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Perspective

Apr. 12, 2011

Focus on the Facts: LGBT Rights Progress Towards Equality

Academic research has been key to the advances made by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in recent years. By Brad Sears of the Williams Institute.


By Brad Sears


Despite some setbacks, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Americans have made historic progress toward equality during the past year. None of it would have been possible without high-quality, academic research.


It is impossible to understate the centrality of the Pentagon Working Group's study to the Congressional vote to repeal "don't ask, don't tell" last December. Likewise, a string of federal judges wro...

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