Thank you to all of our friends and supporters who came out for our NYC Fall Salon on Thursday. We're so grateful to Selendy Gay for hosting us at their incredible office. Check out some photos from the evening here: tinyurl.com/NYC25Photos

As we celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month, keep in mind that 2.3 million Latinx LGBT adults live in the U.S. More than one-third of them live in low-income households. bit.ly/LatinxLGBT

Join us tomorrow, September 17, for a discussion with the winners of the 2025 Dukeminier Awards, which honor the best law review articles concerning sexual orientation and gender identity from the past year. MCLE available (CA only). RSVP today: bit.ly/Dukeminier2025

Transgender people are over four times more likely than cisgender people to be victims of violent crime. bit.ly/transvictimized

An estimated 3.3% of youth aged 13-17--about 724,000 teenagers--identify as transgender in the U.S. bit.ly/TranspeopleUS

Our 2024 research found that as a result of anti-DEI laws, about half of the LGBTQ+ faculty we surveyed (48%) have explored moving to another state, and 20% have actively taken steps to do so. One-third (36%) have considered leaving academia altogether. Learn more at bit.ly/ImpactDEI

If you are LGBTQ and were impacted by the LA fires, we want to hear from you. Join us for lunch on September 27 for a listening session at Altadena Main Library. RSVP: bit.ly/LAFiresLGBTQ

Just a reminder that our research shows there is no evidence that allowing transgender people to access restrooms aligned with their gender identity negatively affects privacy and safety. bit.ly/transrestroom

“The federal workplace is increasingly an inhospitable place for the transgender employees who remain." - Brad Sears, speaking with the @apnews.com

An estimated 3.3% of youth in the U.S. aged 13-17—about 724,000 teenagers—identify as transgender. Regionally, the Midwest has the highest percentage of transgender youth. bit.ly/TranspeopleUS

If you are LGBTQ and were impacted by the LA fires, we want to hear from you. Join us for lunch on September 27 for a listening session at Altadena Main Library. RSVP: bit.ly/LAFiresLGBTQ

On Labor Day, we'd like to remind you that 8 million workers in the U.S. identify as LGBTQ. Those who are out at work are significantly more likely to face discrimination or harassment on the job. bit.ly/LGBTworkplace

"Though data sources are being erased, the transgender population will not be. And yet it will likely be at least a decade before we can publish updated figures on the estimated number of people in the US who identify as transgender." - Jody Herman and @aflor017.github.io for @theconversation.com

Calling all of our NY friends! You're invited to our Fall Salon on September 17. This year, our esteemed panelists will discuss key LGBTQ rights cases decided by the Supreme Court in 2025 and provide a preview of what’s ahead for 2026. RSVP today at tinyurl.com/NYCFallSalon25

"We often think of discrimination as a discrete event that happens on a certain day. For those who are misgendered in the workplace, the experience can become an almost daily challenge." - Brad Sears, speaking with @usatoday.com tinyurl.com/uyn2f7pn

Congratulations to the 2025 Dukeminier Awards winners for best sexual orientation and gender identity legal scholarship! bit.ly/DAJCurrentIssue - Noa Ben-Asher and Margot J. Pollans - D Dangaran - Dara E. Purvis - Ari Ezra Waldman - Gabriel L. Klapholz

2.8 million people in the U.S. (13+) identify as transgender. Three-quarters of them are under age 35. bit.ly/TranspeopleUS

"We just recently got a grasp on how many people identify as trans in the U.S. and what their characteristics are. For these data sources to just suddenly disappear, it is a major setback. The population is not going to go away; we’re just not going to know more about them." - Jody Herman

Join us tomorrow at noon PT/3pm ET for a discussion with the study authors about our new estimates of the transgender population in the U.S. and how federal policy could influence future data collection on trans people. RSVP at bit.ly/USTransPop

Our new research estimates that 2.8 million people aged 13+ in the U.S. identify as transgender. This includes 724,000 youth (13 to 17) and 2.1 million adults 18+. bit.ly/TranspeopleUS

"Threats to democratic institutions and threats to LGBTQ rights are mutually reinforcing, generating a vicious cycle that strengthens authoritarian control." - @arimshaw.bsky.social, writing in @foreignaffairs.com

About 122,000 LGBT immigrants live in LA County, making Los Angeles home to nearly 10% of all LGBT adult immigrants in the country. An estimated 23,000 of them are undocumented. bit.ly/LGBTimmigrantLA

There are about 823,000 married same-sex couples in the U.S.--over 591,000 married after the Obergefell decision. Obergefell has had the most profound impact on the South, partly because all 15 states lacking marriage equality before the ruling were in the South and Midwest. bit.ly/marriage10year

More than 80% of the gender-affirming care providers we surveyed reported greater stress, anxiety, or depression due to legislation targeting gender-affirming care. bit.ly/GACproviders

Expanding work requirements will create additional barriers for LGBT adults trying to apply for and maintain SNAP benefits. Over 90% of LGBT adults who receive SNAP are either currently working, have worked in the past year, are students, homemakers, retired, or unable to work. bit.ly/LGBTSNAP

In the U.S., 29 states prohibit licensed healthcare providers from performing conversion therapy on LGBTQ youth.

