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This report offers a comprehensive overview of welfare reform, and explains why this issue should concern all GLBT people - not just those of us on limited incomes. Even if fatherhood initiatives, (heterosexual) marriage initiatives, abstinence-only-unt...

Massachusetts has been a leader on issues of LGBTQ+ equality. This project is a visioning project, funded by the Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation, that seeks to answer this question: "If we want to have a thriving, happy and healthy LGBT older

The major candidates' statements and votes on 6 key issues--hate violence, discrimination, parenting, partnerships and marriage, health care, and military service--are presented along with data and research to contextualize these policy debates. Althoug...

This report outlines promising practices and considerations for the management and treatment of inmates who identify as, or are perceived as being, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) or gender non-conforming (GNC) in correctional...

In this report the Massachusetts LGBT Aging Commission makes recommendations in five major areas: long term support services, housing, public health, senior centers and community engagement, and legal considerations. It also makes recommendations regard...

This ground breaking report reviews social science literature and explains what we already know as well as the sizable gaps in our knowledge of the demographics of GLBT elders. Outing Age outlines major public policy issues facing GLBT seniors, includin...

Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) youth are coming out at younger ages, but schools have not changed as fast as the culture, leaving many youth isolated and at risk of violence and harassment. For GLBT youth of color, these problems are exa...

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB Act) contains several provisions that affect the treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth and LGBT issues in America's public schools. School choice and voucher provisions could cause bo...

The gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) movement should support research, policy analysis, and strategy development to advance greater understanding and equality of GLBT people. Most public policy frameworks affect GLBT people in particular w...