Gay weddings have boosted state and local economies by $6 billion since marriage equality
It's not just a legal right — marriage equality is simply good for the economy.
June 18, 2025
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It's not just a legal right — marriage equality is simply good for the economy.
Over 1.25 million LGBTQ+ adult immigrants live in the U.S., with an estimated 10 percent living in Los Angeles County.
Many who live in states with anti-transgender laws feel threatened.
LGBTQ+ people are more likely to have student loans and experience economic insecurity, poverty, and disabilities.
A new study proves that transgender people are more likely to face harassment when using bathrooms that align with their sex assigned at birth than in facilities that match their identities.
About 3 percent of immigrants living in the country identify as LGBTQ+.
“Only eight days into his second term, President Donald Trump has blood on his hands,” executive director of Advocates for Trans Equality Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen said earlier this week.
He signed the order Monday night on Air Force 1.
Some effects of the order are yet to be known, but most of its impacts will be negative, the Williams Institute reports.
Race and education level are involved, but there are differences among the two groups, according to a new study.
"Our analysis indicates that employment discrimination against transgender employees is persistent and widespread," the Williams Institute's report states.
Donald Trump may have won in part based on lies Republicans spread about a vulnerable minority of Americans.
Transgender Americans "may face barriers to voting in person" due to a "mismatch with their information as listed on voter registration rolls," according to a new report.
Companies need to do better at stopping anti-LGBTQ+ job discrimination — which the Supreme Court has ruled illegal, the think tank notes.
The long-standing joke among the LGBTQ+ community finally has data behind it.
In the aftermath of recent Supreme Court decisions, same-sex couples are worried about their marriage rights.
The study from the RAND Corp. comes 20 years after the first legal marriages for same-sex couples took place in Massachusetts.
New Williams Institute study finds an alarming number of professors in higher education considering leaving their states or the profession because of Republican laws.
Ninety-three percent of transgender youth ages 13 to 17 — approximately 280,300 children — live in states that have considered or enacted laws restricting their rights.
Climate change "exacerbates existing disparities among individuals and communities," according to a new study.
"If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports...you should be able to play," Staley said.