New study shows states with the best and worst health care

Major insurers such as Aetna, Humana and UnitedHealthcare recently announced their exit from state-sponsored insurance exchanges while the uninsured rate has fallen to a historic low, bringing into question the cost and quality of health care in America. With such developments in mind, the personal-finance Web site WalletHub conducted an in-depth analysis of 2016’s States…

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New nonpartisan poll shows LGBTQ equality is a winning message

A new national poll shows Americans are strongly rejecting laws like North Carolina’s HB2, which targeted transgender people and wrote discrimination into state law. The national survey released by the nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute found that only 35 percent support such laws, while 64 percent of Americans oppose them. What’s more, only 30 percent…

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CDC survey shows LGBTQ youth face high rates of violence and bullying

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today released a nationwide survey of high school students, which found that lesbian, gay, and bisexual young people are far more likely to experience violence and bullying, and attempt suicide, than their heterosexual peers. This year marked the first time the biannual Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS)…

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New survey reveals the impact of marriage equality on wedding planning

CHEVY CHASE, Md. — WeddingWire, Inc., Community Marketing & Insights (CMI), GayWeddings and the Gay Wedding Institute, have released the results of the 2016 Survey of Contemporary Couples & Current Wedding Trends, the definitive overview of today’s quickly evolving wedding landscape. Conducted by the leading industry brands, the groundbreaking study sheds light on how all couples,…

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‘Being LGBTI in China’ survey report launched

BEIJING — A report based on a survey of nearly 30,000 respondents from all provinces in China reflecting the life experiences of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people was launched today at the United Nations Compound in Beijing to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT). Entitled “Being LGBTI in China —…

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New HRC data shows dramatic increase in Americans who know transgender people

WASHINGTON – More than one-third of Americans say they personally know or work with someone who is transgender, according to a new survey commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation. Research shows that this historic level of visibility is accompanied by increasing acceptance of transgender people. Released to mark the International Transgender Day of Visibility, the survey data show…

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LGBT seniors: What are your needs? Take this survey today

Health Assessment and Research for Communities (HARC), a nonprofit research and evaluation organization, has partnered with the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation and the Alliance Healthcare Foundation to develop a survey about the healthcare experiences of LGBT adults age 50 and older in San Diego County. To take the survey go to surveymonkey.com/r/SD-LGBT The objective…

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New survey shows number of Americans who report knowing a transgender person doubles in seven years

NEW YORK, NY – GLAAD, the nation’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LBGT) media advocacy organization, has released the findings of a new survey, conducted online by Harris Poll among over 2,000 U.S. adults age 18+, which shows that the number of Americans who report knowing or working with someone who is transgender has doubled in…

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