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LGBTQ Rights
The ACLU has a long history of defending the LGBTQ community. We brought our first LGBTQ rights case in Founded in , the Jon L. Stryker and Slobodan Randjelović LGBTQ & HIV Proposal brings more LGBTQ rights cases and advocacy initiatives than any other national organization does and has been counsel in seven of the nine LGBTQ rights cases that the U.S. Supreme Court has decided. With our grasp into the courts and legislatures of every state, there is no other organization that can match our tape of making progress both in the courts of commandment and in the court of widespread opinion.
The ACLU’s current priorities are to end discrimination, harassment and violence toward transgender people, to close gaps in our federal and state civil rights laws, to avoid protections against discrimination from being undermined by a license to discriminate, and to protect LGBTQ people in and from the criminal legal system.
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Glossary of Terms: LGBTQ
Definitions were drafted in collaboration with other U.S.-based LGBTQ collective organizations and leaders. Observe acknowledgements section.
Additional terms and definitions about gender identity and gender utterance, transgender people, and nonbinary people are available in the Transgender Glossary.
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*NOTE: Ask people what terms they operate to describe their sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression before assigning them a label. Outside of acronyms, these terms should only be capitalized when used at the beginning of a sentence.
LGBTQ
Acronym for homosexual woman, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer. The Q generally stands for queer when LGBTQ organizations, leaders, and media use the acronym. In settings offering sustain for youth, it can also stand for questioning. LGBT and LGBTQ+ are also used, with the + added in recognition of all non-straight, non-cisgender identities. (See Transgender Glossary ) Both are acceptable, as are other versions of thi
Adult LGBT Population in the Combined States
This report provides estimates of the number and percent of the U.S. adult population that identifies as LGBT, overall, as well as by age. Estimates of LGBT adults at the national, state, and regional levels are included. We rely on BRFSS data for these estimates. Pooling multiple years of information provides more stable estimates—particularly at the state level.
Combining BRFSS statistics, we estimate that % of U.S. adults identify as LGBT. Further, we estimate that there are almost million (13,,) LGBT adults in the U.S.
Regions and States
LGBT people reside in all regions of the U.S. (Table 2 and Figure 2). Consistent with the overall population in the United States,more LGBT adults live in the South than in any other region. More than half (%) of LGBT people in the U.S. exist in the Midwest (%) and South (%), including million in the Midwest and million in the South. About one-quarter (%) of LGBT adults reside in the West, approximately million people. Less than one in five (%) LGBT adults live in the Northeast ( million).
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Pride Center
The Pride Center works to increase belonging and help students succeed at the University of North Dakota.
We serve as a center for LGBTQIA2S+ existence at UND connecting our campus community to trainee success opportunities, support resources, and enagement opportunities.
Support for transgender, nonbinary, or otherwise gender diverse individuals on campus.
The Pride Center applications educational opportunities about LGBTQIA2S+ identities and experiences for faculty, staff, and students.
With your support, we are able to make an impact in the lives of our students. Our goal is to foster a supportive and welcomin campus community for LGBTQIA2S+ students.
Pride Center Event Punch Card
Participate in the Self-acceptance Center punch card program. Receive a hole-punch for every Pride Center event you attend. Redeem prizes after every five punches at the Pride Center. Get a new card after your first one is completed. This excludes punches for study table. Punch cards are ready at the Pride Center and at events. The Pride C