Research

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  Comparison of Hate Crime Rates Across Protected and Unprotected Groups – An Update

  By Rebecca L. Stotzer
  May 2012
  

  New research based on FBI data show that gay men face higher rates of hate-motivated physical violence than lesbians, bisexuals or other federally protected groups with high rates of hate crimes. The study is the first to consider FBI data on hate crimes against lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals separately.

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  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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• Interactions of Transgender Latina Women with Law Enforcement

  By Frank H. Galvan and Mohsen Bazargan
  April 2012
  

  A new report, funded by the Williams Institute, reveals high levels of reported harassment and assault of Latina transgender women by law enforcement agencies and highlights steps that police departments should take to improve relations with the transgender community. The report is based on interviews with 220 Latina transgender women from the Los Angeles area.

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• 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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• 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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• Brown Abroad: An Empirical Analysis of Foreign Judicial Citation and the Metaphor of Cosmopolitan Conversation

  By Sheldon Bernard Lyke
  January 2012
  

  The article illustrates the ways in which justices on both the New Zealand Court of Appeal and the Constitutional Court of South Africa have used the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education in discussions of same-sex marriage.

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• Case of Atala Riffo and Children vs. Chile

  Translated by Stephanie Plotin
  March 2012
  

  Official Summary Issued By the Inter-American Court of the Decision

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• 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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• Marriage (In)equality: The Perspectives of Adolescents and Emerging Adults With Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Parents

  By Abbie E. Goldberg, Katherine A. Kuvalanka
  February 2012
  

  Forty-nine adolescents and emerging adults with lesbian, gay, and bisexual parents were interviewed to examine how individuals perceived themselves and their families as being affected by marriage (in)equality. More than two thirds of participants voiced unequivocal support for marriage equality, citing numerous legal and symbolic benefits that their families were denied.

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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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• Associations Between Transition-Specific Stress Experience, Nocturnal Decline in Ambulatory Blood Pressure, and C-Reactive Protein Levels Among Transgender Men

  By L. Zachary DuBois
  January 2012
  

  This study documents a number of important physiological manifestations of stress associated with the process of transition, describing the physical impacts of psychosocial stress during various stages of transition for trans men.

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