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New Hampshire Republican governor signs gender-affirming care ban into law It's the first New England state with a ban.

Last week, #NewHampshire expanded its existing restrictions on medically-necessary healthcare for trans youth.

The new ban will not go into effect until January 1, and it contains a grandfather clause for youth already receiving care.

🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/3lkfDGh
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Conversion “therapy” by a different name is still dangerous and damaging A new report spotlights the many harms of an unregulated industry and the landscape of efforts to protect LGBTQ young people from abuse.

ICYMI: MAP released a new report on harmful conversion "therapy" practices in partnership with @trevorproject.bsky.social.

📒 🔗 Read the full report here: mapresearch.org/2025-conversion-therapy-report

Click below for a summary of key findings.
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Movement Advancement Project | Democracy 101: Understanding Voter List Maintenance This brief examines the history and development of voter list maintenance policies, the current landscape, legislative proposals, and it contrasts accepted best practices with policies that lead to pr...

You can learn more about these trends by reading MAP's recent 'Democracy 101' series. ⬇️

📒 "Understanding Voter List Maintenance" (🔗: bit.ly/democracy-101-voter-lists)
📒 "Understanding Federal vs. State Control Over Elections" (🔗: bit.ly/3EZJ6z8)

Timeline: Tracking the Trump Justice Department’s Anti-Voting Shift The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has long worked to protect voting rights. But since President Donald Trump returned to office, the DOJ’s voting section has done a dramatic 180. Today, rather than...

Via @democracydocket.com: important analysis of anti-voting efforts by the #DOJ in the past 6 months.

Many of these have focused on disenfranchising eligible voters through voter roll purge programs and expanding federal control over elections.

⬇️ Read more.
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LIVE: Senator Warnock Reintroduces the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act YouTube video by Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock

“The #JLVRAA is essential [...] to proactively protect every voter from race-based discrimination and modern-day voter suppression. [W]e must preserve the [...] right to vote and therefore the ability to hold our elected officials accountable.” - Molly McGrath, ACLU
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Voting is the foundation of our freedoms and how we shape our future. We celebrate the reintroduction of the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act in the House today.

The #JLVRAA restores the protections we need to stop racial discrimination in voting and ensures we can all make our voice heard.

Our Equality Map for Bathroom Bans and extensive insights from our Director of Policy Research are featured in a new piece by @joyurcaba.bsky.social at @nbcnews.com.

⬇️ See below to keep reading.
🔗 View our map here: bit.ly/3LOIUSw

Reflecting Forward: Learnings from the 2025 Legislative Sessions This July, MAP’s Director of Policy Research, Logan Casey, was a featured panelist at the Equality Federation’s Leadership Conference.

Flash back to last week, when MAP’s Director of Policy Research joined state and national leaders to present at the @equalityfed.bsky.social's 2025 Leadership Conference!

To learn more and see all of MAP’s data visualizations from the presentation, click below. 📊
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The price of protection: LGBTQ+ families and the cost of moving News Is Out reports that LGBTQ+ families face economic challenges when relocating from states with harmful laws, affecting their safety and financial stability.

🆕 in Stacker: MAP's research is included in a conversation about anti-LGBTQ+ laws and how they contribute to a cycle of poverty within the community.

Learn more (⬇️), and read MAP's recent blog about how our real-time resources are used for relocation: bit.ly/46qUi3d

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State of Democracy: 2025 Mid-Year Legislative Wrap Up As the bulk of this year’s legislative action related to election and voting policy ends, MAP ‘s latest highlights changes and key trends.

As the bulk of legislative action related to elections and voting wraps up, MAP is detailing trends we've seen so far in 2025.

From voter registration to mail-voting, election security, and more, our latest tracks changes to laws that impact our democracy.
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Puerto Rican governor signs gender-affirming care ban that sends violators to prison for 15 years - LGBTQ Nation One LGBTQ+ advocate called the governor "the most anti-equity governor in history."

In case you missed it: #PuertoRico banned medical care for transgender people up to age 21.

🔗 View our Equality Map to view the real-time landscape of laws banning best-practice medical care: bit.ly/3lkfDGh
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Why Democrats & Republicans are begging the Trump administration to reinstate LGBTQ+ 988 crisis Lifeline A coalition of Democrats and Republicans is calling for the restoration of the emergency mental health resource.

A coalition of Democrats and Republicans is calling for the restoration of the emergency mental health resource.

These 10 states are America’s best for quality of life in 2025 These 10 states offer residents the best quality of life across several factors, such as low crime rates, good air quality, and access to health and child care.

🆕: MAP's LGBTQ policy rankings have been used in @cnbc.com's "America’s Top States for Business in 2025" list.

Read more about states highlighted for quality of life scores, which include Maine and its high overall policy tally. ⬇️

🔗 See Maine's profile: bit.ly/4eWRIEo
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We’re facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations—and it doesn’t have to be this way.

On July 17, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are coming together to make sure #GoodTroubleLivesOn.

Movement Advancement Project | LGBTQ Curricular Laws LGBTQ-related curricular laws are important for LGBTQ students’ health, wellbeing, and academic success. These maps show multiple distinct policies related to LGBTQ inclusion in—or exclusion from—scho...

