Logan S. Casey, PhD
loganscasey.bsky.social
Logan S. Casey, PhD
@loganscasey.bsky.social
Director of Policy Research at @mapresearch.bsky.social Movement Advancement Project (MAP). Political Science PhD, UMich '16. Go Blue! St. Louis born and raised. I’ve probably got a spreadsheet for that.🌈🏳️‍⚧️📈📊📉
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Today. Every day. The fight is never over.

Transgender people know who we are, and no Court or politician can take that from us. We will outlive this.
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Like all youth, LGBTQ young people’s lives are shaped by their home and family, their community, their school experiences, and their access to health care.

To read more in our full-length policy report, as well as our companion narrative report, visit our site. ⬇️
www.mapresearch.org/2025-lgbtq-y...
Movement Advancement Project | In Their Own Words: Learning from LGBTQ Youth Experiences to Tell a New Story
Combining new insights on who LGBTQ youth are and examining how social dynamics and public policy shape their lives, this comprehensive report and its companion report expand our understanding of an o...
www.mapresearch.org
September 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Nearly half of queer youth live in one of 27 states that have enacted one or more restrictions on their rights since 2020.

38% live in the South, 24% in the West, 21% in the Midwest, and 17% in the Northeast. To view our interactive map visual, click below.
public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
Anti-LGBTQ youth laws since 2020
A Flourish data visualization by Movement Advancement Project
public.flourish.studio
September 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Out today, @the74.bsky.social covers MAP's latest report — which examines the many state-level laws and policies shaping LGBTQ youth’s lives, including a unique measure that tracks 16 laws across different aspects of youth's lives.

Click below to keep reading.
www.the74million.org/article/as-t...
As the LGBTQ Youth Population Doubles, Number of Bills Targeting Them Triples
New research finds half of LGBTQ young people live in the 27 states where a swell of new laws restrict their in-school rights.
www.the74million.org
September 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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@mapresearch.bsky.social just put out an incredible new report "In their own words" sharing the stories of LGBTQ youth! Check it out: www.mapresearch.org/file/MAP-202...
September 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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“No one is in a better position to identify the supports that LGBTQ youth need to thrive than these youth themselves,” asserts a new report from @mapresearch.bsky.social and partners that offers a look at the lived experiences of these young people in their own words. mombian.com/2025/09/17/n...
New Report Shows LGBTQ Youth Through Their Own Words - Mombian
"No one is in a better position to identify the supports that LGBTQ youth need to thrive than these youth themselves," asserts a new report that offers a "holistic" look at the lived experiences of th...
mombian.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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A new report from MAP and partners — out today — offers snapshots of life for LGBTQ youth, which include testimonials and reflections from youth in their own words.

📒 🔗 Read the full report and its companion analysis here: bit.ly/lgbtq-youth-report
September 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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There are growing attacks on protections from so-called "conversion therapy" protections—including through abusive preemption tactics. Read more in this "Preemption Research Spotlight", by @loganscasey.bsky.social, PhD, of the Movement Advancement Project: bit.ly/45OO2jN
Dismantling Protections against Conversion “Therapy” – An Emerging Front in Abusive State Preemption — Local Solutions Support Center
In recent years, there have been a growing number of attacks on states and municipalities that have taken action to protect LGBTQ+ youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion “ther...
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August 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Starting a thread 🧵 for some of the many #job postings at #LGBTQ + allied movement orgs right now! Add more in replies!

First, my org @mapresearch.bsky.social is #hiring a Finance & Administration Director! Submit by Sept 5, 2025, via the email listed in the posting. We are all remote.
August 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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New blog alert! 📢

Written by @loganscasey.bsky.social, MAP's Director of Policy Research, this piece details how abusive state preemption tactics are undermining protections against conversion "therapy."

🔗 Learn more: bit.ly/conversion-therapy-spotlight
www.supportdemocracy.org/the-latest/d...
Dismantling Protections against Conversion “Therapy” – An Emerging Front in Abusive State Preemption — Local Solutions Support Center
In recent years, there have been a growing number of attacks on states and municipalities that have taken action to protect LGBTQ+ youth from the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion “ther...
www.supportdemocracy.org
August 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Starting a thread 🧵 for some of the many #job postings at #LGBTQ + allied movement orgs right now! Add more in replies!

