MAP Equality Maps

The Movement Advancement Project's (MAP) Equality Maps provide quick and easy summaries of laws that affect LGBT Americans on a state-by-state and issue-by-issue basis. The maps present information on laws in areas from employment discrimination and relationship recognition to hate crimes protections and anti-bullying laws.

Issues researched

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 * Marriage & Relationship Recognition
 * Employment Non-Discrimination Laws
 * Housing Non-Discrimination Laws
 * Joint Adoption Laws
 * Second-Parent Adoption Laws
 * Stepparent Adoption Laws
 * Safe Schools Laws
 * Hate Crime Laws
 * Birth Certificate Laws
 * "Out" LGBT Public Officials

Development
Content was compiled from reports researched and published by the Movement Advancement Project, especially MAP’s Momentum Report. The report, produced biennially since 2007, organizes and analyzes indicators of the LGBT movement's progress toward securing equal opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in American life.

The technical structure and online presentation was developed by Doug Hays, founder of EastFace Software.

Use on WikiQueer
Through a content partnership with the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), WikiQueer is able to integrate these maps directly into articles. In a manner similar to how you can integrate them into your own site, simply use this template to add the iFrame to your article, here's an example for Michigan:

Use on websites
Organizations may request permission from the the Movement Advancement Project via the project's website to display all or select maps on their organizations website through the use of iFrames.

Basic usage
The easiest method is to:  
 * 1) Copy the URL of the Equality Map webpage you would like to display - example: http://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/safe_school_laws
 * 2) Add the iFrame tag (see below iFrame tag options)
 * 3) Insert the URL and iFrame tag into the below sample iFrame code.
 * 4) You may need to adjust the height to fit the entire content.
 * 5) Add the final line of code to your page's HTML in the location where you would like the map and content displayed.  The code should look like this: