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Fourteen states plus the District of Columbia are commonly reported as not requiring voters to present documentary identification when voting in person, a classification found in multiple election-law...
The available analyses indicate that the most trans-friendly states are concentrated where comprehensive nondiscrimination laws, Medicaid and private insurance coverage for gender-affirming care, and ...
Between 2022 and 2024 multiple states enacted laws that restrict classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity — GLSEN lists eight states with so-called “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” K...
A narrow but consequential factual question—“Which states are categorized as ‘no ID required’ for in‑person voting and what statutes enable that status?”—cannot be answered with a definitive, single l...
A small but growing group of states explicitly requires LGBTQ-inclusive curricular standards or instruction; Movement Advancement Project and reporting list seven states that mandate LGBTQ representat...
Five states—California, Colorado, New Mexico, Vermont, and Washington—have explicitly included treatment for gender dysphoria, including surgery, in their Essential Health Benefits benchmark plans, wh...
Executive summary Federal protections for transgender workers remain shaped by a patchwork of state and local laws, and the sources provided agree that ; instead they point to charts and state-by-stat...
Major national trackers (Ballotpedia, NCSL, Movement Advancement Project, Vote.org, VoteRiders and news compendia such as The Hill and local outlets) describe roughly a dozen states where voters can c...
Voter registration in the U.S. is driven by a mix of institutional rules, policy choices, and demographic differences: 73.6% of the citizen voting‑age population was registered in 2024 (about 174 mill...
As of the most recent reporting in the provided sources, multiple states have passed laws that ban or restrict classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades; commo...
Federal law now requires states to recognize marriages performed elsewhere, but state-level landscapes vary: , while many other states retain dormant bans or trigger provisions that could reinstate ba...
LGBTQ+ people are disproportionately arrested and incarcerated because intersecting policing practices and socioeconomic marginalization—homelessness, poverty, employment discrimination, and survival ...
A set of U.S. states are commonly described as having “strict” voter ID regimes—meaning voters who cannot present acceptable identification at the polling place are required to cast a provisional ball...
States can be ranked only by the laws and policies used as metrics — notably comprehensive non‑discrimination coverage in employment, housing and public accommodations, youth protections, healthcare a...
The reporting in the provided set shows multiple distinct organisations and uses of the acronym “MAP” — from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) and Movement Advancement P...
A handful of U.S. cities consistently emerge in reporting as the strongest choices for transgender safety, healthcare access, and community resources—most notably San Francisco, New York City, San Die...
Faith groups frame the removal of a religious‑expression exemption as a direct threat to worship, pastoral teaching and the ability of faith institutions to govern internal affairs—warning it risks ch...
Independent reconstructions of voter rolls are not directly documented in the provided reporting, but available sources describe the datasets election officials commonly use to build and maintain roll...
As of the reporting collected here, states fall into several categories: those that require photo ID, those that accept non-photo ID or other identifying information (sometimes “non-strict”), and thos...
The question of whether it is safe and fair for trans girls to participate in girls’ sports is contested in policy, law and science. Major organizations and advocacy groups report that inclusion incre...