While Americans are still split on the issue of marriage equality for same-sex couples, an overwhelming majority support equal access to the specific obligations, responsibilities and recognitions of marriage.
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.
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May 05, 2005
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May 03, 2005“Love Won Out” is an anti-gay conference promoting the ex-gay ministries of the national conservative evangelical Christian group Focus on the Family.
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March 22, 2005Thousands of Connecticut same-sex couples are at a grave disadvantage because they are unable to enter into a civil marriage that is recognized under state and federal law.
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March 02, 2005There are more than 9,000 Hispanic and Latino same-sex couple households in Florida. These families are disadvantaged in terms of education, income, homeownership, disability and citizenship status compared to white non-Hispanic same-sex couple households.
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February 06, 2005The fact that there have been very few studies of Asian Pacific American lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people illustrates how they are overlooked and discriminated against in the broader Asian Pacific American and LGBT communities.
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January 11, 2005Voting against anti-gay constitutional amendments had little effect on legislators’ re-election bids in the Midwest.
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December 09, 2004Despite claims to the contrary, same-sex marriage did not cost John Kerry the presidential election.
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November 15, 2004Discrimination in employment, housing and public accommodation on the basis of sexual orientation continues to be a problem in the City of Topeka. (Note: This summary contains a post-election update.) This report illustrates how important an ordinance to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity would be.
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November 08, 2004During the 2004 campaign season, Republicans energized and mobilized their core constituency by emphasizing “moral values” in their messages.
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November 08, 2004According to exit polls, lesbian, gay and bisexual voters differ from the broader voting population in some respects and are very similar in others.
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November 03, 2004Though many have speculated that same-sex marriage cost John Kerry the 2004 presidential election, there is no evidence to back this up.
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November 02, 2004Despite efforts by Massachusetts Republican Governor Mitt Romney to make same-sex marriage a wedge issue, all of the incumbent Massachusetts state legislators who voted against an anti-gay marriage amendment were re-elected in 2004.
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October 14, 2004Openly lesbian Mary Cheney has received criticism for working for her father Dick Cheney’s anti-gay political campaign.
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October 04, 2004Proposed state and federal anti-gay marriage amendments will disproportionately harm black same-sex couples and their families.
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September 19, 2004This book, written by Sean Cahill, director of the Task Force’s Policy Institute, provides clear-cut and non-partisan statistical information and data about marriage equality.
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August 29, 2004Marriage equality for same-sex couples has emerged as a major political issue in the United States. Senators John Kerry and John Edwards have publicly opposed same-sex marriage but supported other rights for same-sex couples.
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August 24, 2004While the Bush administration’s anti-same-sex marriage stance is well known, the Bush administration has not taken a clear stance on other forms of partner recognition.
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August 19, 2004President George W. Bush has consistently aligned himself with right-wing causes and policies, and his anti-LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) policy record is clear.
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August 17, 2004This resource summarizes the latest social science research on LGBT parents and their children.
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August 16, 2004This report details all 1,138 benefits same-sex couples are denied where they are not allowed the right to marry.
