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1. Today’s Webinar: The LGBTQ Legal Landscape Sarah Warbelow, Legal Director Share your thoughts on today’s webinar! #forumwebinar Sponsored by View the Full Webinar Schedule http://forumworkplaceinclusion.org/forum-webinars/

2. Problem Nearly two-thirds of LGBTQ Americans report having experienced discrimination in their lives. 51% of LGBTQ Youth in the U.S. say they have been verbally harassed or called names at school 17% LGBTQ Youth in the U.S. say they have been physically assaulted, kicked, or shoved at school Nearly one-third of transgender Americans report having experience homelessness at some point in their lives 23% of transgender Americans did not see a doctor when they needed to because of fear of being mistreated as a transgender person Human Rights Campaign, Growing Up LGBT in America: Youth Survey Report National Center for Transgender Equality The Report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey

3. State Laws

4. Non-Discrimination in Employment, Housing & Public Accommodations

5. Conversion Therapy

6. Anti-Bullying

7. Gender Marker Change

8. Legislation

9. Number of anti-LGBTQ Bills filed in 2017 Legislative sessions

10. Anti-LGBTQ Legislation 2015-2017 2% pass rate 12% pass rate 9% pass rate 14% intro anti-trans 20% intro anti-trans 35% intro anti-trans

11. Equality Act

12. Do No Harm Act

13. Transparency in Taxpayer-Funded Discrimination Act

14. First Amendment Defense Act 114th Congress Cosponsors 173 Representatives 38 Senators

15. Litigation

16. Trans Student Cases G.G. v. Gloucester County School Board United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Highland Local School District v. U.S. Dept. of Education United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

17. sexual orientation discrimination as Sex Discrimination Hively v. Ivy Tech Community College Decided by the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals EnBanc Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

18. Pavan v. Smith Decided by Supreme Court of the United States

19. Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission (Pending) Supreme Court of the United States

20. Measuring Equality

21. Reports & Articles

22. MEI’s 5th Edition – Fall 2017 • Rating 506 cities, from all 50 states • Covering a population of more than 93 million people – close to a third of US population • Encourages competition for cities eager to demonstrate their commitment to LGBTQ equality

23. SEI’s 6th Edition – Winter 2018 • Comprehensive state-by-state report • Assesses statewide LGBTQ-related legislation and policies • Five areas: • parenting laws and policies • non-discrimination • hate crimes • youth-related • health and safety

24. CEI’s 15th Edition – Winter 2017 • National benchmarking tool on corporate policies and practices pertinent to LGBTQ employees • Rating 1043 employers, 887 of which actively participated in the survey • 517 major businesses earned a top score of 100 percent and the distinction of “Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality”

25. HEI’s 10th Edition – Spring 2017 • Evaluates healthcare facilities’ policies and practices related to the equity and inclusion of their LGBTQ patients, visitors and employees • Evaluates 1619 healthcare facilities nationwide • 590 of which actively participated in the 2017 HEI survey • 303 earned HRC’s coveted “Leader in LGBTQ Healthcare Equality” designation

26. Questions or Comments? Sarah.Warbelow@hrc.org