Use this page to learn more about the different data resources for Gender & LGBTQ research accessible through the Sarah Lawrence College Library, and beyond.
Discover information on demographic and historical data, and more.
Demographic Data
2015 U.S. Transgender Survey (USTS)With almost 28,000 respondents, this is the "...largest survey ever devoted to the lives and experiences of trans people."
GSS Data Explorer, NORCThe General Social Survey (GSS), searchable through the Data Explorer from NORC at the University of Chicago, dates back to 1972 and provides information about social change in American society. Search the Data Explorer for "gay" and "lesbian" to find data.
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LGBT Data"LGBTData.com serves as a no-cost, open-access clearinghouse for the collection of sexual orientation & gender identity data and measures."
National Transgender Discrimination SurveyThis survey was released in 2011 by the NCTE and the National LGBTQ Task Force. It includes interviews with over 6,400 transgender and gender non-conforming people, which makes it the largest survey of its kind ever completed.
Historical Data
Historical Statistics of the United StatesThis link opens in a new windowQuantitative facts of American history. Statistical tables covering population, work and welfare, economic structure and performance, economic sectors, and governance and international relations. The fully searchable and downloadable electronic edition permits users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest.
Scope: United States.
Dates: 1700s-2000 (majority of tables falling between 1790-1990).
Health Data
WHO: Gender and GeneticsFrom the World Health Organization's Genomic Resource Centre, this online guide outlines the genetic components of sex and gender, including sex chromosome abnormalities and sexual ambiguity.
National Institutes of Health Sexual and Gender Minority Research OfficeNIH knowledge base of sexual and gender minority health and well-being related research. Database includes "lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations as well as those whose sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, or reproductive development varies from traditional, societal, cultural, or physiological norms."
data resources for Gender & LGBTQ research accessible through the Sarah Lawrence College Library, and beyond.