LGBT Tech filed comments to the FCC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update the E-Rate program.

New resources from LGBT Tech and the Justice Education Project examine why privacy must protect not only the information people disclose, but also what data systems claim to know about them.

LGBT Tech's Director of Policy & Research, Shae Gardner, has published a guest opinion in the Bay Area Reporter examining the potential unintended consequences of California Assembly Bill 1709, legislation that would prohibit children under 16 from creating or maintaining social media accounts on platforms with certain "addictive features." Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash In the op-ed, Gardner argues that while protecting young people online is a critical goal, broad socia

This month, LGBT Tech co-led an amicus brief, filed jointly with the Center for Democracy & Technology, The Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, and The Trevor Project, opposing Colorado House Bill 24-1136, which requires social media platforms to display a warning to any user under the age of 18 who spends more than an hour on the platform in a day, or who is on the platform between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. The warning tells young users that youth who spend more than three h

LGBT Tech's new roadmap offers a public policy framework for federal and state policymakers working to ensure that AI systems are accountable, transparent, privacy-protective, and consistent with civil rights values.

LGBT Tech proudly joined a diverse coalition of education, civil rights, technology, and community organizations in urging New York City to maintain the Department of Education's student connectivity program. Together, we advocate for protecting internet access for nearly 700,000 public school students and families who rely on it for learning, communication, and opportunity.

LGBT Tech’s Director of Policy and Research Shae Gardner testified before the California Senate Judiciary Committee in opposition to AB 1709, a bill that would restrict users under 16 from creating or maintaining accounts on covered platforms that use certain personalized or “addictive” feed features.

LGBT Tech's latest ctrl+alt+lgbt: Digital Access, Usage, and Experiences of the LGBTQ+ Community report is featured in MLex, underscoring the growing importance of data-driven research on how LGBTQ+ people experience today's digital world. Our annual research examines internet access, online safety, privacy, AI, social media, and the essential role technology plays in the lives of LGBTQ+ individuals. As policymakers, industry leaders, and advocates grapple with the future of

LGBT Tech has joined two amicus briefs opposing Louisiana’s SOCIAL Act (NetChoice v. Murrill) and Virginia’s SB 854 (NetChoice v. Jones).

Yahoo News featured LGBT Tech's "Beyond Binary" report, showing how technology and digital policy are impacting LGBTQ+ people today. The article highlights the report's message that issues like internet access, online privacy, platform policies, and artificial intelligence are becoming increasingly important to LGBTQ+ equality, especially as federal protections and digital equity programs face new challenges. The article also shares findings from LGBT Tech's research showing

LGBT Tech is proud to release the third year of our national research initiative, ctrl+alt+lgbt, a landmark survey examining how LGBTQ+ adults in the United States access, navigate, and experience digital life.

The filing urges the FCC to reject any framework that treats transgender identity or LGBTQ+ representation as a warning category rather than ordinary human presence.

In today’s tech policy environment, many lawmakers are presenting a binary choice: accepting today’s platform environment or cutting young people off from social media. LGBT Tech firmly believes there is a broad middle ground of serious and access-preserving safeguards. Ones that protect all internet users, especially youth and other vulnerable communities, while enabling community building, self-exploration, finding support, and access to positive representation.

May 8 marks one year since President Trump declared on social media that he was ending the Digital Equity Act.

LGBT Tech filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission opposing proposed changes to the Lifeline program.

LGBT Tech's new roadmap outlines seven core principles for stronger privacy legislation.

A new LGBT Tech report examines how documentation, verification, and surveillance are converging to create new digital risks for transgender people.

In response to growing efforts legislative efforts around under-16 or similar age-minimum social media bans, LGBT Tech and the undersigned organizations push back.

54 organizations, led by LGBT Tech and The Cancer Network, filed comments in opposition to proposed deregulation of HHS structured data elements.

LGBT Tech responds to claims made in House E&C resources.