Our purpose
Trans Legislation Tracker is an independent research organization tracking bills that impact trans and gender-diverse people across the United States. We support academics and journalists with data and make tools that help the public follow and engage with legislation. Our growing set of resources help people understand the broader story of trans legal rights in the U.S.
About the data
Trans Legislation Tracker produces data through ongoing, independent research. We're always monitoring state and national legislative developments, and the site is updated regularly. Our findings and methods have been fact-checked and reviewed by leading newsrooms and academics across the country.
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Our data helps news organizations, researchers, and U.S. government officials bring awareness to this historic rise in anti-trans legislation. The data regularly appears in publications like The New York Times, Le Monde, NPR, The Guardian, and The Washington Post.
Our data guided the Axios report on "The forces behind anti-trans bills across the U.S.", the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Center for Health Justice's gender-affirming care brief, helped introduce an issue of The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics on transgender health equity from Cambridge University Press, and was cited by Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA) and Senator Edward J. Markey (MA) in their re-introduction of the Transgender Bill of Rights.
Using the Data
All uses of Trans Legislation Tracker data must provide attribution to Trans Legislation Tracker with a hyperlink when possible. Our Media Guide provides citation examples for various usages.
You're encouraged to cite aggregate statistics or quote limited portions of the website with attribution. Reproducing or redistributing the dataset in part or whole is not permitted. This helps maintain consistency in the dataset as it changes over time and assures proper attribution.
We regularly support the work of researchers, journalists, and organizations. If your needs go beyond what you're seeing on the site or your research might extend the underlying dataset, please reach out at the contact email below!
Contact
Are you a journalist, researcher, or organization interested in connecting? Do you see a data gap or correction to report? Please reach out:
translegislation@gmail.com
Support
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