First, my org @mapresearch.bsky.social is #hiring a Finance & Administration Director! Submit by Sept 5, 2025, via the email listed in the posting. We are all remote.
August 13, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Flash back to last week, when MAP’s Director of Policy Research joined state and national leaders to present at the @equalityfed.bsky.social's 2025 Leadership Conference!

To learn more and see all of MAP’s data visualizations from the presentation, click below. 📊
lgbtmap.medium.com/reflecting-f...
Reflecting Forward: Learnings from the 2025 Legislative Sessions
This July, MAP’s Director of Policy Research, Logan Casey, was a featured panelist at the Equality Federation’s Leadership Conference.
lgbtmap.medium.com
July 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Our Equality Map for Bathroom Bans and extensive insights from our Director of Policy Research are featured in a new piece by @joyurcaba.bsky.social at @nbcnews.com.

⬇️ See below to keep reading.
🔗 View our map here: bit.ly/3LOIUSw
July 28, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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If you're LGBTQ+ and you rely on Medicaid for your health care, I'd like to talk with you! I'm grateful for the conversations I've had so far.

I'm writing about how LGBTQ+ Americans are among those who will be disproportionately impacted by the passage of the "Big Beautiful Bill."
If you're trans and you rely on Medicaid for your health care coverage, I'd like to talk to you! I'm on Signal at @orionr.80 — always glad to talk through what it means to do an interview with a reporter and any safety concerns you may have.

Also glad to talk with LGBTQ+ folks in general here
July 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Political science, sociology, etc friends - this project is so cool. Come for the take on conflict in local politics, stay for the methodological contribution.
July 8, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Today marks 10 years since #Obergefell. Read more in an essay by MAP's Director of Policy Research.

"𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞. 𝐖𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬. 𝐖𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠."

🔗: bit.ly/4ljmIAa
June 26, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Despite the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold a Tennessee law banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth, LGBTQ+ rights attorneys say that there are still openings — some left by the court ruling itself — to fight gender-affirming care bans and other anti-trans laws.
The door to fight gender-affirming care bans isn’t closed, LGBTQ+ rights attorneys say
After U.S. v Skrmetti, LGBTQ+ rights attorneys still see openings to fight gender-affirming care bans and other anti-trans laws.
19thnews.org
June 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Today. Every day. The fight is never over.

Transgender people know who we are, and no Court or politician can take that from us. We will outlive this.
June 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Listen. We cannot predicate fighting on winning. We're going to lose a lot in the days to come, and if we’re going to make it through the nights we need to find something to fuel us that runs deeper than hope. We’re past hope.

We don't follow hope. Hope follows us.
What U.S. v. Skrmetti Did, What It Didn’t Do, and What It Can Never Do
There is going to be a lot of catastrophizing today. We lost U.S. v. Skrmetti, one of the biggest transgender civil rights cases of our…
samamesesq.medium.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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These state laws banning gender-affirming care for youth are a product of religious-right and anti-LGBTQ activist organizing, starting in the years after Obergefell.

We know this, because we have the receipts. Here's my 2023 investigation.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Inside the secret working group that helped push anti-trans laws across the country
Leaked emails give a glimpse of the religious-right networks behind transgender health care bans.
www.motherjones.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Chase Strangio, the first openly trans lawyer to argue before the Supreme Court, also said today's ruling is much more narrow than the lower court's -- at least a small victory for trans folks.
June 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Today. Every day. The fight is never over.

Transgender people know who we are, and no Court or politician can take that from us. We will outlive this.
June 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court upholds Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.

Robert, for the 6-3 court, holds that the law is not subject to heightened scrutiny under equal protection and passes rational basis review. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
www.supremecourt.gov
June 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Rubio's anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy for all.

Judge Julia Kobick granted a classwide preliminary injunction that applies to all trans and nonbinary people on Tuesday.

New, at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/breaking-f...
Breaking: Federal judge blocks Rubio's anti-trans, anti-nonbinary passport policy for all
Judge Julia Kobick granted a classwide preliminary injunction that applies to all trans and nonbinary people on Tuesday.
www.lawdork.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Today's Something Censored - SAMSHA published a groundbreaking report on the harms of conversion therapy - also known as change efforts. The 100+ page report provided key, concrete evidence and tangible next steps to protect all young people.
June 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM