April 1, 2020 – An estimated 162,300 LGB and 9,000 transgender people age 65 and older live in California and are at high risk for serious illness from COVID-19, according to the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. The California Department of Public Health has associated high risk with people age 65 and older […]
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Study: Gender-identity inclusive nondiscrimination laws do not jeopardize safety in public bathrooms
Sept. 12, 2018 – A new study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds that Massachusetts’ public accommodations nondiscrimination laws that include gender identity do not affect the number or frequency of criminal incidents in restrooms, locker rooms or changing rooms. In addition, reports of privacy and safety violations in these places […]
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Acceptance of LGBT people and rights has increased around the world
LOS ANGELES, April 20, 2018 – New research from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law finds average levels of acceptance for LGBT people and rights have increased globally since 1980, though acceptance has become more polarized, increasing in the most accepting countries and decreasing in the least. In a series of new studies, […]
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27% of California adolescents are gender nonconforming, study finds
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13, 2017 – A new UCLA study finds that 27 percent, or 796,000, of California’s youth, ages 12 to 17, report they are viewed by others as gender nonconforming at school. The study also assessed differences in mental health among gender nonconforming youth and gender conforming youth in the state and found […]
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LGBQ Youth Disproportionately Incarcerated in the U.S. Juvenile Justice System
LOS ANGELES, April 4, 2017– This time focused on youth in detention, a new study by scholars at the Williams Institute found that sexual minority youth are incarcerated at disproportionately high rates. Once they are incarcerated they are more likely to be held for long periods of time and experience sexual victimization. “The rates of sexual victimization […]