Progress towards lgbt equality is surprisingly mixed.

Via Lgbtqnation

“An independent think tank that studies the progress of the movement on equal rights for LGBT people released its latest report Tuesday, and the assessment is surprisingly “mixed.”” Some other facts included in the report where:

• Every state but one has an openly LGBT elected official;
• There are more than one million LGBT veterans; 71,000 are serving in the military currently;
• There are about 140,000 transgender veterans;
• Only 21 states and D.C. have “unambiguous laws” allowing same-sex couples to adopt children;
• 20 percent of hate crimes reported by law enforcement agencies to the FBI in 2012 involved sexual orientation bias;
• Three times as many people between the ages of 18 and 29 self-identify as LGBT compared to people 65 and older; and
• “The number of regular and recurring LGBT characters on broadcast network television reached its highest point in five years during the 2012-13 season.”