AN 355: Gender and Anthropology: Other Resources

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a national public health institute in the United States. It is a United States federal agency, under the Department of Health and Human Services.

This research guide provides a list of sources for demographics related to the LGBTQ+ community.

The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.

AQA promotes anthropological research and education on homosexuality, bisexuality, transgender/transsexuality, and other sexual and gender identities and expressions, and their intersections with race, class, disability, nationality, colonialism and globalization.

interACT, Advocates for Intersex Youth, is a nonprofit organization using innovative strategies to advocate for the legal and human rights of children with intersex traits.

The Intersex Society of North America was a non-profit advocacy group founded in 1993 by Cheryl Chase to end shame, secrecy, and unwanted genital surgeries.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.

Sapiens is a digital magazine. It aims to transform how the public understands anthropology. Every piece of content is grounded in anthropological research, theories, or thinking. They present stories and perspectives that are authoritative, accessible, and relevant—but still lively and entertaining.

The Human Rights Campaign website maintains a list of legislation they consider critical to human rights initiatives.

This list from the Library of Congress provides various sources for viewing U.S. laws.

NexisUni (formerly LexisNexis Academic) provides fulltext to news, business and legal information. NOTE: This is a library database, so you will have to log in with your Jagnet email and password.

Social Explorer provides easy access to demographic information about the United States. It provides thousands of interactive data maps going back to 1790.