Surveys & Studies
The following are surveys and studiess that we share as a community service. If you have a survey or study that you are seeking participants for please email info@marriageequality.org
We need to hear about your experiences in court
My name is Alexis and I am a PhD Candidate at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and I need your help. I am working with my advisor, Dr. Kevin Nadal, to get valuable information and an accurate portrayal of LGBTQ experiences with the courts.
Click here to start the survey: https://survey.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bCP2MDaLduGLA4A
Why are we doing this?
There are many disheartening stories about the inequality and maltreatment that LGBT persons continue to endure at the hands of a system that was created to protect the rights of all citizens. We started this project to bring those discriminatory experiences to light. It is also important to know if our community has had positive interactions with the court system.
What will YOUR participation do?
Without an accurate portrayal of the community as a whole, policy makers and other researchers are reluctant to invest time and money into resolving issues that afflict the LGBTQI communities. Your participation can help to change that by increasing the chance that information about LGBT experiences can be published in journals where other researchers, educators, policy makers, the media, and the LGBT community as a whole can access it.
Don't want to complete the survey?
We would love to get your survey responses but you can still help even if you chose not to complete the survey yourself. Email or tweet this shortened link http://bit.ly/oyHD0N to your friends, family, co-workers, or anyone that you think would be interested in hearing about this project.
I’m not LGBTQI, should I still complete the survey?
Yes! In order to know the relative disparity in treatment between the sexual minority and the sexual majority, we need heterosexual and cisgender respondents as well. That's the great thing about this project, all of the information that we gather will help our community in our future experiences with the courts.
Thanks for your time,
Alexis Forbes, MA amurray-forbes@jjay.cuny.edu
Kevin Nadal, PhD knadal@jjay.cuny.edu
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
John Jay IRB# 13-01-005-0137
Are you now, or have you previously been, in a romantic partnership with someone from another country?
My name is Laurie Sylla and I am a freelance researcher/writer working on a book and am surveying people about their trans-national relationships. I am looking for assistance reaching people who are now, or who have previously been, in a romantic partnership with someone from another country. My goal is help these couples increase their likelihood of long-term relationship success. I am committed to having gay and lesbian couples represented in this book, especially given the additional legal and immigration hurdles g/l couples frequently need to go through.
The survey is anonymous and those who take it will be given the chance to enter a drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card.
You can help by:
• Taking the survey yourself if you are, or have been, in this kind of relationship
• Emailing this request to people you know who are/have been in this kind of relationship, or who might know others who have been in this kind of relationship
• Emailing this request to your organizational membership
• Posting a link to my website: http://www.lovehasnoborders.org on your website or blog if you have one.
• Posting a link to my facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/crossculturelove on your Facebook page, or sharing it with your Facebook friends
• Participating in an in-depth interview (about 60-90 minutes; can be done by phone)
• Send a tweet about the survey, or follow us on twitter @lauriesylla.
For information about this project and about me, to find survey links, or to share your relationship experiences on-line, please go to http://www.lovehasnoborders.org
To go directly to the survey, if you are NOW in a cross-cultural relationship, go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LHNBtogether
If your cross cultural relationship was in the PAST, please go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LHNBNLTOG
Thank you for your time and your contribution to others. If you want any additional information, I can be reached at lovehasnoborders@live.com.
Are you lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT) and a member of the American workforce?
The Movement Advancement Project (MAP), the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and the Center for American Progress (CAP) are co-authoring a policy report on LGBT Workers in the American Workforce. This report will provide an overview of the American workforce and the LGBT workforce in America, and look at how workplace challenges make it difficult for LGBT workers to provide for themselves and their families.
We want to hear it all - the good, the bad and the ugly. Adding your voice to this project will help advance policies to make workplaces more inclusive, and help raise the profile of LGBT workplace issues in the media and across the nation. With your permission, one use for your stories may be in our upcoming report about LGBT Workers in the American Workforce. Or, if you are willing, we might ask you to speak with the media (and we would provide training to help you do so effectively). But, even if you wish to remain anonymous, we still want to hear from you. Learn more here.
Does LGBT(Q) Equality Matter to You? If So, Please Take This Brief Survey
Throughout the U.S., the hard-earned rights of LGBT(Q) individuals are being discussed in politics, in media and, very possibly, in your own community. Would you know where to turn if you needed assistance with any of the following LGBT(Q) or HIV-related legal issues?
• Discrimination
• Marriage equality
• HIV
• Transgender
• Adoption
• Hate crimes/violence
• Youth and schools
We ask that you take this brief online survey to help us learn more about which LGBT(Q)/HIV legal issues are most important to you. In addition, we hope to learn where you might seek assistance if you feel that your rights — or the rights of someone you care about — have been violated.
Please know that your valuable feedback is completely confidential. We appreciate your time and consideration — thank you!
SPANISH STUDY RE: THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF BEING LGB
This is to request participation and support for a doctoral research project from the Sexology Research Group at the University of Almería (Spain) in collaboration with the Spanish Society for Sexological Intervention.
Participation consists of filling out a 15 minute online survey. To support the study, please email, post, tweet, or Facebook the link, http://encuestas.ual.es:9080/limesurvey/index.php?sid=83789&lang=en, to anyone you think might be intersted.
What is this study about?
The title of this study is THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF BEING GAY, LESBIAN or BISEXUAL. Every time another study publishes more data on “suicidal, young gay teens” or “the lesbian cochlea” they are simply perpetuating negative stereotypes. The study is using a positive psychology base. Our aim is to publish data on POSITIVE aspects about being non-heterosexual to more adequately represent GLB experiences. This study also looks at the negative aspects, but negative in terms of consequences of living in a heterosexist society.
