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Join us for the first webinar in our two-part series, where we discuss potential barriers to trans voters and Gen Z voter attitudes in the upcoming midterm elections. Stay tuned for details on part two, a post-election discussion. Register: tinyurl.com/LGBTVote2026-Pre

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Three days of reflecting, plotting and planning with our team in Amsterdam. We mapped out projects for the year ahead, explored new collaborations in Geneva with Madeleine Rees. We celebrated our new office logo going up on the window and were invited to an ice cream tasting!

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This year, we've looked back on the Williams Institute's 25 years of impact. Now, we're looking ahead to what the next 25 years of LGBTQ research and progress will require. We asked Sunitha Menon, Executive Director of the Los Angeles County LGBTQ+ Commission, to weigh in.

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@uclacilp.bsky.social The Miñana Center’s Co-Director Hiroshi Motomura was at the University of San Diego to deliver the Nathaniel L. Nathanson Memorial Lecture discussing immigration in today’s world.

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Day 3 of the Geneva study trip brought UCLA Law in The Hague students to the UN Human Rights Council, where they followed sessions on Somalia, Cambodia and Ukraine, visited the Red Cross Museum and closed the day with Federica Donati of OHCHR, who shared insights from her career in UN Human Rights.

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More than half of all Gen Z adults we surveyed said they will definitely vote in the 2026 midterm election. An even greater percentage (60%) of those who identified as LGBT said they will vote. Read the full report: tinyurl.com/LGBT-GenZ

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Day 2 in Geneva: UCLA Law students spent day two in Geneva with UN International Law expert Sun Kim and ICRC senior lawyer Etienne Kuster. They met lead drafter Raphael Pangalangan to discuss the Marshall Islands report on accountability for US nuclear testing, to which the Promise team contributed.

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Three-quarters of the LGBT Gen Z adults we surveyed said a candidate who shares their values would make them most likely to vote for that candidate. Far fewer chose a candidate who shares their identity or demographic background (17%). Read the full report: tinyurl.com/LGBT-GenZ

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One-third of LGBTQ college students experience bullying, harassment, or assault, compared to 19% of non-LGBTQ students. The rollback of Title IX strips LGBTQ students of federal protections against discrimination and violence based on their LGBTQ status. @thehill.com: tinyurl.com/2wv93hw5

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