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The Pew Research Center is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts, its primary funder. This report was made possible with support from the Trusts and from the People & Voices Initiative<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This report is a collaborative effort based on the input and analysis of the following individuals. Find related reports online at pewresearch.org\/topic\/gender-lgbtq<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kim Parker, Director of Social Trends Research<\/em>
Juliana Horowitz, Senior Associate Director, Research\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
Rachel Minkin, Research Associate<\/em>
Luona Lin, Research Associate<\/em>
Kiley Hurst, Research Analyst\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
Dana Braga, Research Analyst<\/em>
Isabel Goddard, Former Research Associate
<\/em>John Carlo Mandapat, Information Graphics Designer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>
Anna Jackson, Editorial Assistant<\/em>
Julia O\u2019Hanlon, Communications Manager<\/em>
Andrew Grant, Communications Associate<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the project benefited greatly from the guidance of the Pew Research Center methodology team: Courtney Kennedy, Andrew Mercer, Ashley Amaya, Dorene Asare-Marfo, Dana Popky, Anna Brown, Arnold Lau and Thomas May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editorial guidance was provided by Rachel Drian, Associate Director, Communications; and Neha Sahgal, Vice President, Research. We received important input on the questionnaire and report from colleagues Gabe Borelli, Anna Brown, Alexandra Cahn, Claire Dannenbaum, Naomi Forman-Katz, Shannon Greenwood, Anna Lieb, Eugenie Park, Jacob Poushter and Kaitlyn Radde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we received invaluable advice in developing the study from Jaimie Kelton, host and producer of The Queer Family Podcast; Abbie Goldberg, Jan and Larry Landry University Professor, Clark University; Brad Sears, Rand Schrader Distinguished Scholar of Law and Policy, Williams Institute; Christy Mallory, Roberta A. Conroy Interim Executive Director and Legal Director, Williams Institute; Naomi Goldberg, Executive Director, Movement Advancement Project; and Lisa Diamond, Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Gender Studies, University of Utah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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