Recent history has shown that the government and private actors may use illegal or anti-democratic tactics to suppress the vote and undermine free and fair U.S. elections.
By Center for American Progress staff
PODCAST
A comprehensive new study from the Center for American Progress finds that many LGBTQ people continue to face discrimination in their personal lives, in the workplace and the public sphere, and in their access to critical health care.
By Sharita Gruberg, Lindsay Mahowald, and John Halpin
REPORT
As homelessness among transgender people increases, the Trump administration is attempting to cruelly and illegally restrict their access to critically needed housing services.
By Theo Santos, Lindsay Mahowald, and Sharita Gruberg
ISSUE BRIEF
The Supreme Court’s recent decision on workplace protections for LGBTQ people has far-reaching implications for LGBTQ rights.
By Sharita Gruberg
ISSUE BRIEF
Federal statutory definitions of family often fail to reflect the wide diversity of family structures in the United States, which can be particularly harmful to members of the LGBTQ community.
By Frank J. Bewkes
REPORT
This video examines how the Trump administration is expanding religious exemptions in an attempt to gut civil rights protections and codify discrimination against people of minority faiths, women, and people who are LGBTQ.
By Maggie Siddiqi, Kurt Mueller, Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, and Sharita Gruberg
VIDEO
A new CAP analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data reveals same-sex couples have endured higher rates of unemployment nearly every year since 2014.
By Sharita Gruberg and Michael Madowitz
COLUMN
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to exacerbate the economic insecurity and health disparities that LGBTQ people and their families already face in the United States.
By Sharita Gruberg
COLUMN
The scope of the marital presumption of parentage must be expanded to be more LGBTQ-inclusive.
By Frank J. Bewkes
COLUMN
A new proposal from the Department of Health and Human Services would give grantees a license to discriminate using billions in taxpayer dollars.
By Laura E. Durso and Sharita Gruberg
COLUMN
A new survey shows that LGBTQ DACA recipients fear the consequences of losing the program’s protections.
By Sharita Gruberg, Laura E. Durso, and Tom K. Wong
COLUMN
This analysis examines differences in health outcomes and caregiving by sexual orientation for white people and people of color.
By Shabab Ahmed Mirza
FACT SHEET
These nine LGBTQ faith leaders work to resist injustice and articulate a moral vision for the United States.
By Emily London, Maggie Siddiqi, and Luke Wallis
COLUMN
The U.S. Department of Labor is trying to undermine nondiscrimination protections for employees of federal contractors—a move that would harm millions of workers, including countless LGBTQ people.
By Frank J. Bewkes and Caitlin Rooney
ISSUE BRIEF
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s proposed rollback of the Equal Access Rule will worsen discrimination that transgender people face.
By Sarah Kellman, Laura E. Durso, Sharita Gruberg, and Caitlin Rooney
COLUMN