Ilan Meyer said that research shows conversion therapy “is ineffective at changing a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity and is associated with significant harm, which is why major professional organizations have overwhelmingly rejected the practice.”

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The Impact of Two 2025 Executive Orders on Access to Federal Data on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

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Data on violence against transgender people to be discontinued. This will effectively bury disparities in violence and impede prevention efforts

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 43 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

On this day, April 14, 2025, the President of the United States openly defied the Supreme Court’s unanimous opinion of April 10, 2025, ordering him to “facilitate Abrego Garcia’s release from custody in El Salvador

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

LGBQ people are six times more likely than the general population to be stopped by police in public spaces and more than twice as likely to be stopped while driving. bit.ly/PolicingLGBQ

“We are about to lose knowledge about the LGBT population that has been essential for understanding policy, for providing advice to litigation, for providing evidence for courts. And to inform the public." - @ilanmeyer.bsky.social, Distinguished Senior Scholar

Trump administration axes more than $125M in LGBT health funding, upending research field

The administration’s cancellation of hundreds of grants is dismantling the LGBT-focused research field, built out of nothing over a quarter century.

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Join us on Friday for a discussion of what the first 100 days of the Trump administration mean for LGBTQ people. We'll address global LGBTQ rights, the future of gender recognition, and bans on gender-affirming care. RSVP today to join us via Zoom: bit.ly/AU2025online

Transgender people in the US are victims of violence 4 times more than cisgender people
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Federal data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity are essential for public health and policy. The removal of such data from the public record and the loss of future data would set the United States decades backward.

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On Jan 29, OPM issued a memo directing federal department and agency heads to remove webpages and documents that “promote gender ideology.” Huge datasets were removed before a court ordered them restored. Our new report examines the effects of losing federal LGBT data on research, law, and policy.👇