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# Movement Advancement Project: The Movement Advancement Project is an independent think tank that provides rigorous research, insight and analysis that help speed equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender \(LGBT\) people\.

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## Pages
- [MAP's 20th Anniversary: Celebrating Two Decades of Impact](https://mapresearch.org/20th-anniversary/)
- [Home](https://mapresearch.org/)
- [LGBTQ Equality Landing Page](https://mapresearch.org/equality/)
- [Policy \& Issue Analysis](https://mapresearch.org/policy-issue-analysis/)
- [20th Anniversary Timeline](https://mapresearch.org/20th-anniversary-timeline/)

## Posts
- [From Head Start to Civil Rights, 8 Ways Trump Reshaped Education in Just 1 Year](https://mapresearch.org/from-head-start-to-civil-rights-8-ways-trump-reshaped-education-in-just-1-year/)
- [With New Momentum, Republican States Push Broader Limits for Trans Americans](https://mapresearch.org/with-new-momentum-republican-states-push-broader-limits-for-trans-americans/)
- [Trump’s Minions Have Quietly Disappeared Most Federal Data on Gender Identity](https://mapresearch.org/trumps-minions-have-quietly-disappeared-most-federal-data-on-gender-identity/)
- [Kansas anti\-transgender law on driver's licenses takes effect](https://mapresearch.org/kansas-anti-transgender-law-on-drivers-licenses-takes-effect/)
- [Kansas law revoked their right to drive and threatens their right to exist, transgender residents say](https://mapresearch.org/kansas-law-revoked-their-right-to-drive-and-threatens-their-right-to-exist-transgender-residents-say/)

## Briefs
- [Democracy 101: Understanding Federal vs\. State Control Over Elections](https://mapresearch.org/brief/brief-2025-democracy-101-elections-control/): This brief explains the constitutional framework for elections, explores the roles of state and federal authorities, and explains how recent broad assertions of presidential power risk destabilizing our democracy\.
- [Democracy 101: Understanding Proof of Citizenship Requirements for Voter Registration](https://mapresearch.org/brief/democracy-101-understanding-proof-of-citizenship-requirements-for-voter-registration/): This brief details how policy proposals requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration have emerged, and explains why these threaten to disenfranchise millions of otherwise eligible voters\.
- [Democracy 101: Understanding Voter ID Laws](https://mapresearch.org/brief/2025-democracy-101-voter-id-laws/): This brief explores the history and evolution of voter ID laws, the current landscape and legislative proposals, and examines the harms these policies impose, particularly on marginalized communities\.
- [Democracy 101: Understanding Voter List Maintenance](https://mapresearch.org/brief/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 problematic — and often targeted or discriminatory — voter purges\.
- [Creating a License to Discriminate: First Amendment Defense Act](https://mapresearch.org/brief/creating-a-license-to-discriminate-first-amendment-defense-act/)

## Citation Sheets
- [Nondiscrimination/LGBTQ Youth: Bans on Transgender People’s Use of Bathrooms \& Facilities In Government\-Owned Buildings \& Spaces](https://mapresearch.org/citation/bathroom-facilities-bans/)
- [Healthcare Laws and Policies: Bans on Best Practice Medical Care for Transgender Youth](https://mapresearch.org/citation/transgender-youth-medical-care-bans/)
- [Transgender Healthcare Shield Laws](https://mapresearch.org/citation/transgender-healthcare-shield-laws/)
- [Relationship \& Parental Recognition: Adoption Nondiscrimination](https://mapresearch.org/citation/relationship-parental-recognition-adoption-nondiscrimination/)
- [Conversion Therapy Laws](https://mapresearch.org/citation/conversion-therapy-laws/)

## Fact Sheets
- [Fact Sheet: Increasing LGBTQIA\+ Access to Sexual and Reproductive Care with Telehealth](https://mapresearch.org/fact-sheet/fact-sheet-increasing-lgbtqia-access-to-sexual-and-reproductive-care-with-telehealth/)
- [Fact Sheet: Identity Documents and Transgender People](https://mapresearch.org/fact-sheet/fact-sheet-identity-documents-and-transgender-people/)

## Infographics
- [Infographic: Get the Facts About Trans Youth](https://mapresearch.org/infographic/infographic-get-the-facts-about-trans-youth/)
- [LGBT Employees \& Title VII](https://mapresearch.org/infographic/lgbt-employees-title-vii/)
- [Infographic: LGBT \& GNC Girls Face Criminalization](https://mapresearch.org/infographic/infographic-lgbt-gnc-girls-face-criminalization/)
- [LGBT Older Adults and Social Isolation](https://mapresearch.org/infographic/lgbt-older-adults-and-social-isolation/)
- [Infographic: Transgender Students and Title IX](https://mapresearch.org/infographic/infographic-transgender-students-and-title-ix/)

