The Talking About LGBT Issues series is a set of research-based resources designed to help shape discussions with conflicted or undecided Americans—and help them better understand key issues of importance to LGBT people| www.lgbtmap.org
The Movement Advancement Project is an independent think tank that provides rigorous research, insight and analysis that help speed equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.| www.lgbtmap.org
The policies shown in this map are newly emerging laws explicitly defining| www.lgbtmap.org
The Movement Advancement Project (MAP) tracks over 50 different LGBTQ-related laws and policies. This map shows the overall policy tallies for each state, the District of Columbia, and the five populated U.S. territories.| www.lgbtmap.org
These maps outline ID laws and policies for updating gender markers on driver's licenses and birth certificates, as well as legal requirements for name changes by state.| www.lgbtmap.org
These maps depict laws and policies for private insurance, Medicaid, and state employee benefits that explicitly include or exclude transgender health coverage, as well as prohibitions on insurance discrimination based on gender identity.| www.lgbtmap.org
The policies shown in this map are “shield” or “refuge” laws protecting transgender people's access to medically necessary health care. For example, if a person travels from a state where transgender healthcare is banned and receives that care in another state, a| www.lgbtmap.org
MAP's Equality Maps survey the landscape of laws affecting LGBTQ Americans.| www.lgbtmap.org
The policies depicted in this map reflect statewide bans, limitations, or restrictions on access to best practice medical care for transgender youth. Bans on best practice medical care represent one of the most extreme—and coordinated—political attacks on transgender people in recent years.| www.lgbtmap.org
The policies shown in this map prohibit transgender people from using bathrooms and facilities—such as locker rooms, shower rooms, changing rooms, and other sex-segregated spaces—according to their gender identity. Some of these policies apply to K-12 school settings, while others apply more broadly to government-owned buildings and spaces. This can include bathrooms and facilities in government buildings (e.g., city hall, courthouses, state legislative buildings, and more), colleges or u...| www.lgbtmap.org
These maps outline ID laws and policies for updating gender markers on driver's licenses and birth certificates, as well as legal requirements for name changes by state.| www.lgbtmap.org
This map depicts bans on so-called| www.lgbtmap.org
The policies shown in this map are blanket bans on transgender people’s participation in sports, which are both unnecessary and harmful. Laws to ban transgender youth from participating in school sports most frequently are enforced in K-12 schools and sometimes at the college level.| www.lgbtmap.org
The policies depicted in this map reflect statewide bans, limitations, or restrictions on access to best practice medical care for transgender youth. Bans on best practice medical care represent one of the most extreme—and coordinated—political attacks on transgender people in recent years.| www.lgbtmap.org