information and guides that will continue to educate, support, and inspire ourselves and each other to continue the journey to equality.
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Annual LGBTQ+ Community Survey Publications
The Annual LGBTQ+ Community Survey (ALCS) is one of the largest ongoing research efforts dedicated to documenting the lived experiences, priorities, and challenges of LGBTQ+ people across the United States.…
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One Year Into Trump Administration & LGBTQ+ Messaging Playbook for the Midterms
One year into the Trump-Vance administration and less than one year out from the 2026 midterm elections, pro-equality campaigns have said that they are looking for guidance to successfully beat…
Annual LGBTQ+ Community Survey Publications
The Annual LGBTQ+ Community Survey (ALCS) is one of the largest ongoing research efforts dedicated to documenting the lived experiences, priorities, and challenges of LGBTQ+ people across the United States.…
Long-Term Care Equality Index 2025
The Long-Term Care Equality Index 2025 Report represents the second validated survey on LGBTQ+ inclusion in long-term care and senior housing communities. The Human Rights Campaign Foundation and SAGE are…
United Resilience: Fighting for Two-Spirit and LGBTQ+ Communities
In the Winter of 2022, a group of LGBTQ+ students in South Dakota reached out to the founders of Uniting Resilience, Monique ‘Muffie” Mousseau and Felipa De Leon, after their…
State Equality Index 2024
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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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…
Supporting Transgender, Non-binary, and Gender-Expansive Children
Supporting Transgender, Non-binary, and Gender-Expansive Children is a groundbreaking resource that explains how families and healthcare professionals are helping transgender children thrive.
The LGBTQ+ Corporate Citizen – A Framework for Emerging Best Practices in Allyship
Building on decades of work with businesses in the fight for LGBTQ+ equality, the Human Rights Campaign’s first-ever Corporate Citizenship Report examines how corporations can work across all of their…
Fatal Violence Against the Transgender and Gender-Expansive Community in 2024
The Human Rights Campaign is both saddened and infuriated by the deaths of at least thirty-two transgender and gender-expansive people whose lives were tragically and inhumanely taken through violent means,…
Corporate Equality Index 2025
The Corporate Equality Index is a primary driving force for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion. Data from the CEI tells the story of over two decades of year-over-year growth in the adoption…
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