The American Psychological Association today condemned the recent spate of bills introduced in state legislatures (and signed into law in North Carolina and Mississippi) that would discriminate against transgender individuals.  The APA is calling for passage of the federal Equality Act, which would protect the broader LGBTQ community from discrimination in employment, marriage, and public accommodations.  We know from many years of psychological research that discrimination has significant adverse effects on health, and as one 15-year-old transgender student in North Carolina put it, “it (the new law) gives permission to bully people.”

Read more at: http://www.apa.org/about/policy/discriminatory-legislation.aspx