Want to learn the FACTS about bathroom ban laws?
They don’t increase safety and privacy in public restrooms. In fact, they cause a host of negative consequences and actually compromise public safety and privacy, especially for transgender and gender non-conforming people.
READ our report on bathroom ban laws and nondiscrimination protections for LGBT people at: www.lgbtmap.org.
PHOTOSET: from our new report on access to accurate identity documents.
LGBT
Policy Spotlight: Identity Documents Laws and Policies examines the
state laws and policies that govern the processes by which people who
are transgender are able to correct the name and gender marker on their
identity documents so that those documents match the gender the person
lives every day. The brief includes common sense policy recommendations
to help ensure transgender people can access accurate identity
documents.
Read the full report here: http://www.lgbtmap.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/policy-spotlight-identity-documents.
LGBT students who are
harassed because of their gender identity and expression are 3x more likely to miss school http://lgbtmap.org/transgender-youth-school
Source: @glsen
New report from @lgbtmap looks at gender identity protections in the US. Where does your state stand? http://www.lgbtmap.org/mapping-trans-equality #LGBTmaps
Over ½ of #LGBT people live in states with hostile laws or few protections based on gender identity. http://www.lgbtmap.org/mapping-trans-equality
States are more likely to have hostile gender identity laws than sexual orientation laws. #LGBTMaps
LGBT Equality by State: Gender Identity
This equality tally includes laws that explicitly mention gender identity or gender identity and expression. “Gender identity” is a person’s deeply-felt inner sense of being male, female, or something else or in-between. “Gender expression” refers to a person’s characteristics and behaviors such as appearance, dress, mannerisms and speech patterns that can be described as masculine, feminine, or something else. Gender identity and expression are independent of sexual orientation, and transgender people may identify as heterosexual, lesbian, gay or bisexual. Laws that explicitly mention “gender identity” or “gender identity and expression” primarily protect or harm transgender people. These laws also can apply to people who are not transgender, but whose sense of gender or manner of dress does not adhere to gender stereotypes.
See more at: http://lgbtmap.org/mapping-trans-equality
Overall, states have few legal protections for gender identity. New report: http://www.lgbtmap.org/mapping-trans-equality #LGBTmaps
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This ruling could have a huge impact on trans students nationwide
