#williamsinstitute — Public Fediverse posts

Trump uses State of the Union to demonize transgender kids and their families

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/national/trump-sotu-targets-trans-kids

Trump administration scrubs LGBTQ+ questions from federal surveys

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/trump-administration-scrubs-lgbtq-federal-surveys

Black Americans are disproportionately criminalized for living with HIV. Here's how

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/health/black-american-hiv-rates-criminalization

Black Americans are disproportionately criminalized for living with HIV. Here's how

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/health/black-american-hiv-rates-criminalization

Marriage Equality is back in conservatives' crosshairs as new coalition targets SCOTUS decision

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/conservatives-marriage-equality-challenge

Marriage Equality is back in conservatives' crosshairs as new coalition targets SCOTUS decision

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/conservatives-marriage-equality-challenge

Half of U.S. trans teens live in a state that restricts their rights: study

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/half-transgender-teens-restrictive-laws

Half of U.S. trans teens live in a state that restricts their rights: study

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/half-transgender-teens-restrictive-laws

LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be stopped, arrested, and falsely accused by police: report

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-police-mistreatment-report

LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be stopped, arrested, and falsely accused by police: report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-police-mistreatment-report

Limiting refugee admissions could disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ refugees: report

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/refugee-cap-limit-lgbtq-impact

Limiting refugee admissions could disproportionately impact LGBTQ+ refugees: report

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/refugee-cap-limit-lgbtq-impact

Which states have the fewest same-sex couples? These are the bottom 10

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/states-fewest-same-sex-couples

Which states have the most same-sex couples? Here are the top 10

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/states-most-same-sex-couples

#Report: #Nevada fares well with #transgender #rights.

The #WilliamsInstitute #Federal #Policy #Director #ElanaRedfield is one of the report's #authors, and said the #SilverState is ahead of many others when it comes to #transgender #rights and #protections.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Nevada #Politics
#Progress #Representation #Culture

https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2024-05-13/lgbtqia-issues/report-nv-fares-well-with-transgender-rights/a90233-1

#Uganda's #AntiHomosexualityAct must be stopped. Now.

Even with certain #restrictions against #government #leadership and #international #aid, more must be done to prevent Uganda's #antiLGBTQ+ #law and the #harm it will #inflict on #queer #people, writes the #WilliamsInstitute's #AriShaw.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Africa #Uganda #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews

https://www.advocate.com/voices/uganda-anti-homosexuality-law-voices

America’s gayest states have been revealed

#Researchers at the #WilliamsInstitute at the #UniversityofCalifornia #LosAngeles have estimated that almost 13.9 million #adults in the US – equal to 5.5% of the population – are LGBTQ+, a figure which matches previous studies.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Society #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/12/28/america-states-lgbtq-population/

#WashingtonDC Has Highest #Percentage of #LGBTQ #Adults in #Nation.

The latest #WilliamsInstitute #report studied the #LGBTQ #adult #population in the #US, with Washington D.C. having the highest percentage.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #WashingtonDC #Representation #Culture

https://www.metroweekly.com/2023/12/d-c-has-highest-percentage-of-lgbtq-adults-in-nation/

Nearly 100,000 #transgender #minors live in #antitrans #RedStates, #research finds.

The research, conducted by the #WilliamsInstitute at #UCLA, determined that of the 300,000 #youngpeople in the #US who are transgender, over one-third are living in a state that #restricts #TransRights.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Science #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/20/transgender-minors-anti-trans-states/

#Republican #Governor #TateReeves is #hyperfocused on #trans #issues, what’s the real #impact on #Mississippi?

#UCLA's #WilliamsInstitute estimates 9,600 #transgender #adults (0.41% of pop.). 2,400 #trans #kids aged 13-18 (1.2%). But there are exactly zero #trans #females #competing in #girls' or #women's #sports in the state.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://mississippitoday.org/2023/07/23/tate-reeves-trans-athletes-focus/

80% of #Transgender #Americans Have Considered #Suicide.

#Study from the #UCLA #SchoolOfLaw’s #WilliamsInstitute showed that #Gender #Affirmation is #SuicidePrevention.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Transitioning #MentalHealth #Suicide #SuicidePrevention

https://www.advocate.com/health/transgender-alarming-suicide-rate

#LGBTQ+ #people Are #Disproportionately #Impacted By #GunViolence. Here’s What The #Data Shows.

#Queer #people are #disproportionately #victimized in almost all types of #violent #crime but are particularly vulnerable to #gunviolence, according to the #WilliamsInstitute.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #GunViolence #GunControl

https://seattlemedium.com/lgbtq-individuals-are-disproportionately-impacted-by-gun-violence-heres-what-the-data-shows/

#Trans #Parole Seekers in #California Face #Misgendering, Other #barriers

That's despite #statelaw intended to assure #respect for #trans and #nonbinary people in the #CriminalJustice #system, says a new #WilliamsInstitute #study

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #California #Police #Incarceration #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Transphobia #NoPoliceAtPride

https://www.advocate.com/transgender/transgender-parole-study

#ChuckWilliams, #cofounder of #UCLA #Law's #WilliamsInstitute, #dies

Williams, Sears, #BillRubenstein and other #scholars at the #UCLA #SchoolofLaw founded the #thinktank in 2001, which was originally called #TheWilliamsProject, with the goal of replacing #antiLGBT #bias in #law #policy and #culture through #research

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #RoleModels #Representation #Culture
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/chuck-williams-co-founder-of-ucla-laws-williams-institute-dies/