PLUS: 490,000 Pennsylvanians at risk of discrimination
UPCOMING EVENT
Criminal enforcement of HIV continues to impact people living with HIV/AIDS. HIV criminal laws disproportionately harm people of color, women, LGBT people, and sex workers—precisely the communities HIV-prevention initiatives aim to reach.
This World AIDS Day, the Williams Institute and the African American Policy Forum will gather leading thinkers and advocates from the international HIV/AIDS community to discuss 40 years of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and strategies to approach HIV as a public health issue rather than a crime.
More than 490,000 LGBT people in Pennsylvania are vulnerable to discrimination
Pennsylvania ranks 24th in social acceptance of LGBT people. The state's legal landscape puts the 416,000 LGBT adults and 74,000 LGBT youth who live in Pennsylvania at risk of discrimination and harassment. For example, nearly half (47%) LGBT employees living in Pennsylvania have experienced unfair treatment at work at some point in their lives. The social, economic, and health effects of stigma and discrimination against LGBT people negatively impact Pennsylvania’s economy by tens of millions of dollars each year.
Thank you to everyone who attended our recent Changes in Public Support for LGBTI People and Rights webinar. The Williams Institute's Ari Shaw and Andrew R. Flores discussed findings from the 2021 LGBTI Global Acceptance Index with honored guests Javier Corrales, Professor of Political Science at Amherst College, and Neela Ghoshal, Director of Law and Policy at OutRight Action International.
If you weren't able to make the webinar, you can watch the recording below or on our website.
