PLUS: Check out our 20th anniversary event line-up

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Dear John,

What an exciting year to celebrate the Williams Institute’s 20^th Anniversary. The House just passed The Equality Act ([link removed]) , based, in part, on two decades of Williams Institute research and the expertise of our scholars past and present.

From the opening paragraphs of the Equality Act, you will see the cumulative impact of our research. To cite just a few of the examples:

“Congress finds the following: ...

(7) The discredited practice known as “conversion therapy”…harms LGBTQ people by undermining individuals’ sense of self-worth, increasing suicide ideation ([link removed]) and substance abuse, exacerbating family conflict, and contributing to second-class status…
(11) Individuals who are LGBTQ, or are perceived to be LGBTQ, have been subjected to a history and pattern of persistent, widespread, and pervasive discrimination ([link removed]) on the bases of sexual orientation and gender identity by both private sector and Federal, State, and local government actors…
(18) … Numerous studies demonstrate that LGBTQ people, especially transgender people and women, are economically disadvantaged and at a higher risk for poverty compared with other groups of people. For example, the poverty rate for older women ([link removed]) in same-sex couples is twice that of older different-sex couples…
(20) … same-sex couples are 7 times more likely to foster or adopt ([link removed]) than their different-sex counterparts…
(21) … LGBTQ youth are overrepresented in the foster care system ([link removed]) by at least a factor of two and report twice the rate of poor treatment while in care compared to their non-LGBTQ counterparts.”

Just as your support over the last two decades helped create historic milestones like the House’s passage of the Equality Act today, we need your support to help foster new research on LGBTQ communities for decades to come.

Please support our work by contributing here ([link removed]) or by contacting Yossi Held at [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) . And please RSVP for our 20th Anniversary events below. We're hosting one each month leading up to our online 20th Anniversary Gala in June!

Thank you,
Brad Sears
Founding Executive Director
UPCOMING EVENTS


** Williams Institute's 20th Anniversary Events
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MARCH 23, 2021
NOON PT | 3PM ET


** The Inaugural Williams Institute Impact Awards
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Join us as we honor the trailblazers in LGBTQ research who are focused on law and policy. Our inaugural Impact Awards honorees are M.V. Lee Badgett, Aaron Belkin, Gary Gates, and Urvashi Vaid. fjhdfjkadhsflkjadshflkdh
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MAY 20, 2021
9AM PT | NOON ET


** Research Beyond Borders: Using Data to Advance LGBT Rights around the World
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International leaders in LGBTI rights discuss historic milestones, new challenges, and opportunities for data and research that can help advance LGBTI law and policy around the globe.
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JUNE 9, 2021
5PM PT | 8PM ET


** 20th Anniversary Gala & Awards Ceremony
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Join us for a star-studded virtual celebration of the Williams Institute's 20th Anniversary and to honor Williams Institute Founder Chuck Williams and Stu Walter.
APRIL 29, 2021
4PM PT | 7 PM ET


** The First 100 Days: LGBT Rights, Racial Equity, and Reproductive Justice
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National leaders in LGBTQ rights, racial equity, and reproductive justice will discuss what the Biden administration has accomplished in these areas in the administration's first 100 days and what remains to be done.
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JUNE 9, 2021
NOON PT | 3PM ET


** The Williams Institute at 20: Building a Bridge to the Future fkjda;klfjkdjfadkjfa;kdlsfjk;a
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Williams Institute scholars and invited guests reflect on LGBTQ law and policy over the past 20 years and share our vision for the next 20 years.kjdkl;fjadskl;fjadsklfjds;klfjds;klfkfjadsklkdlafjs;

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