Research

LGBT Community Survey

Submitted by ONE Community on May 15, 2013 - 12:00am

We would like to invite you to take a new survey about your opinions and preferences, from an LGBT perspective.

There's power in our Pride! Participating in this study helps open minds and doors around the world, and influences positive changes for our community. Previous surveys have yielded 45,000 respondents from 148 countries! You may have seen CMI research quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, etc.

Click here to start the survey. Read more »

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A Top LinkedIn Exec On Why Content Marketing Matters More Than Ever

Submitted by ONE Community on May 15, 2013 - 9:33am

In the past few years, there’s been a real transformation in the way people consume information and communicate. Fueled by the mass adoption of social platforms, this transformation in consumer behavior demands that the ways we market also evolve. This is especially true in business-to-business where brands compete in a content-flooded environment with countless information sources to capture buyers' attention. Read more »

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Financial planning insights for the LGBT community

Submitted by ONE Community on May 8, 2013 - 3:59pm

Over the last decade, many companies have paid increasing attention to the buying power and consumer habits of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) market. But until recently, little attention has been focused on the financial experience of LGBT individuals.

The groundbreaking “LGBT Financial Experience 2012-2013 Research Study” by Prudential Financial takes an in-depth look at the financial challenges and concerns of LGBT Americans, and provides eye-opening insights for individuals seeking financial services that will address their own circumstances. Read more »

Technology: The LGBT Community's Unsung Hero

Submitted by ONE Community on May 3, 2013 - 3:39pm

In June the Supreme Court is scheduled to issue rulings on two cases that are important to the LGBT community,Hollingsworth v. Perry (the Proposition 8 case) andUnited States v. Windsor (the Defense of Marriage Act case). The LGBT community and its allies hope that the resolution of these cases will be a watershed moment representing a significant advance in the rights of LGBT people. The fact that the Supreme Court is even hearing oral arguments in these cases at all is in no small part a result of the rapid growth and accelerating adoption of technology, the Internet, broadband and smartphones. Read more »

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Center For Disease Control Targets LGBT Community With Anti-Smoking Ad Campaign

Submitted by ONE Community on April 17, 2013 - 6:38pm

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is targeting the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community with a new installment of their anti-smoking campaign.

As CNN notes, there's an alarming disproportion between the smoking rate in the LGBT community compared to the general population, according to a report released by the American Lung Association. The smoking rate is 70 percent higher in the LGBT community than it is for heterosexual Americans, according to director of the CDC’s Office on Smoke and Health, Dr. Tim McAfee.

Ellie Nicholas, a non-smoker who appears in the campaign both alone and with her partner, shares her story of suffering from asthma due to secondhand smoke. Read more »

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SAGE releases new policy report on the health disparities faced by LGBT elders of color

Submitted by ONE Community on April 17, 2013 - 1:25pm

NEW YORK, — Services and Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) today released Health Equity and LGBT Elders of Color, a new report that examines health disparities faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older people of color, and offers policy solutions in 10 areas to address these challenges. The report’s release coincides with National Minority Health Month, an initiative of the federal Office of Minority Health to raise awareness about health disparities that continue to affect racial and ethnic minorities—among them a rapidly growing population of LGBT elders of color who are often underserved and largely rendered invisibly in public policy discussions. Read more »

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Phoenix Gay & Lesbian Chamber Released Business Equality Survey

Submitted by ONE Community on April 15, 2013 - 9:35pm

PHOENIX (April 15, 2013)--Today the Greater Phoenix Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (GPGLCC) announced the results of its six-month survey measuring how equitably local business treat their Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) employees. Valley businesses with up to 500 employees, government agencies with more than 500 employees and local offices of larger companies were invited to participate. Nineteen employers scored a 100 on the survey and 45 scored an 80 percent or higher. In addition to publishing the results, the GPGLCC has produced a buying guide of companies that embrace diversity. Read more »

Legislation can curb discrimination against gays and lesbians in employment situations

Submitted by ONE Community on April 9, 2013 - 5:42pm

Antidiscrimination laws can have a significant positive impact on how gays and lesbians are treated in employment situations, according to new research from Rice University. The study on public awareness of sexual-orientation employment-antidiscrimination laws is one of the first to provide empirical evidence for the likely impact of pending antidiscrimination legislation.
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New website offers one-stop HIV resource

Submitted by ONE Community on March 18, 2013 - 8:02pm

Nearly 600 Arizonans are diagnosed HIV positive each year, which is why creators of a new statewide resource tool - hivaz.org - are hoping to shine a light on a "forgotten" but preventable disease.

Nearly 15,000 Arizonans are living with HIV infection and about a quarter of them don't know they have it, state records show. While HIV infection is preventable, new diagnoses continue, particularly among people in younger age groups. Read more »

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Doctors report first cure of HIV in a child

Submitted by ONE Community on March 4, 2013 - 9:56pm

For the first time, doctors are reporting that they have cured a child of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

The landmark finding will help scientists better understand the nature of HIV, doctors say, and could potentially help countless HIV-positive babies in developing countries.

"I'm sort of holding my breath that this child's virus doesn't come back in the future," says Hannah Gay, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, who treated the child, a 2½-year-old Mississippi girl. "I'm certainly very hopeful that it will produce studies that will show us a way to cure other babies in the future." Read more »

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