A national think tank at UCLA School of Law that focuses on sexual orientation and gender identity law and public policy. We ensure that facts, not stereotypes, inform laws, policies, and judicial decisions that affect the LGBTQ community.
California police made about 577,000 traffic stop searches in 2023. Contraband was found at similar rates across groups, but people perceived as transgender were far more likely to be arrested than those perceived as cisgender or gender nonconforming. Read the report: tinyurl.com/CA-Police-Stops
Nearly two-thirds of respondents to the 2022 US Trans Survey who experienced a physical attack in the past year said it was related to their transgender status, gender identity, or gender expression. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/Trans-Attacks
Reliable data helps people better understand their communities. Our estimates of the transgender population informed Washington state's recognition of International Transgender Day of Visibility. See more impact at tinyurl.com/Williams-Impact
Our new analysis of police stops in California finds that officers were more likely to search individuals perceived as transgender compared to those perceived as cisgender. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/CA-Police-Stops
Our research and expertise were featured in a recent @qsaltlake.bsky.social column exploring the experiences of LGBTQ people and families in today's social and political climate. Read the full column here: https://tinyurl.com/4cdh9xnb
Reliable data is the foundation of rigorous research and informed public policy. This year, members of Congress used our research to document the loss of federal data collection on LGBTQ people. See more impact at tinyurl.com/Williams-Impact
Our new study finds that respondents to the US Trans Survey who said they were perceived as transgender always or most of the time had 72% higher odds of experiencing a physical attack than those who were never perceived as transgender. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/Trans-Attacks
Our new report finds that where transgender people live can have a significant impact on suicidality. Trans respondents to the 2022 USTS who thought about moving because of hostile policies but hadn't were more likely to consider suicide than those who did move. tinyurl.com/Trans-Suicide
Our research finds that approximately 1.8 million LGBT adults rely on Medicaid as their primary insurance, including 185,000 transgender people. Data Source: bit.ly/Medicaid_LGBT @npr.org: tinyurl.com/3u27pdzc
Our new report finds that transgender and nonbinary employees (TNB) were more likely to have felt that visible LGBTQ support from employers was fairly or very important to them than cisgender LGBQ employees. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/WorkplacePride
Anti-LGBTQI rhetoric & policies can signal an erosion in democratic norms & institutions. This year, members of Congress used our research on democratic backsliding to oppose the State Department's decision to strip LGBTQI violence and abuse from its Human Rights Reports. tinyurl.com/Williams-Impact
Williams Institute Faculty Director Cary Franklin spoke at a panel sponsored by the @hammer.ucla.edu and @law.ucla.edu's Safeguarding Democracy Project about the Supreme Court's recent ruling in the transgender sports cases. Watch the recording here: tinyurl.com/UnderTheGavel26
Today is International Nonbinary People's Day! Our research estimates that 1.2 million LGBTQ people--11% of LGBTQ adults--identify as nonbinary in the U.S. Data source: bit.ly/NonbinaryLGBTQ
Our new study of the 2022 USTS finds that 85% of youth respondents who participated in a conversion therapy program reported considering suicide. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/Trans-Suicide
Reliable research can provide context for legal and policy debates. This year, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor cited our estimates of the transgender population during oral arguments in transgender sports cases. See more impact at tinyurl.com/Williams-Impact
Our research finds that younger LGBTQ employees ages 18 to 34 are more likely to feel it is important that their employers show visible support for LGBTQ people and issues. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/WorkplacePride
Our Visiting Scholar, Abbie Goldberg, spoke with @wabe.org about how shifting legal and policy landscapes are impacting relocation among LGBTQ people in the U.S. @wabe.org: tinyurl.com/4r6be377