Our new study finds transgender adults in the US are significantly more likely to experience poor mental health during their lifetimes compared to cisgender adults. bit.ly/TransPopsuicid…

An estimated 46% of LGBT workers have faced unfair treatment at work at some point in their lives. Over half of them say it was motivated by religious beliefs. bit.ly/LGBTworkplace

Join the Commission on the State of Hate’s community forum at Sacramento State & online! Learn from experts addressing the mental health impact of hate & get connected to resources. In-person & virtual event details linked below. See you there! calcivilrights.ca.gov/wp-content/upl…

A lack of societal recognition and acceptance of gender identities--and increasing politically motivated attacks on transgender individuals--increase stigma and prejudice, which contributes to the high rates of suicidality among trans people. -- Ilan Meyer bit.ly/TransPopsuicid…

Proud to share our new report from Williams Institute on "Democratic Backsliding and LGBTI Acceptance" With Andrew Flores and Dr. Miguel Fuentes we find evidence that attacks on #LGBTI people can be a canary in the coalmine signaling deeper erosion of dem norms and practices. 🧵1/n

Why Anti-LGBTQ Attacks Matter for Democracy on.cfr.org/45uSjXd via Council on Foreign Relations Ari Shaw Williams Institute

Daniel Lambright -- nyclu.org/en/biographies…

Our new study finds nearly 3/4 of transgender youth in the U.S.—222,500 teens—live in states that have passed laws or had pending bills in 2024 that restrict their participation in school sports. bit.ly/2024TransBills

‼️Mainland Chinese respondents in new Williams Institute survey (n=2926) showed high levels of acceptance of LGBTQ ppl: williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/l…. 52% of respondents “agreed” & 37% “somewhat agreed” w/ legalizing same-sex marriage. Similar %s were accepting of same-sex parents🧵

Should be noted that respondents were disproportionally young, well-educated, coastal, and more affluent:

Pleased to share a new report by Williams Institute and Ilan Meyer that finds a majority surveyed from mainland China agree that LGBTQ people should be accepted by society, able to marry, treated fairly at work, and free from bullying at school. williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/l…

Over half of the Chinese people surveyed said that LGBTQ people should be accepted by Chinese society. People who knew an LGBTQ person, were younger, female, and with higher education were more likely to show favorable attitudes toward LGBTQ people. bit.ly/LGBTQChina

Majorities of the mainland Chinese people we surveyed agreed that LGBTQ people should be treated fairly at work and LGBTQ students should be protected from bullying and violence at school. bit.ly/LGBTQChina

Join us on August 22 at 9am PT for a webinar on attitudes toward LGBTQ people in Mainland China. Panelists will discuss results from our recent survey and and their implications on China’s LGBTQ population. RSVP: bit.ly/LGBTQChinawebi…

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Federal data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity are essential for public health and policy. The removal of such data from the public record and the loss of future data would set the United States decades backward williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/a…

Transgender people are attacked by violence 4 times more than cisgender people in the US

Trump administration axes more than $125M in LGBTQ health funding, upending research field 🧵⬇️My latest for NBC News: The administration’s cancellation of hundreds of grants is dismantling the LGBTQ-focused research field, built out of nothing over a quarter century.

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