Top Features
Making Public Policy Work for All Households
Jennifer Chrisler, Ineke Mushovic, and Jeff Krehely outline a new report with recommendations on how to improve laws that disadvantage the large number of children with LGBT parents in our country.
Flavored Disease and Death for Minorities
Aisha C. Moodie-Mills explains how a ban on menthol cigarettes will help minority Americans.
Changing the Game
Report from Kellan Baker and Jeff Krehely explores how the Affordable Care Act will affect gay and transgender populations.
Protecting Our LGBT Elders
A series of briefs from SAGE and MAP illustrates the unique needs of LGBT elders and the policy and regulatory changes that are needed to adequately address them.Other Gay & Transgender Issues Features
February 9, 2012
Gathering Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Data in Health IT
Kellan Baker on how data collection can help LGBT health care providers better address health disparities.
February 7, 2012
Giving Visibility to Gay and Transgender Health Care
CAP’s Jeff Krehely and Kellan Baker interview Brad Clark, Executive Director of One Colorado, about One Colorado’s report on gay and transgender health care in the Centennial State and its national implications.
January 27, 2012
Workplace Fairness for Gay and Transgender Workers
Crosby Burns and Jeff Krehely demonstrate that the benefits of gay and transgender-inclusive nondiscrimination policies far outweigh the costs.
January 27, 2012
The Changing Reality of the American Family
Public policy has not kept up with the changing reality of the American family and should move toward ensuring greater economic protections for LGBT families, write Jennifer Chrisler, Laura Deaton, and Jeff Krehely.
January 26, 2012
Filling in the Data Gaps on Black Gay and Transgender Americans
The Center for American Progress brought together advocates last week to discuss a report on the largely unrecognized hardships in the black gay community that won’t be solved by marriage equality alone.
January 19, 2012
Jumping Beyond the Broom
Aisha C. Moodie-Mills looks at issues facing black gay and transgender Americans, and makes recommendations on how to improve the lives of those in this community.
December 9, 2011
Advancing Gay and Transgender Equality Abroad
Both President Obama and Secretary Clinton made important steps this week for the advancement of LGBT rights worldwide, but some challenges still remain, writes Jeff Krehely.
November 18, 2011
Super Committee Cuts Could Lead to Worse Health for Gay and Transgender Americans
Kellan Baker and Zach Britt argue that the committee needs to take a balanced approach to deficit reduction to avoid exacerbating health disparities in gay and transgender communities.
October 27, 2011
LGBT Equality Within the Church
Aisha Moodie-Mills and Sally Steenland talk with Rev. Dr. Dennis W. Wiley, co-pastor of the Covenant Baptist United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C., about his work toward LGBT equality within the church.
October 27, 2011