MOVEMENT ADVANCEMENT PROJECT
1905 15TH STREET 1097, BOULDER, CO 80306 www.lgbtmap.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE MOVEMENT ADVANCEMENT PROJECT (MAP) PROVIDES RIGOROUS RESEARCH, INSIGHT, AND ANALYSIS THAT HELP SPEED EQUALITY FOR ALL AMERICANS.

MAP'S KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN 2019 INCLUDED: OPEN TO ALL: MAP'S "OPEN TO ALL" CAMPAIGN WORKS TO ADVANCE NONDISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT AND PUBLIC SPACES. THROUGHOUT 2019, MAP GREW THE COALITION OF SMALL BUSINESSES, CORPORATIONS, AS WELL AS NATIONAL AND STATE PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS THAT PLEDGED A COMMITMENT TO MAINTAINING A WELCOMING AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION, IMMIGRATION STATUS, RELIGION OR DISABILITY. MAP STARTED A NONPROFIT ADVISORY COUNCIL TO FURTHER ENGAGE AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH CORPORATE PARTNERS WITH AN AIM OF SECURING AND OPEN- SOURCING BEST-IN-CLASS CORPORATE POLICIES, TRAINING, ETC. OPEN TO ALL WORKED WITH 50 MAJOR FASHION BRANDS TO DECLARE THE FASHION INDUSTRY OPEN TO ALL DURING NEW YORK'S FASHION WEEK. IN NOVEMBER 2019 MAP LAUNCHED THE OPEN TO ALL HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE TO DRIVE THE PUBLIC TO OPEN TO ALL BUSINESSES DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON TO SHOW THAT IT PAYS TO BE AN INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING BUSINESS. STATE-FOCUSED WORK: RECOGNIZING THAT THE STATES ARE WHERE MUCH OF THE SUCCESS MAY COME FOR LGBT EQUALITY-AS WELL AS WHERE ADVOCATES ARE PUSHING BACK AGAINST ANTI-LGBT LEGISLATION-MAP FOCUSED, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIRST HALF OF 2019, ON SUPPORTING ADVOCATES AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH MESSAGING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND POLICY MATERIALS ON ISSUES INCLUDING RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS, THREATS TO TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, AND NONDISCRIMINATION. LGBT POLICY RESEARCH: RURAL LGBT SERIES. IN APRIL 2019, MAP (IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EQUALITY FEDERATION, NCLR, AND NBJC) KICKED OFF THE RELEASE OF A SERIES OF REPORTS CALLED WHERE WE CALL HOME: LGBT PEOPLE IN RURAL AMERICA ABOUT THE LIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF LGBT PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL COMMUNITIES-THEIR EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION AND COMMUNITY, LIMITED ACCESS TO COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, HEALTHCARE, SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYERS AND BUSINESSES, ETC.-AND OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR POLICY CHANGE. THE LEAD REPORT RECEIVED A LOT OF MEDIA ATTENTION, AND WAS FEATURED IN AN EXCLUSIVE IN USA TODAY, AN OP-ED BY NBJC IN THE ADVOCATE, AN OP-ED BY MAP'S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INEKE MUSHOVIC, IN THE HILL. MAP ALSO DEVELOPED A FLYER IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH TO BE USED IN PUBLIC SPACES SUCH AS LIBRARIES AND HEALTH CLINICS THAT ADVERTISES INFORMATION RESOURCES FOR LGBT PEOPLE IN LOCAL RURAL COMMUNITIES. IN FALL 2019, MAP RELEASED TWO COMPANION REPORTS IN THIS SERIES: ONE FOCUSED ON LGBT PEOPLE OF COLOR IN RURAL AMERICA AND ANOTHER ABOUT RURAL TRANSGENDER PEOPLE, WHICH INCLUDED NOVEL ANALYSES FROM THE U.S. TRANSGENDER SURVEY. AS PART OF GLAAD'S LGBTQ PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE FORUM, MAP SUBMITTED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS FOCUSED ON THE CHALLENGES FACING LGBT