On Wednesday, the U.S. Census Bureau released findings from the Household Pulse Survey. The results confirmed much of what Williams Institute research has shown: the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted the health, education, and economic security of LGBT people, compared to non-LGBT people. But the data was historic nevertheless. It was the first time the Census had included LGBT people in one of its own population surveys.

The Williams Institute is honored to have worked with the Census Bureau since the early days of the Biden administration on adding questions of sexual orientation and gender identity to the Household Pulse Survey. With this data, the U.S. government will be able to adequately respond to the needs of LGBT people struggling from the effects of the COVID pandemic.
NEW RESEARCH

Majorities of people in 10 countries support nondiscrimination protections for transgender people

A new report series explores public opinion about transgender people and their rights in 10 countries: Poland, South Korea, Malaysia, Turkey, Mexico, China, Peru, Serbia, South Africa, and the United States. In each of the 10 countries, a majority of respondents believed that their government should protect transgender people from discrimination. Respondents from Mexico (83%) were the most supportive.
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WILLIAMS NEWS

American Psychological Association honors Bianca Wilson
The American Psychological Association's Div. 44: Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity has awarded the Williams Institute's Rabbi Zacky Senior Scholar of Public Policy Bianca D.M. Wilson with their 2021 Distinguished Contribution to Public Policy Award. Bianca's research focuses primarily on system-involved LGBTQ youth, LGBT poverty, and sexual health among queer women, and she is the Principal Investigator of the Pathways to Justice Project, a study of LGBTQ poverty in the U.S. and California. Bianca will be honored at a Division 44 awards ceremony on Saturday, August 14.

Ilan Meyer presents at the 2021 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 
On August 8, the Williams Institute's Distinguished Senior Scholar of Public Policy Ilan H. Meyer presented on Stigma, Prejudice and the Incarceration of LGBT People in the United States at the American Sociological Association's 2021 Annual Meeting. Ilan's 2021 study showed that LGBQ people are six times more likely than the general public to be stopped by police, and a previous report showed that the incarceration rate of LGB people is about three times higher than the already high general U.S. incarceration rate.
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