To read more about these laws – including summary tables by category, state, and year enacted – click below.

Our Equality Maps include LGBTQ curricular laws, inclusive curricular standards, "Don't Say LGBTQ" laws, and laws requiring parental notification.
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100 years after the Scopes trial, Americans are still divided over what kids should learn A century ago, a Tennessee science teacher's fight to teach evolution ignited national controversy. But battles over school curricula still rage.

As debates over school curricula continue, the national landscape of curricular laws is also divided.

To date, 19 states have at least one LGBTQ-specific school censorship law, while just 8 eight states have an LGBTQ-inclusive curricular standards law.

⬇️ Read more.
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That's a wrap on Cap, Gown, & Ballot 2025... which means High School Voter Registration Weeks are on the horizon!

We're doing things a little differently this year. You can select a week in September or October that works best for YOUR school community 📅

Start planning your fall drive today! 🏫

Out for America 2025 Report An Overview of LGBTQ+ Elected Officials in the U.S. | Published June 2025

In the @victoryinstitute.bsky.social's "Out for America 2025" report, we see how the 2025 class of LGBTQ+ elected officials makes history, breaks lavender ceilings, and fortifies the rainbow wave.

⬇️ Read the report findings.
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Democracy Under Strain: How New Voting Barriers Threaten Youth Participation The Fulcrum is committed to nurturing the next generation of journalists. To learn about the many NextGen initiatives we are leading, click HERE.We asked Bennett Gillespie, a student at Duke Universit...

Have you read MAP's report on young voters?

Recently, the @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social cited our work in its new piece on youth participation in democracy.

📖 Read more about barriers to the #youthvote in MAP's report here: www.mapresearch.org/2024-youth-voting-report

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Here's where same-sex marriage would be banned without Obergefell About 60% of LGBTQ+ adults live in states where access to marriage equality would change if Obergefell were struck down.

As we celebrate the 10-year anniversary of #Obergefell v. Hodges, which extended marriage equality nationwide, many states still have constitutional amendments, statutes, or both banning same-sex marriage.

But underneath #Obergefell, these bans are unenforceable.
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Today marks 10 years since #Obergefell. Read more in an essay by MAP's Director of Policy Research.

"𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠."

🔗: bit.ly/4ljmIAa

Democracy Maps Updates: June 2025 Tracking 50+ laws and policies, the Democracy Maps reveal incredible differences in access to voting and election independence in the U.S.

#ICYMI: MAP released its latest Democracy Maps Updates. This installment includes the following:

🗳️ Early Voting
🗳️ Bans on Guns in Polling Places
🗳️ Native American Voting Protections
🗳️ MAP's final "Democracy 101" brief, plus more.

📒 🔗 Keep reading below.
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This is a heartbreaking day for transgender youth and their families.

However, it’s important to remember: even after today’s SCOTUS decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, transgender young people will still be able to receive care in the states that have not banned it.

⬇️ View our map below.

The 2024 LGBTQI+ Wage Gap In recognition of LGBTQIA+ Equal Pay Awareness Day, new analysis from the Center for American Progress’ LGBTQI+ Community Survey shows that in 2024, LGBTQI+ households made just 85 cents for every dol...

To learn more, see below for new findings from the Center for American Progress — out today — which detail demographic data on the LGBTQ+ wage gap.

cc: @americanprogress.bsky.social
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Today is #LGBTQIAEqualPay Awareness Day.

16 states do not have explicit prohibitions for discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity — including when it comes to equal pay — in their state laws.

🔗 View our map: bit.ly/4jTVQWg
📖 Read more via Equal Pay Today: bit.ly/3HIy961

Nine years ago, 49 people were lost and many more were harmed by a devastating attack at Pulse nightclub in Florida.

Today, we remember the lives that were stolen, and we honor them by continuing our work towards an America where LGBTQ+ people can be safe in their communities.

#HonorThemWithAction

Movement Advancement Project | Democracy 101: Understanding Voter List Maintenance This brief examines the history and development of voter list maintenance policies, the current landscape, legislative proposals, and it contrasts accepted best practices with policies that lead to pr...

This week, MAP released its fifth 'Democracy 101' brief.

Our analysis details voter list maintenance policies, comparing accepted best practices with policies that lead to problematic — and often targeted or discriminatory — voter purges.

🔗📒: bit.ly/democracy-101-voter-lists

Movement Advancement Project | Bans on Transgender Youth Participation in Sports The policies shown in this map are blanket bans on transgender people’s participation in sports, which are both unnecessary and harmful. Laws to ban transgender youth from participating in school spor...

#ICYMI: #Nebraska's governor signed a trans youth sports ban into law.

27 states now have laws banning trans youth from participating in sports consistent with their gender identity, and in #VA and #AK, state regulation or policy bans participation.

⬇️ View our map.
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Fueling the fight for equality requires us to have important conversations to change hearts and minds.

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Your support is essential and bolsters MAP’s research, analysis, and policy insights, which speed equality and opportunity for all.

Today is Give Out Day! Your generous gift empowers an entire network of nonprofits charged with improving the lives and experiences of millions of LGBTQ+ Americans.

⬇️ 🎁 💬 Below, MAP's team highlights several LGBTQ+ organizations we're supporting today.