Faith Leaders Rally in Support of the Equality Act
Faith leaders across the United States are showing support for the Equality Act, a bill that would grant members of the LGBTQ community consistent protections.
Secretary DeVos Is Failing to Protect the Civil Rights of LGBTQ Students
Data from the Department of Education show that civil rights enforcement for LGBTQ students has been drastically scaled back since the start of the Trump administration.
Going Bold to Protect LGBTQ Equality
Serving LGBTQ Immigrants and Building Welcoming Communities
Attack on the ACA
Religious Liberty for a Select Few
6 Communities That Trump’s Latest SNAP Proposal Would Hurt Most
President Trump’s end run around Congress would take nutrition assistance away from at least 755,000 people.
Reclaiming Religious Freedom
The right to religious freedom is an essential American protection, yet it has been distorted in recent years to cause harm and discrimination.
Anti-LGBTQ Discrimination Took a Foster Child From Her Loving Foster Dads
John Freml—whose foster daughter was taken from his home—is one of a growing number of LGBTQ individuals who has faced discrimination in adoption and foster care.
Welcoming All Families
Religious exemptions allowing child placing agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ prospective parents will likely reduce the number of families available to adopt, further overburdening the child welfare system and harming the best interests of children in care.
People of Faith Support LGBTQ Equality in a Philadelphia Child Welfare Case
Religious organizations and people of faith affirm that LGBTQ individuals should be allowed to adopt and foster children from child welfare organizations without facing discrimination.
Disaggregating the Data for Bisexual People
A new analysis from the Center for American Progress shows key differences in health, economic security, and other indicators between bisexual and monosexual people.
Protecting Basic Living Standards for LGBTQ People
New data show that nutrition and housing assistance, Medicaid, and unemployment benefits are critical to LGBTQ people’s economic security.
Women and LGBTQ Deportees Face Compounded Dangers Upon Return
Forcing women and LGBTQ immigrants to return to Mexico and Central America could put them in grave danger.
The State of the LGBTQ Community in the Labor Market: Pre-June 2018 Jobs Day Release
Lack of data prevents analysis of the true health of a tighter labor market, especially with the LGBTQ community.
Trump’s Executive Order Rewards Private Prison Campaign Donors
Private prison companies—which often do not operate in immigrants’ best interests and have donated large sums of money to President Trump—stand to make billions of dollars from the administration’s policy.
ICE’s Rejection of Its Own Rules Is Placing LGBT Immigrants at Severe Risk of Sexual Abuse
New analysis finds that LGBT immigrants in ICE custody are 97 times more likely to be sexually assaulted than the general population.
Bold Ideas for State Action
Americans are ready for states—the laboratories of democracy—to offer a new progressive vision for shared prosperity. This report presents a menu of state policy priorities to help people secure good jobs and good wages and to support strong and healthy communities in which all people are treated fairly and equitably.
Love, Loss, and the Fight for Acceptance
Igor chats with Sarah McBride, an author and transgender activist, about her experiences as a transgender woman, her relationship with her late husband, and the harmful policies of the Trump administration.
The ACA’s LGBTQ Nondiscrimination Regulations Prove Crucial
New analysis by CAP further explains the range of health care discrimination faced by LGBTQ people and HHS's critical role in combatting it under Section 1557.