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Recent reporting and peer‑reviewed studies show high rates of suicidal thoughts and attempts among transgender and nonbinary (TNB) people, especially youth: surveys report past‑year attempt rates arou...
NCAA leadership and multiple outlets say transgender college athletes are extremely rare — NCAA president Charlie Baker testified there are “fewer than 10” among roughly 530,000–510,000 student‑athlet...
Available studies consistently show transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people face much higher rates of sexual violence than cisgender people, with lifetime sexual-assault prevalences around 40–50% ...
Research does not support a simple claim that "homosexuals" commit sex crimes at higher rates; large recent studies show LGBT people are much more often victims of violent and sexual crimes than non‑L...
Available studies and large surveys show transgender people report far higher rates of suicidal thoughts and attempts than the general population: recent community and national samples report past‑yea...
The most recent, widely cited analyses place the District of Columbia at the top of U.S. jurisdictions for the share of adults identifying as LGBT, at , but D.C. is not a state; when the question is r...
Available reporting shows large, varied estimates of suicidal thoughts and attempts among transgender and nonbinary people, with some lifetime self‑report surveys finding very high percentages (for ex...
U.S. studies and national surveys from 2020–2025 show large, consistent disparities: lifetime suicide-attempt prevalence among transgender adults in recent national samples is reported around 40–44%, ...
Reporting and advocacy pieces have repeatedly claimed that a large share — sometimes “about half” or “almost two-thirds” — of transgender prisoners are convicted sex offenders, but official data are s...
Across multiple studies and national statistics, women—whether in opposite-sex marriages or same-sex (lesbian) marriages—are more likely to initiate divorce than men, and lesbian marriages have repeat...
Available sources show that estimates of gender dysphoria and transgender identity in the U.S. vary widely by data source, age group, and method: population surveys and clinic-based records give very ...
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...
Recognizing trans women as women generally expands their practical access to women-only services—reducing barriers to housing, healthcare, and basic civic life—but that expansion collides with legal r...
Major, peer‑reviewed and government‑style sources in the available reporting show no credible evidence that transgender identity increases perpetrators’ violent crime rates; instead multiple national ...
Reporting shows only a small number of colleges have publicly documented or been publicly linked to transgender student‑athletes, and much of the available information names individual cases or school...
Polling and turnout data show LGBTQ+ identity matters most to voters who identify as LGBTQ+ themselves and to allied “equality voters”; LGBTQ+ voters were highly motivated in recent presidential cycle...
Multiple independent trackers and research groups report that anti-LGBTQ+ violence and bias-motivated incidents have increased in recent years across the U.S. and parts of Europe; U.S. FBI data and ad...
Debates over whether there is a coordinated “push to normalize LGBTQ+ ideology for Christians” are rooted in real, measurable trends: surveys show growing acceptance of same‑sex marriage among people ...
Research consistently finds that lesbian and bisexual women report equal or higher lifetime rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) than heterosexual women, with multiple sources citing figures aroun...