People gather at the historic Stonewall Inn to celebrate the LGBTQ victory, in Greenwich Village, a section of New York City, US on 6-15-2020 . A landmark 6-3 decision to protect gay, lesbian, and transgender workers from discrimination, has passed today by the Supreme Court. The ''opinion'' written by Justice Neil Gorsuch protects individuals from being fired based on actions or traits that would not have been questioned in members of a different sex, according to CNN. (Photo by John Lamparski/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
For Pride Month, many of our LGBTQ+ colleagues came together to acknowledge the Black and Latinx leaders at the heart of the Stonewall uprising, celebrate the progress made, and spotlight the important work our Urban Institute colleagues are doing to combat discrimination and advance equity for LGBTQ+ people.
Urban brings an evidence-based approach to assessing the policies and social dynamics affecting LGBTQ+ people, including the recent US Supreme Court ruling that protects LGBTQ+ people in the workplace; systemic barriers to housing stability; the interplay of racism, sexual orientation, and gender identity; and the need for an equity lens in the nation’s response to COVID-19.
Have a safe, joyful, and meaningful Pride Month 2020.
On Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled that the provisions of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protect LGBT people from workplace discrimination. The next step is to ensure workers can use these reaffirmed rights.
The vulnerabilities of Black LGBTQ people are compounded by the violence of anti-Black racism and white supremacy, urging specific attention to the effects of structural racism in housing policy during a public health crisis like COVID-19.
LGBTQI people are more likely to be unemployed and less likely have health insurance than their heterosexual peers, and LGBTQI youth are overrepresented among those experiencing homelessness and are at higher risk of serious health problems compared with the general population. Some efforts are already underway to improve data on LGBTQI people, but we have a long way to go.
The horrific killing of 49 people and the wounding of 53 others at a gay nightclub in Orlando on June 12, 2016, was the deadliest incident in the history of violence against LGBTQ people in the US. Violence against LGBTQ people persists as their health care protections are rolled back. How can we best support LGBTQ people?
LGBTQ youth are 120 percent more likely than their heterosexual or cisgender peers to be homeless, and one in five transgender people have experienced homelessness at some point in their lives. Here are five things that can change.
The LGBTQI+ population in the US has had a contentious and uncomfortable relationship with the criminal justice system at every stage—from interactions with law enforcement, arrests and detention, trials and sentencing, and, to ultimately, incarceration.
