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• Executive Order Prohibiting Discrimination Against LGBT Workers

  LGBT people continue to face high rates of discrimination in the workplace and that state and federal protections could consequently have a significant and positive impact for LGBT workers without overly burdening employers.

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• Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

  Williams Institute has conducted an extensive amount of research on same-sex couples living in the United States.

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• Myth: ‘Gays make more money than non-gays’

  Washington Post editorial board writer Jonathan Capehart cites research by Williams Distinguished Scholar Gary Gates on LGBT families.

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• Lee Badgett on Protections for LGBT Workers

  New York Times op-ed by Williams Institute Research Director M.V. Lee Badgett on Workplace Discrimination

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• Ninth Circuit Strikes Down Proposition 8

  Following the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in Perry v. Brown, the Williams Institute released the following statistics and references concerning the population likely to be affected most directly by the court’s decision.

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• Latest Data on Married and Registered Same-Sex Couples

  New Williams Institute study finds that same-sex couples prefer marriage over other legal relationship statuses.

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• LGBT People & Immigration

  As Many As 40,000 Same-Sex Couples Could Benefit If U.S. Immigration Law Treated Same-Sex And Different-Sex Couples Alike.

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• 2011 Williams Institute Research in Review

  In 2011, a deepening investment in research to inform federal policy on issues including DADT, Marriage and Couples Recognition, U.S. Census & LGBT Demographics, and LGBT Health Disparities.

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• Ilan Meyer on Internatonal Gay Rights

  Williams Senior Scholar of Public Policy Ilan H. Meyer published op-ed in the Huffington Post.

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• Brad Sears on Addressing HIV Discrimination in Health Care

  Williams Institute Executive Director Brad Sears published op-ed in the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

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• Gary Gates on Homophobia vs Home Equity on the Huffington Post

  Williams Distinguished Scholar Gary Gates published op-ed in the Huffington Post.

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• Mignon Moore on Color Us Invisible: In the Shadows of Communities, Black Lesbians Forge Lives, Loves, And Family

  Williams Institute Faculty Advisory Committee Member Mignon Moore published op-ed in the Huffington Post.

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• IIan Meyer Discusses the HPV Infection as a Gay Men’s Health Crisis in the Advocate

  Williams Senior Scholar of Public Policy Ilan H. Meyer publishes op-ed in the Advocate.

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• Gary Gates Discusses Newly Released Census Data on Same-sex Couples on NPR

  Williams Distinguished Scholar Gary Gates Discusses Newly Released Census Data on Same-sex Couples on NPR’s All Things Considered.

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• New Study Shows Rates of Employment Discrimination Against LGB Employees Similar in Public and Private Sectors

  A recent study by the Williams Institute shows that the level of employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is similar in public and private sectors.

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• New York Times Cites Williams Institute Research on Gay Couples

  A recent front page article in the New York Times cites a recent report by the Williams Institute on the number of same-sex couples in America.

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• New Study: Anti-Gay Prejudice Increases Health Risk for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual People

  New research shows that lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals (LGB) are at increased risk for physical health problems due to prejudice-related stress.

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• New York Extends Marriage to Same-Sex Couples

  New Law Impacts Over 42,000 Couples Raising 14,000 Children in the State; Doubles Percentage of U.S. Population Living in States That Allow Same-Sex Couples to Marry

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