Massachusetts is one of 18 states and Washington, D.C., that have shield laws to protect access to gender-affirming health care. Read our report with @law.ucla.edu's Center for Reproductive Health, Law, and Policy at bit.ly/Shieldlaws

LGBT people are nine times more likely than non-LGBT people to be victims of violent hate crimes. Read our report at bit.ly/LGBThatecrimes

More than 80% of transgender adults have contemplated suicide at some point in their lives. More than 40% have attempted it. bit.ly/TransPopsuicidality

Approximately 2.6 million LGBTQ adults in the U.S. are parenting children under 18 at home. bit.ly/LGBTQparents

Last week, OPM issued a memo urging agencies to “robustly protect and enforce” federal employees' religious expression rights. "For LGBTQ people employed by the federal government, the memo does not merely overlook discrimination; it endorses it." - Brad Sears in @advocate.com op-ed

Almost two-thirds of LGBTQ people who were raised Christian no longer identify as Christian. LGBTQ people who left Christianity were bullied in childhood more frequently than people who stayed Christian. bit.ly/LGBTQChristianity

About 1.8 million LGBT people rely on Medicaid for their primary health insurance. Cuts to Medicaid will have a disproportionate impact on LGBT people living with low incomes, those raising children, and individuals with disabilities. bit.ly/Medicaid_LGBT

There are over 8 million LGBTQ workers in the U.S. Nearly half of them are not open about being LGBTQ to their current supervisor, and one-fifth are not out to any of their coworkers. bit.ly/LGBTworkplace

As a result of anti-DEI laws, about half of the LGBTQ+ college faculty we surveyed (48%) have explored moving to another state, and 20% have actively taken steps to do so. One-third have considered leaving academia altogether. bit.ly/ImpactDEI

There are as many as 640,000 LGBT immigrants in the U.S., including 288,000 who are undocumented. Depending on their country of origin, LGBT people who are deported could face persecution and violence in their home countries. Read our report 👇

We’re seeking an individual with a passion for rigorous research on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy to guide our next chapter. Learn more and apply at bit.ly/CareersWI

LGBTQ employees who are out at work are more likely to have experienced discrimination and harassment. bit.ly/LGBTworkplace

"First, leaders cast LGBTQ people as threats, creating a moral justification for increasingly repressive measures that limit expression and assembly. These measures can then provide legal frameworks and generate social tolerance for broader constraints on civil liberties." - @arimshaw.bsky.social

Nearly half of the transgender adults we surveyed for our May report have relocated or are considering moving to a more trans-affirming location in the U.S. bit.ly/transmoving

Cuts to Medicaid funding will disproportionately impact subpopulations of LGBT people. For instance, cisgender lesbian and bisexual women are over twice as likely to rely on Medicaid as cisgender gay and bisexual men. bit.ly/Medicaid_LGBT

ICYMI: You can watch Thursday's webinar on United States v. Skrmetti and Mahmoud v. Taylor. Professor Cary Franklin provided an in-depth analysis of the decisions, highlighting their broader implications for LGBTQ rights and the legal landscape ahead.

Over half of the 133 gender-affirming care providers we surveyed for our April report reported an increase in demand for care from adults (54%) and youth (55%) due to legislation limiting access to care. Read our report: bit.ly/GACproviders

Nearly 700,000 LGBT adults in the U.S. have undergone conversion therapy, half of them when they were adolescents. Read our report at bit.ly/CT_LGBT

This Thursday, join us for a conversation with constitutional law scholar Cary Franklin on the two LGBTQ cases the Supreme Court decided this term and what they mean for the future of LGBTQ rights. RSVP today: bit.ly/LGBTQCourt

"It's clear that the larger backlash against LGBTQ people and trans people specifically is not just about the community and our rights, it's about power." - @arimshaw.bsky.social speaking with @cnn-news.bsky.social

The budget reconciliation bill will limit federal student loans. Over a third of LGBTQ adults aged 18-40—about 2.9 million individuals—carry more than $93.2 billion in federal student debt. This includes half of transgender adults. bit.ly/LGBTQstudentloans

Our new study finds that almost seven in 10 LGBT adults who received SNAP benefits had household incomes under $35,000, two-thirds were living with a disability, and nearly half had a child under 18 living in their household. bit.ly/LGBTSNAP

Our latest report finds nearly 2.1 million LGBT people, including 250,000 transgender individuals, rely on SNAP. Large percentages of them had household incomes under $35,000, were living with a disability, or had a child under 18 living at home. bit.ly/LGBTSNAP

Our May report finds that approximately 1.8 million LGBT people, including 185,000 transgender people, rely on Medicaid for their primary health insurance. bit.ly/Medicaid_LGBT