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Anti-LGBTQ Laws Hurt More Than Just The People They Target
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You already know these laws are harmful. What you probably don't know is how far the harm travels. A parent watching their child's identity become a topic of debate feels something they have no permission to talk about. But the evidence gives us reason for hope. When laws move in the other direction, everyday burdens get easier for all of us to carry. Joe and Rya discuss the real weight that anti-LGBTQ legislation has on all of us.
Correction: In the episode, we said workers in protection states called out of work less often. The research measures self-reported poor mental health days rather than absenteeism. The accurate finding is that sexual minority workers in states with employment protections reported fewer days when their mental health was not good.