Williams Institute

As of 2022, 35 states have outdated and discriminatory laws that criminalize HIV exposure (and predominantly punish Black people).

Fewer than one-fifth of bi workers are out to their coworkers, compared to half of all gay and lesbian workers.

After a life spent fighting, she wasn’t willing to take it any longer. And this time, she won.

Much of the personal turmoil the virus has caused in the LGBTQ community could be alleviated if the country was able to return to normal.

Trans people are more likely to be the victims of violence than cis men and women, according to a new study.

LGBTQ people of color are more likely to contract coronavirus, know someone that died from coronavirus, and need assistance making ends meet due to financial difficulties caused by the pandemic.

One of the key elements to winning marriage equality was UCLA psychologist Evelyn Hooker’s groundbreaking study published in 1957.

The term still offends many people, but research reflects that people are using it to define their sexuality – and this study lends credence to it.

“This whole concept of transgenderism and gender identity was really invented within academia,” Carlson’s guest responded.

LGBTQ people were also more likely to support black and Latinx candidates for high office.

You may be surprised.

A new study showed no evidence that transgender people hurt anyone when they need to pee in a public place.

There was no arguing with the gay state senator’s logic.

It’s not just LGB adults who are overrepresented in lock-up.

You can’t “erase” LGBTQ people from the census since they’ve never counted us.

A common talking point concerning transgender rights has been the population estimate. A new study has doubled that number.

A surprising reveal this week from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg about the court’s plans for taking up a marriage case — or maybe not taking up any. An Arkansas clerk breaks ranks with top state officials, declaring for the first time that the state’s marriage ban is unconstitutional. Plus: numerous states freeze their marriage lawsuits…

Extending marriage to same-sex couples in Wyoming would generate an estimated $2.4 million in spending to the state’s economy, according to a new study. Researchers at the Williams Institute, an independent think tank at UCLA’s School of Law, estimates that — based on 2010 U.S. Census data — 657 same-sex couples live in Wyoming…

Extending marriage to same-sex couples in Missouri would generate an estimated $36.3 million in spending to the state’s economy and could generate as many as 900 new jobs over three years, according to a new study. Researchers at the Williams Institute, an independent think tank at UCLA’s School of Law, estimates that — based on 2010 U.S. Census data…

LOS ANGELES – Ten states’ strict voter ID laws may create substantial barriers to voting and possible disenfranchisement for more than 24,000 transgender voters this November. According to a new study entitled, “The Potential Impact of Voter Identification Laws on Transgender Voters in the 2014 General Election,” authored by the Williams Institute’s …