MAP’s latest report finds that at most only 2.8% of #LGBT people contributed $35 or more in 2017 to participating LGBT organizations. Individual donors are the most significant source of revenue for LGBT organizations. Please consider supporting your favorite #LGBT organization this holiday season. http://www.lgbtmap.org/2018-national-lgbt-movement-report
DYK: 93% of all #LGBTCenters engage in public education and advocacy to influence policy? Read more: http://www.lgbtmap.org/2018-lgbt-community-center-survey-report
For many LGBT folks, #LGBTCenters are critical and sometimes the only source of social, educational, and health services. New report out today from @lgbtmap and @centerlink provides a snapshot of centers across the US that provide services, programs and advocacy for more than 40K people each week
Check it out! Powered by MAP's equality maps, Trulia just launched a first-of-its-kind feature that allows people searching for housing to better understand the level of protections for LGBT people in the areas where they are house-hunting. This groundbreaking feature will help LGBT people look not only for the right home, but also the right community.
Click here to learn more: https://www.trulia.com/blog/tech/local-legal-protections/
Are we headed back to the days of “We don’t serve your kind here”? Masterpiece is not about cake; it’s about discrimination. Add your name to the People’s Petition at www.opentoall.com/petition and let the Supreme Court know we reject the #LicenseToDiscriminate in the #Masterpiece case.
Today, the Supreme Court hears arguments in the #Masterpiece Cakeshop case. Open to the public should mean #OpenToAll. #Masterpiece would give businesses a #LicenseToDiscriminate. Sign the petition and tell the court to reject discrimination at www.opentoall.com/petition
11.6M single parents and kids could face legal discrimination bc of #religiousexemption laws Read more: http://www.lgbtmap.org/religious-exemptions-license-to-discriminate
The freedom of religion is one of our nation’s core values, that’s why it’s already protected by the US Constitution. A new report MAP outlines the disturbing shift across the country towards passing religious exemption laws that give business, service and healthcare providers, government workers and individuals a license to discriminate against others by citing religious beliefs.
Today is #LGBTQ Youth Justice Day, a day to raise awareness of the issues and challenges facing incarcerated youth, including #LGBTQ youth across the country. Special thanks to our colleagues at the Campaign for Youth Justice for their work for youth justice! Stay tuned as we’ll throughout the day share data, facts and content to show on LGBTQ youth in the justice system.
The ad Fox News doesn’t want you to see! “Kids Pay the Price” vividly depicts how kids are harmed when states allow child services decisions to be based on religious beliefs and not the best interests of children. Share and support the ad! www.KidsPayThePrice.org
It’s Bisexual Awareness Week! Check out our new resources on #Bisexual elders, bi #trans people, and #EnEspañol. Click here: http://lgbtmap.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/bisexual-people
·LGBTQ youth, particularly #LGBTQ youth of color, are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system. New report: http://lgbtmap.org/criminal-justice-youth-detention #beyondbars #pridemonth
Local employment non-discrimination ordinances protect people from being unfairly fired, not hired, or discriminated against in the workplace by private employers on the basis of gender identity.
Only jurisdictions with ordinances that prohibit discrimination in private employment are listed. Other localities may have executive orders that apply to government employees and these are not listed. The level of enforcement of these ordinances may vary by jurisdiction. As a result of a 2012 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruling, the federal sex discrimination law, Title VII, now protects employees nationwide from discrimination on the basis of gender identity and expression. By contrast, this map looks at state and local laws and ordinances that explicitly protect workers from discrimination based on their gender identity. This information is constantly changing, and we welcome suggestions for additions or changes. Email us here. This data was collected in collaboration with the Equality Federation and state equality groups, when possible.
Click here for a list of city and county ordinances by state.
Read more about local employment nondiscrimination ordinances in LGBT Policy Spotlight: Local Employment Nondiscrimination Ordinances
Source: lgbtmap.org
Identity Document Laws and Policies: Name Change
Many transgender people choose to change their legal name to match the name and gender they live every day. Name change policies control the process by which an individual can change their legal name on identity documents.
While state laws generally allow individuals to change their name for any non-criminal purpose, many states maintain outdated and burdensome requirements that create substantial barriers to achieving a legal name change. One of the most common and most problematic legal name change requirements throughout state laws is a requirement that a person publicize his or her name change. Many states require that applicants must publish notice at the local courthouse or in the newspaper sharing that they filed a petition requesting a legal name change. Another significant barrier exists in the many states that have additional rules and regulations when the person requesting a name change has a criminal record.
For more information, please see the National Center for Transgender Equality’s Identity Documents Center.
Source: lgbtmap.org
#Latinx people face bias and overrepresentation in the #criminaljustice system http://lgbtmap.org/criminal-justice-poc #LGBTCrimJ
#LGBT people of color are overrepresented in the #criminaljustice system. Read more: http://lgbtmap.org/criminal-justice-poc #LGBTCrimJ
Unjust: How the Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People of Color examines how racism and anti-LGBT discrimination combine to make LGBT people of color uniquely vulnerable to entering the criminal justice system and also facing unfair and abusive treatment once they are in it.
The report identifies three factors in the overrepresentation of LGBT people of color in the criminal justice system: racism and pervasive anti-LGBT stigma and discrimination in communities, schools and families; discriminatory enforcement of drug laws and HIV criminalization laws; and policing strategies and tactics that increase the likelihood of LGBT people of color being subject to police stops, arrest and incarceration.