MAP’s Policy Spotlight Reports are an ongoing series providing in-depth analyses of laws and policies tracked on the Equality Maps. As a result of the uneven and uncertain progress for LGBT equality, LGBT people in America face an almost incomprehensible patchwork of laws. An LGBT individual or family may have a high level of legal equality in one state, while their LGBT counterparts in a neighboring state face only hostile or negative laws.
Each Spotlight Report examines one set of laws and policies impacting the lives of LGBT people in America. LGBT people simply want a fair chance to earn a living, be healthy and safe in their communities, and take care of the ones they love. Unfortunately, LGBT people in the United States and their families face a significant barrier to achieving these goals. That barrier is a lack of equality under the law.
