Reports & Research

The Task Force's Policy Institute conducts groundbreaking research and policy analysis on hot-button issues affecting the LGBT community. We have everything from full reports to fact sheets to our very popular graphic issue maps. (Now in black and white AND color!)

If you know exactly what you’re looking for, it’s probably easiest for you to go to a particular section right off the bat: reports, issue maps, or fact sheets. But if you're not sure, or just want to look around, go to the main "Reports and Research" page . Under the "Featured Report" you'll see a search bar. You can either search for a report by name, or by type of report or by a particular issue. If you want to see everything we have to offer—and it is a lot—just look under the search bar. All of our publications are listed there in chronological order.

The Task Force and the Task Force Action Fund are continually coming out with new publications, so check back often for the latest up-to-the-minute facts and figures.

National Transgender Discrimination Survey .
Transgender and gender non-comforming people face shocking levels of discrimination in employment, education, health care and other areas. Read the just released results of this groundbreaking survey.

June 05, 2009

A Time to Build Up: Analysis of the No on Prop. 8 Campaign and Its Implications for Future Pro-LGBTQQIA Religious Organizing

The Task Force's report, A Time to Build Up: Analysis of the No on Proposition 8 Campaign and Its Implications for Future Pro-LGBTQQIA Religious Organizing, examines last fall's Proposition 8 battle in California, highlighting religious-secular partnerships relevant to marriage equality.
January 06, 2009

California's Proposition 8: What Happened, and What Does the Future Hold?

An in-depth analysis of the Proposition 8 vote, which shows that party affiliation, political ideology, frequency of attending worship services and age were the driving forces behind the measure’s passage on Nov. 4.
April 27, 2008

Opening the Door to the Inclusion of Transgender People: The Nine Keys to Making LGBT Organizations Fully Transgender-Inclusive

This publication, jointly produced by the Task Force and the National Center for Transgender Equality, guides LGBT organizations through all the steps needed to make organizations fully transgender-inclusive.
March 27, 2008

2008 Presidential Candidates' Positions on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues

This report details Democrats' support of and Republicans' opposition to LGBT rights.
May 10, 2007

Executive summary: Living in the margins: A national survey of LGBT Asian and Pacific Islander Americans

Using data from the largest-ever national survey of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans, this historic study finds that 75 percent of respondents report experiencing discrimination and/or harassment based on their sexual orientation.
May 09, 2007

Living in the margins: A national survey of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Asian and Pacific Islander Americans

Using data from the largest-ever national survey of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans, this historic study finds that 75 percent of respondents report experiencing discrimination and/or harassment based on their sexual orientation. Materials are available in several languages.
March 12, 2007

Bisexual health: An introduction and model practices for HIV/STI prevention programming

Sexual health issues affecting bisexuals have been largely ignored and underrepresented in academic and professional literature. This report serves as an introduction to bisexuality and a model programming guide for HIV/STI prevention. (Created by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, BiNet USA and the Fenway Institute.)
January 30, 2007

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth: An epidemic of homelessness

Of the estimated 1.6 million homeless American youth, between 20 and 40 percent are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT). Homeless LGBT youth are at risk not only on the streets, but in the shelter system as well. (Prereleased to New York City press December 20, 2006.)
January 29, 2007

Executive summary: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth: An epidemic of homelessness

Of the estimated 1.6 million homeless American youth, between 20 and 40 percent are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LBGT). Homeless LGBT youth are at risk not only on the streets, but in the shelter system as well.
December 19, 2006

Same-sex marriage initiatives and lesbian, gay and bisexual voters in the 2006 elections

This analysis of election returns and data from the National Election Pool exit poll finds that same-sex marriage ballot initiatives did not help Republican Senate candidates in 2006. Support for same-sex marriage bans has fallen especially dramatically in states where people identifying themselves as born-again or evangelical Christians make up an identifiable minority of residents.
October 26, 2006

Homophobia at ‘Hell House’: Literally demonizing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth

“Hell Houses,” evangelical haunted houses, attract young visitors while fueling bigotry and homophobia.
October 26, 2006

Internal enemy: Gays as the domestic al-Qaeda

This report details the Family Research Council’s 2006 Values Voter Summit.
August 29, 2006

Policy priorities in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community

With so many issues facing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community today, what do we care about the most?
May 17, 2006

Make room for all: Diversity, cultural competency and discrimination in an aging America

Currently, it is estimated that there are three million lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) elders. By 2030, that number will nearly double.
April 02, 2006

False promises: How the right deploys homophobia to win support from African-Americans

African-Americans have been one of the Democratic Party’s most dependable voting blocs in recent decades. But since 2004, Republicans have been courting black voters with anti-same-sex-marriage rhetoric.
March 01, 2006

Youth in the crosshairs: The third wave of ex-gay activism

Ex-gay ministries do more harm than good by claiming that gay men, lesbians and bisexuals — youth in particular — can become heterosexual through “conversion therapy.”
January 30, 2006

David v. Goliath: A report on faith groups working for lesbian, gay, bisexual & transgender equality and what they’re up against

Anti-gay religious groups’ tactics often overshadow the work of pro-gay religious groups. But faith groups working for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality do exist, and it is important that they collaborate with secular progressive organizations.
October 31, 2005

Hispanic and Latino same-sex couple households in the United States: A report from the 2000 Census

There are more than 100,000 Hispanic and Latino same-sex couple households nationwide. These couples are disadvantaged compared to white non-Hispanic same-sex couple households in terms of education, income, homeownership, disability and citizenship status.
October 31, 2005

Grupos familiares de parejas hispanas y latinas del mismo sexo en los Estados Unidos: Un reporte del Censo del 2000

Existen más de 100,000 grupos familiares de parejas hispanas y latinas del mismo sexo nacionalmente. Estas parejas están en desventaja comparadas a los grupos familiares de parejas blancas no hispanas del mismo sexo en términos de educación, ingresos, ser dueños de su propio hogar, incapacidad y estatus de ciudadanía.
August 08, 2005

Selling us short: How Social Security privatization will affect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans

There has been much talk of and several attempts to privatize Social Security. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans will be disproportionately harmed by the privatization of Social Security.

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