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As the Williams Institute celebrates a decade of gathering data to inform the nation about the LGBT population, the organization shares 10 facts that were uncovered about gay people, from our diversity to our impact on the federal deficit:

Bisexual women and gay men face elevated risks of intimate partner violence, according to a new Williams Institute report published in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.

According to a new study conducted at UCLA William Institute, “lesbian couples are more likely to be poor than married heterosexuals.”

An alarming percentage of gay individuals face employment harassment and often decide not to disclose their sexual orientation in the workplace, according to a summary of recent social science data by the Williams Institute.

A new study from The Williams Institute at UCLA confirms what many of us already knew: Lesbians make great parents. Maybe someone should tell Mitt Romney.

A recent study by the Williams Institute out of the UCLA Law School has also given us one more item for our list of great equalizers—lesbians and gay are also poor. The myth that all gays and lesbians are affluent with lots of disposable income is just that--a myth. 

A new study discovers that LGBT youth face twice as much mistreatment in the foster care system as do their non-LGBT peers.

A new report shows that things may be turning around for gay couples, especially in Massachusetts, California, New York, and Texas.

Seventeen-year-olds raised by lesbian parents since birth show no different quality of life than their peers raised by heterosexual parents, according to a new study published in the Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics.

Seventeen-year-old girls are more likely to have sexual contact with another girl than they were a decade ago, according to a new study by the U.S. National Survey of Family Growth.

the Happy Hippie Foundation seeks to help youth and reduce homelessness

The Advocate released their annual 40 Under 40 list of budding powerhouses, leaders in media, politics, sports, and science, who are facilitating our future. We wanted to highlight some of the incredible young women from the list here, but be sure to check out all 40 incredible women and men on The Advocate.

Rep. Barney Frank and colleagues will introduce the Employment Non-Discrimination Act in the House on Wednesday — a bill that Frank described in a statement as a "difficult but winnable fight." The prospects of the bill, which would cover sexual orientation and gender identity in federal employment antidiscrimination laws – are bleak in the current Republican-controlled House, though Frank said that the bill is an "important vehicle" for "a serious lobbying effort."

Keesha Patterson proposed to her girlfriend Rowan Ha while the two celebrated Barack Obama's re-election in Chicago, and will head home to Maryland with the newly acquired freedom to marry in the northeastern state.

Is it part of a trend, or just a minor set back?