PEOPLE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES, AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, CENTERED ON HEALTH CARE, WAS ASKED. EMPLOYMENT NONDISCRIMINATION. IN OCTOBER 2019, THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HEARD THREE CASES ABOUT LGBT PEOPLE AND EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS UNDER FEDERAL LAW THAT HAVE MUCH BROADER IMPLICATIONS. MAP RELEASED A NUMBER OF POLICY MATERIALS (IN ADDITION TO TALKING POINTS DEVELOPED THROUGH A COALITION) INCLUDING: CAN LGBT PEOPLE BE FIRED?, A BRIEF DESCRIBING THE CASES, HOW THE COURT COULD RULE, AND WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE COURT'S RULINGS COULD MEAN FOR LGBT PEOPLE NOT JUST AT WORK BUT IN ALL AREAS OF LIFE. INCREASING UNDERSTANDING OF LGBT PEOPLE. MAP RELEASED A VARIETY OF SHORTER, RESPONSIVE REPORTS DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE UNDERSTAND CURRENT ISSUES FACING LGBT PEOPLE. THESE INCLUDED: THE UNDERSTANDING ISSUES FACING LGBT PEOPLE IN COLLABORATION WITH HRC, CAP, AND GLAAD TIMED FOR THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE STONEWALL RIOTS; LGBT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, RELEASED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS'S DISABILITY JUSTICE INITIATIVE AND LGBT RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATIONS PROJECT, THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR LESBIAN RIGHTS (NCLR), AND THE NATIONAL LGBTQ TASK FORCE, ABOUT WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT LGBT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TIMED WITH THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT; AND LGBT PEOPLE IN THE CENSUS, A RESOURCE HIGHLIGHTING THE WAYS IN WHICH THE DATA COLLECTED BY THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU HAS BEEN USEFUL IN THE WORK FOR LGBT EQUALITY. THE RESOURCE WAS USED AT AN EVENT IN DC HOSTED BY THE BUREAU FOCUSED ON INCREASING LGBT PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION IN CENSUS 2020. INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS. MAP IS INCREASINGLY BEING ASKED TO AUTHOR BOOK CHAPTERS INCLUDING ON: LGBT PEOPLE AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN THE CAMBRIDGE HANDBOOK OF POLICING IN THE UNITED STATES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SEVERAL STAFF AT THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE; LGBT PARENTS AND ECONOMIC SECURITY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CAP AND THE WILLIAMS INSTITUTE; TWO CHAPTERS ABOUT TRANSGENDER PEOPLE AND ECONOMIC SECURITY AND POVERTY; AND LGBT PARENTING LAW AND POLICY. ACADEMIC RESEARCH ASSISTANCE. MAP PROVIDED DATA SUPPORT OR OTHER ASSISTANCE TO RESEARCHERS, INCLUDING USE OF EQUALITY MAPS DATA IN THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. LGBT MOVEMENT RESEARCH: MAP CONTINUES TO MAINTAIN AND EXPAND THE LGBT EQUALITY MAPS. IN 2019, MAP ADDED THE FIVE U.S. TERRITORIES TO THE MAPS AND RELEASED THE POLICY SPOTLIGHT LGBT EQUALITY IN THE U.S. TERRITORIES, WHICH EXAMINED LGBT LAWS AND EQUALITY ACROSS THE VARIOUS TERRITORIES. 2019 STANDARD ANNUAL REPORTING (SAR). NOW IN ITS THIRTEENTH YEAR, THE 2019 SAR PROJECT UPDATED OUR UNDERSTANDING OF ABOUT 40 MAJOR NATIONAL LGBT MOVEMENT ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THEIR GOALS, FINANCES, OPERATIONS, AND PRIOR-YEAR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 2019 NATIONAL LGBT MOVEMENT REPORT. AS IN YEARS PAST, MAP AGGREGATED AND PACKAGED FINDINGS FROM SAR IN A PUBLICLY AVAILABLE REPORT LOOKING AT THE NATIONAL LGBT MOVEMENT'S REVENUE AND EXPENSES, FUNDRAISING AND FUNDRAISING EFFICIENCY, AND HUMAN RESOURCES.

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