Policing Progress: Findings from a National Survey of LGBTQ+ People’s Experiences with Law Enforcement

The national conversation on policing continues to wrestle with some hard truths about injustices associated with law enforcement. Often missing from this dialogue is a group that faces disproportionate harm from the criminal legal system: lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer+ (LGBTQ+) people. Despite successful mobilization by LGBTQ+ communities and their allies, and efforts by law enforcement to improve relations with LGBTQ+ communities, LGBTQ+ people continue to be over-criminalized.