What about privacy? Will participants be protected?
Absolutely, by using LimeSurvey’s application to collect data, no information about participants, other than what they answer in basic demographic information, like State of residence, can ever be revealed. There are no cookies, IP address tracking, names attached, nothing of the sort. A person’s right to privacy is essential and fully respected.
How does this fit with MEUSA’s mission?
The fight for equal rights is multi-front, academic research being one of them. Without the work of Evelyn Hooker, the DSM might still list homosexuality. Participating in studies is another way to work towards change.
If you have any questions or comments please contact the principal researcher, Jenna Strizzi ualmeriaglbstudy@gmail.com
The Diversity and Aging Study
WE ARE LOOKING FOR PARTICIPANTS OF ALL SEXUAL ORIENTATIONS AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS
Palo Alto University is conducting a study to learn about what predicts the psychological health of middle-aged and older adults of different sexual orientations and different ethnicities. You are eligible to participate in this study if you are an adult in the United States who is 45 years or older, and you are able read English. It will take about 20 to 50 minutes to complete the questionnaire online: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/R5KBMPX
(If you would prefer to complete a paper copy of the survey to mail in, please call Peter Goldblum at 650-961-7503 x 25.)
You may benefit from this study by learning about your own attitudes about aging, your psychological well-being, and knowing that you have contributed to helping us understand factors that influence the well-being of people from diverse backgrounds as they age.
Lesbian Women Needed for Survey on Sexual Minority Health - Psychology Department at Old Dominion University
Women who identify as sexual minorities are an under represented group in terms of information on health and well-being. Specifically, we are interested in understanding how various individual and relationship experiences may be related to physical and mental health.
To be eligible to participate in this study you need be at least 18 years of age, identify as a lesbian, and have been born biologically female. If you meet these criteria, we invite you to participate in this study. We expect that it will take approximately 20 minutes.
You will be answering questions about your experiences as a lesbian, your relationships with others, and your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Your responses to this survey will be completely anonymous in that your name will never be associated with your responses. The researchers will have access only to a data file that does not include any identifying information. Your privacy is very important to us and we want to reassure you that the information you provide cannot be associated with you in any way.
Participants who complete this survey will be eligible to be entered into a raffle for four $25.00 Amazon.com gift cards. If you wish to enter this raffle, you will be directed to a separate page in which you will enter your contact information. With this approach, you can be assured that your name will never be associated with your survey responses.
Begin survey: https://periwinkle.ts.odu.edu/surveys/DXRXSV
Questions can be directed to Tyler Mason, B.S. tmaso008@odu.edu
Graduate Student, Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University
LGBTQ Reducing Disparities Project Survey
Members of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning (LGBTQ) communities continue to face challenges getting services to fit their unique needs. This is why we invite you to participate in a groundbreaking study about the needs of LGBTQ people and their families. We need your voice!
To take the survey copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://tinyurl.com/LGBTReducingDisparities Please help us by sharing this survey link - post it on Facebbo, Tweet it, post it on Google+!
This survey is for anyone whose sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression may not fit the expectations of society, their friends or families. It is also for parents/guardians of LGBTQ individuals. We know not everyone identifies as LGBTQ. When we use this common acronym, we are also referring to the many diverse ways community members identify including, but not limited to:
Del Ambiente * Downe * Gender Queer * Intersex * Pansexual * Same Gender Loving * Stud * Transgenero * Two Spirit
No matter what label you may use to identify yourself, or if you’ve ever wondered if you’re LGBTQ, this survey is for you.
The LGBTQ Reducing Disparities Project Survey will explore the discrimination, inequalities, and needs of Californians whose sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression may not fit the expectations of society.
If you would like more information about the project please contact
Poshi Mikalson, Project Manager at: LGBTQmentalhealth@att.net or 916-520-4528
This project is presented by the California LGBT Health and Human Services Network through a collaborative arrangement with Equality California Institute and Mental Health America Northern California funded by the Mental Health Services Act.
SAGE Seeking Stories from Older LGBTIQ People
SAGE is an organization providing “Services and Advocacy for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Elders”. This item posted 2011-04-08.
As many of you know, last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced several actions it will take to improve the health and well-being of LGBT people. For LGBT older adults, the most significant announcement was that HHS will instruct the States that they are empowered to treat same-sex partners the same as married heterosexual couples when it comes to protection from "spousal impoverishment" under Medicaid.
Until now, LGBT older couples have not been eligible for the exemptions that apply to married heterosexual couples, which are there to protect a healthy spouse from having to give up retirement savings and the family home in order to qualify a spouse for long-term care. States now have to ability to correct this inequity. However, the federal government is not forcing States to take corrective actions but instead telling States they have the legal power to do so.
SAGE has been talking to various policy thinkers and journalists, and in order to support our ongoing advocacy work around this issue, we are now seeking personal stories of LGBT older couples in which one person is in need of, or almost in need of, long term care, will need Medicaid coverage at some point, and they own a home or retirement savings that could be jeopardized without spousal impoverishment protection. Couples must be comfortable going public with their story, and willing to be potentially interviewed by reporters.
If you know of any LGBT older couples who fit this criteria, please contact me ASAP at jevans@sageusa.org or 212-741-2247. Thank you for your help!
Best regards,
Judy Evans
Director of Marketing and Media Relations
SAGE
