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KCRW Interviews Brad Sears
KCRW 89.9 FM
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May 9, 2012 -
The Relationship between the EEOC’s Decision that Title VII Prohibits Discrimination Based on Gender Identity and the Enforcement of Executive Order 11246
By Nan D. Hunter, Christy Mallory, and Brad Sears
May 2012
New analysis finds that a recent ruling from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that gender identity discrimination is unlawful will likely be extended to federal contractors.
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Same-sex Couples in Census 2010: Race and Ethnicity
By Gary J. Gates
April 2012
Newly released Census 2010 data highlight unique aspects of racial and ethnic diversity within same-sex couples. They are more likely than their different-sex counterparts to be interracial or interethnic and couples that include a racial or ethnic minority are more likely to be raising children. Fully a third of same-sex couples that include an Hispanic partner are raising children.
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Economic Motives for Adopting LGBT-Related Workplace Policies (Updated)
By Brad Sears, Christy Mallory
October 2011
This study evaluates the economic impact of non-discrimination and benefits policies by analyzing the extent to which economic reasons motivate corporations to adopt such policies. Report update finds that over 50% of top 50 federal contractors include gender identity in their anti- discrimination policies; 86% include sexual orientation.
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A Gender Not Listed Here: Genderqueers, Gender Rebels, and OtherWise in the National Transgender Discrimination Survey
By Jack Harrison, Jaime Grant, and Jody L. Herman
April 2012
Genderqueer individuals suffer discrimination and violence at similar, and sometimes even higher rates, than transgender-identified individuals. In particular, they suffer physical assault and police harassment more often, are more likely to be unemployed, and are more likely to avoid healthcare treatment for fear of discrimination.
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The Potential Impact of Voter Identification Laws on Transgender Voters
By Jody L. Herman
April 2012
Nine states’ voter ID laws may create substantial barriers to voting and possible disenfranchisement for over 25,000 transgender voters this November. People of color, youth, students, those with low incomes, and respondents with disabilities are likely to be disproportionately impacted.
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Gay Marriages Would Give State An Economic Boost
The Examiner
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March 10, 2012 -
Stigmatization Associated With Growing Up in a Lesbian-parented Family: What Do Adolescents Experience and How Do They Deal With It?
By Loes van Gelderen, Nanette Gartrell, Henny M.W. Bos, et al.
March 2012
Fifty percent of 17-year-olds who grew up in lesbian-headed families in the United States have experienced stigmatization, but were able to cope, according to a new study published in Children and Youth Services Review.
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Gay marriage good for family and economy
ABC Sydney Online
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March 6, 2012 -
Submission to the Australian Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee Regarding the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010
By M.V. Lee Badgett
March 2012
Memorandum submitted to the Australian Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee regarding the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010.
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The Economic Impact of Extending Marriage to Same-Sex Couples in Australia
By M.V. Lee Badgett, Jennifer Smith
February 2012
Extending marriage to Australian same-sex couples would boost the country’s economy by $161 million over three years. This estimate is based on a projection that 54 percent (or 17,820) of Australia’s approximately 33,000 same-sex couples would marry.
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Virginia Lawmakers Should Do What’s Best for Kids
The Huffington Post
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February 8, 2012 -
Children and Families Impacted and Fiscal Impact of Virginia HB 189/SB 349
By Gary Gates
February 2012
We estimate that 1,700 adopted children and 300 foster children are being raised by single lesbians and gay men in Virginia. If this legislation were to pass, families such as these may find it more difficult to serve as adoptive or foster parents, resulting in more children in congregate care or more children remaining in foster care for longer periods of time.
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Impact of Extending Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Nondiscrimination Requirements to Federal Contractors
By M.V. Lee Badgett
February 2012
A federal executive order that would require contractors to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity would protect up to 16.5 million more workers than are already protected by state or private anti-discrimination policies.
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Family Formation and Raising Children Among Same-sex Couples
By Gary Gates
January 2012
Proportionally fewer same-sex couples are raising children today than in 2006, and their families reflect greater racial/ethnic and socioeconomic diversity than often represented in the media and academic research, according to new analyses by Williams Distinguished Scholar Dr. Gary Gates, published by the National Council of Family Relations.
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The Economic Impact of Extending Marriage to Same-Sex Couples in Washington State
By Angeliki Kastanis, M.V. Lee Badgett, Jody L. Herman
January 2012
Total spending by resident same-sex couples and their guests will add an estimated $88 million boost to the state and local economy over the course of three years. This economic boost is likely to add $8 million in tax revenue to state and local coffers.
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Stress and Mental Health Among Midlife and Older Gay-Identified Men
By Richard G. Wight, Allen J. LeBlanc, Brian de Vries, Roger Detels
January 2012
Sexual minority stress, along with aging-related stress, jeopardizes the mental health of midlife and older gay men. Legal marriage for same-sex couples may also confer a unique protective effect against poor mental health.
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Quality of Life of Adolescents Raised From Birth by Lesbian Mothers
By Loes van Gelderen, Henny Bos, Nanette Gartrell, Jo Hermanns, Ellen C. Perrin
January 2012
The quality of life of 17-year-olds reared in lesbian-parent families did not differ from that of a matched group of adolescents who grew up in heterosexual-parent families.
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Richard Wight, Visiting Scholar of Public Policy
Richard G. Wight is Visiting Scholar of Public Policy at the UCLA Williams Institute and an Associate Researcher in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the UCLA School of Public Health. For more than two decades he has conducted groundbreaking interdisciplinary research on stress and health experiences of individuals vis-à-vis the people and places …
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PTSD and Sexual Orientation: An Examination of Criterion A1 and Non-criterion A1 Events
By Ilan H. Meyer, Edward J. Alessi, James I. Martin
December 2011
LGB participants reporting one of the qualifying events not currently included in the DSM, such as ending a relationship and unemployment, were more likely than those reporting events currently included to have symptoms diagnosable as PTSD, suggesting that these additional qualifying events should be added for PTSD.
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