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Data from U.S. surveys show lesbian women report higher lifetime rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) than heterosexual women in several large studies — for example, the CDC’s NISVS/related summar...
Available sources do not support a simple claim that there are "far more" trans sex offenders per million than cis men or women; reporting shows mixed, limited, and context-dependent evidence about of...
Reporting and peer-reviewed studies consistently find no evidence that allowing transgender people to use restrooms matching their gender identity increases assaults on cisgender women, and multiple l...
Peer‑reviewed and academic studies in the provided reporting consistently find that transgender and gender‑diverse (TGD) people experience substantially higher rates of sexual victimization than cisge...
estimates that only about of people booked into had violent convictions rested on analysis of two streams of ICE data: a nonpublic “leaked” ICE bookings dataset shared with Cato and publicly released ...
The best available, peer-reviewed and government data do not support the claim that gay people commit more violent crimes than heterosexuals; instead, large national surveys show sexual and gender min...
Peer-reviewed U.S. studies and major peer-reviewed analyses from 2020–2025 consistently report very high prevalence of suicidal thoughts and attempts among transgender adults, with lifetime attempt es...
Available peer-reviewed cohort studies and fact sheets generally report lower odds or prevalence of suicidality among transgender people who received gender‑affirming care compared with those who want...
Recent research consistently finds alarmingly high prevalence of suicidal thoughts and attempts among —estimates around 80% for lifetime suicidal ideation and roughly 40% for lifetime attempts in larg...
Recent peer-reviewed studies from 2020–2025 generally report that gender‑affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) or related medical care is associated with lower rates of suicide attempts and suicidal ideati...
National estimates of adults who identify as LGBT/LGBTQ+ differ by source and methodology, but all analyses agree and urban jurisdictions—especially the District of Columbia—rank at the top. The Willi...
Recent studies converge on a grim picture: among transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people is substantially higher than in cisgender populations, but estimates differ by study and by subgroup—some l...
Twenty-seven U.S. states have enacted statutory bans or regulatory prohibitions that restrict transgender youth from participating in school sports consistent with their gender identity, with the legi...
Proponents of conversion therapy most often point to a small number of studies and surveys that report self‑reported behavioral change or positive personal accounts; critics and systematic reviews say...
The Trump Administration’s Education Department has adopted new regulations and proposed rules that empower officials to block certain nonprofits and their employees from Public Service Loan Forgivene...
The short, evidence-based answer is: no — are overwhelmingly cisgender males, and there is no reliable data showing that is a common characteristic of school shooters or that are disproportionately re...
California is routinely reported as the state with the largest estimated number of transgender residents by sheer count, while analyses that look at percentages for specific age groups show different ...
Available research through 2025 shows transgender people face substantially elevated rates of suicidal ideation and attempts compared with the general population, with broad variation by age, setting ...
Between 2023 and 2025, a mix of executive actions and high‑court litigation reshaped how and when people facing removal receive hearings, bond, and the chance to challenge where they will be sent — mo...
Multiple observational studies and reviews report that access to —puberty blockers, gender-affirming hormones, and surgical care—is associated with lower odds of depression and fewer suicide-related o...