US: HRC Releases Annual State Equality Index Ratings

January 31, 2020

HIV Health and Wellness, World of Politics, School Days, Regarding Religion

HRC Foundation and the Equality Federation Institute released their 6th annual State Equality Index (SEI), a comprehensive report detailing statewide laws and policies that affect LGBTQ people and their families and assessing how well states are protecting LGBTQ people from discrimination.

Christina Dideriksen

January 17, 2020

HIV Health and Wellness, School Days

US: Sex and HIV Education

Christina Dideriksen

January 17, 2020

HIV Health and Wellness, School Days

As debate over the relative merits of abstinence-only-until-marriage messages versus more comprehensive approaches has intensified, states have enacted a number of specific content requirements.

Christina Dideriksen

January 16, 2020

World of Politics

US: Republicans declare war on transgender people in state legislatures all over the US

Christina Dideriksen

January 16, 2020

World of Politics

Some of the bills go as far as making it a felony to provide health care to a transgender child.

Christina Dideriksen

August 10, 2019

World of Politics, Winds of Change

US: More than 7,000 Americans have gender X IDs, a victory for transgender rights. Is it a safety risk, too?

Christina Dideriksen

August 10, 2019

World of Politics, Winds of Change

Three years ago, no one in the USA was legally recognized as neither male or female. Today, thousands of people can point to a gender-neutral marker on state driver's licenses and identification cards, according to records obtained by USA TODAY.