## Messaging Guides
- [Talking About Religious Exemptions \(Archived Guide\)](https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-religious-exemptions/)
- [Talking About Family Recognition Laws \& LGBTQ Families](https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-family-recognition-laws-lgbtq-families/): Family recognition laws establish a secure legal relationship between a child and their parent or parents\. Learn conversation approaches that help people understand why strong legal child\-parent ties are essential to a child’s security and well\-being and why families—no matter how they are formed—should be treated equally under the law\.
- [Talking About Transgender Youth Participation in Sports](https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-transgender-youth-participation-in-sports/): Kids learn important life lessons in sports: leadership, confidence, teamwork\. Amid efforts to ban transgender youth from K\-12 school sports, this guide provides messaging tools that emphasize shared values and show how harmful it is to exclude transgender youth from this vital part of their education\.
- [Talking About Curriculum Censorship and Anti\-LGBTQ School Bills](https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-curriculum-censorship-and-anti-lgbtq-school-bills/): Far\-right politicians are trying to pass laws designed to censor school curriculum, books and teaching—and create a hostile school climate for LGBTQ students\. Explore approaches for discussing these growing cultural attacks on schools, education, and LGBTQ youth and the adults who support them\.
- [Talking About Family Acceptance and Transgender Youth](https://mapresearch.org/messaging-guide/talking-about-family-acceptance-transgender-youth/): Family acceptance is essential when it comes to the health and well\-being of young people who are transgender, gender non\-binary or gender diverse\. This guide provides an overview of conversation approaches that can help parents, family and friends build and expand support for transgender youth\.

## News
- [State of Democracy: 2025 Mid\-Year Legislative Wrap Up](https://mapresearch.org/news/state-of-democracy-2025-mid-year-legislative-wrap-up/)
- [Reflecting Forward: Learnings from the 2025 Legislative Sessions](https://mapresearch.org/news/reflecting-forward-learnings-from-the-2025-legislative-sessions/)

## Policy Overviews
- [Standard Annual Reporting: Funder Reports](https://mapresearch.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/standard-annual-reporting/funder-reports/)
- [Standard Annual Reporting: Comparative Analysis by Organization Type](https://mapresearch.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/standard-annual-reporting/comparative-analysis-by-organization-type/): Formerly known as the Financial \& Operating Overview Report, the 2025 Comparative Analysis by Organization Type provides a confidential examination of aggregate revenue and expenses, fundraising and fundraising efficiency, and other indicators of financial health for 32 national LGBTQI social justice advocacy organizations\. 
- [Standard Annual Reporting \(SAR\)](https://mapresearch.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/standard-annual-reporting/)
- [Standard Annual Reporting: Organization Reports](https://mapresearch.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/standard-annual-reporting/organization-reports/)
- [Community Center Survey Reports](https://mapresearch.org/policy-and-issue-analysis/2024-lgbtq-community-center-survey-report/): Released every two years, this report provides a detailed picture of centers’ staff and boards, program priorities, constituencies and services, infrastructure, fundraising, budgets, and technical assistance needs\.

## Press Releases
- [New MAP Report Traces Attacks on DEI in Government, Education, and Business](https://mapresearch.org/press-release/2024-press-release-dei-report/)
- [New Report from MAP and The Trevor Project Underscores Harms of Conversion “Therapy” and Highlights States with Protections](https://mapresearch.org/press-release/new-report-from-map-and-the-trevor-project-underscores-harms-of-conversion-therapy-and-highlights-states-with-protections/)
- [New Community Resource Offers Allies Conversation Tools for Building Support of Marriage for Same\-Sex Couples](https://mapresearch.org/press-release/new-community-resource-offers-allies-conversation-tools-for-building-support-of-marriage-for-same-sex-couples/)
- [MAP Partner Report Tells a New Story of LGBTQ Youth in Their Own Words](https://mapresearch.org/press-release/map-partner-report-tells-a-new-story-of-lgbtq-youth-in-their-own-words/)
- [MAP Report Highlights the Impact of Rapid Federal SOGI Data Elimination](https://mapresearch.org/press-release/2026-press-release-sogi-data-landscape-brief/)

## Reports
- [How the Freedom to Vote Act Would Improve Democracy in the States](https://mapresearch.org/report/2022-brief-freedom-to-vote-act/)
- [Looking Ahead to 2021: The Impact of COVID\-19 on the LGBTQI Movement](https://mapresearch.org/report/looking-ahead-to-2021-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-the-lgbtqi-movement/)
- [In Their Own Words: Learning from LGBTQ Youth Experiences to Tell a New Story](https://mapresearch.org/report/in-their-own-words-learning-from-lgbtq-youth-experiences-to-tell-a-new-story/): By combining new insights on who LGBTQ youth are and examining how social dynamics and public policy shape their lives, this comprehensive report expands our understanding of an often overlooked but frequently debated community\.
- [2025 National LGBTQI Movement Report](https://mapresearch.org/report/national-lgbtqi-movement-report-2025/): This publicly available report series offers an annual snapshot look at the national LGBTQI movement’s revenue and expenses, fundraising, and other indicators of financial health\.
- [Ballots vs\. Backlash: Trends, Threats, and the Future of Direct Democracy](https://mapresearch.org/report/ballots-vs-backlash-trends-threats-and-the-future-of-direct-democracy/): This report examines how direct democracy works across the states and the ways in which state legislatures are trying to restrict these processes\. 

## Staff \& Board
- [Naomi Goldberg](https://mapresearch.org/staff_and_board/naomi-goldberg/)
- [Brian](https://mapresearch.org/staff_and_board/brian/)
- [Ian](https://mapresearch.org/staff_and_board/ian/)
- [Tessa](https://mapresearch.org/staff_and_board/tessa/)
- [Sean](https://mapresearch.org/staff_and_board/sean/)

## Videos
- [Unjust: How the Broken Criminal Justice System Fails LGBT People](https://mapresearch.org/video/lgbt-criminal-justice-video/)
- [Paying an Unfair Price: Maria's Story](https://mapresearch.org/video/paying-an-unfair-price-marias-story/)
- [Video: How Automated Verification \& Registration Works](https://mapresearch.org/video/video-how-automated-verification-registration-works/)

## State Democracy Profiles
- [Wyoming](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-profiles/wy/)
- [Wisconsin](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-profiles/wi/)
- [West Virginia](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-profiles/wv/)
- [Washington](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-profiles/wa/)
- [Virginia](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-profiles/va/)

## State Equality Profiles
- [Iowa](https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/ia/)
- [Delaware](https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/de/)
- [North Carolina](https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/nc/)
- [Texas](https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/tx/)
- [Wyoming](https://mapresearch.org/equality-profiles/wy/)

## Maps
- [Employment Nondiscrimination](https://mapresearch.org/equality-map/employment-nondiscrimination/): Employment non\-discrimination laws protect people from being unfairly fired, not hired, or discriminated against in the workplace by private employers on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation\.
- [Conversion “Therapy” Laws](https://mapresearch.org/equality-map/conversion-therapy-laws/): This map illustrates the landscape of laws that prohibit licensed mental health practitioners from subjecting LGBTQ minors to harmful conversion “therapy” practices that attempt to change their sexual orientation or gender identity\.
- [Protections Against Election Disinformation](https://mapresearch.org/democracy-map/protections-against-election-disinformation/)
- [Data Collection](https://mapresearch.org/equality-map/health-data-collection/)
- [Bans on Insurance Exclusions of Transgender\-Related Care](https://mapresearch.org/equality-map/bans-on-insurance-exclusions-of-transgender-related-care/)

## Map Sections
- [LGBT People Raising Children](https://mapresearch.org/map-sections/lgbt-people-raising-children/)
- [LGBT Populations](https://mapresearch.org/map-sections/lgbt-populations/)
- [Assisted Reproduction](https://mapresearch.org/map-sections/assisted-reproduction/)
- [Bathroom Facilities Bans](https://mapresearch.org/map-sections/bathroom-facilities-bans/)
- [Proof of Citizenship Requirements for Registration](https://mapresearch.org/map-sections/proof-of-citizenship-requirements-for-registration/)

## Categories
- [Uncategorized](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_category=uncategorized)
- [LGBTQ people](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_category=lgbtq-people)
- [Nondiscrimination](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_category=nondiscrimination)
- [LGBTQ youth](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_category=lgbtq-youth)
- [Election independence](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_category=election-independence)

## Tags
- [Transgender people](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_post_tag=transgender-people)
- [Mapping Equality](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_post_tag=mapping-equality)
- [Economic security](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_post_tag=economic-security)
- [Families](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_post_tag=families)
- [Education](https://mapresearch.org/?s=&_post_tag=education)

## Report Types
- [PDF](https://mapresearch.org/report-type/pdf/)

## Map Groups
- [Voting by Mail](https://mapresearch.org/map-groups/voting-by-mail/)
- [Election Independence](https://mapresearch.org/map-groups/election-independence/)
- [Health Care](https://mapresearch.org/map-groups/health-care/)
- [LGBTQ Youth](https://mapresearch.org/map-groups/lgbtq-youth/)
- [Voter Registration](https://mapresearch.org/map-groups/voter-registration/)

## Map Types
- [Democracy Map](https://mapresearch.org/map-types/democracy-map/)
- [Equality Map](https://mapresearch.org/map-types/equality-map/)

## Related Resource Categories
- [Brief](https://mapresearch.org/related-resource-category/brief/)
- [Report](https://mapresearch.org/related-resource-category/report/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://mapresearch.org/sitemap_index.xml)