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Partners & Developers
These brands are providing Equaldex's data to their customers, readers, and employees.
- Country Rating IndexGlobal Life-Work Balance IndexRemote.com uses Equaldex's Equality Index as a metric to score which places have the best balance of life and work.
- Country Rating IndexBerkeley Inclusiveness IndexThe Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley uses Equaldex's Equality Index to score LGBTQ+ inclusiveness.
- Data Visualization PlatformOur World In DataOur World In Data uses Equaldex's data to create interactive visualizations of LGBTQ+ rights across the world.
- Travel AgencyKAYAKKayak uses Equaldex's Equality Index as a scoring factor in their remote work rankings.
- Travel GuideTravelGay.comTravel Gay shows LGBTQ+ travelers their destination country's laws for smarter traveling.
- Travel AgencyOut Of OfficeLuxury travel agency Out Of Office gives clients context about their travel destination's LGBTQ+ laws.
- Travel AgencyHubenLuxury holiday travel agency shows Equaldex's data to prospective clients and travelers.
- Fortune 500 CompanyGeneral ElectricGE integrated Equaldex's regional law data into their internal HR system to provide travel advice for their LGBTQ+ employees.
Recommended & Referenced by
Equaldex has been recommended or used as a reference by the following publications, organizations, and educational institutions.
Press Coverage & Recognition
- Attitude: Equaldex Founder Dan Leveille Featured in the Attitude 101 List
- DatingAdvice.com: Despite Discrimination and Hate, Many LGB Singles Are Finding Love Online
- Website Planet: Challenges of a collaborative project and the Equality Index with Equaldex
- .gay: .gay Community Spotlight on Equaldex
- DatingNews.com: Equaldex Tracks Laws and Sentiment to Identify the Most Progressive Places for LGBTQ+ Folks to Live
- Queerty: Here's How To Learn Every LGBT Law In The World
- Vox: Map: Dozens of Countries Still Punish Homosexuality with Prison and Death
- Passport Magazine: Equaldex Helps LGBTQ Travelers Navigate Laws Around the World
- Autostraddle: Equaldex: Exploring the New Virtual Information-Sharing Network for Global LGBT Rights
- MediaTemple: When Design is Applied to LGBT Rights Around the World
- The Backlot: Check Out Equaldex, A Global Wiki-Style LGBT Equality Index
- Same Same: Same Same: New Maps Show Global Divide on Homosexuality
- The Rainbow Times: Equaldex Offers Web Database, Timeline of LGBT Laws, Organizations & News Globally
- The Blot This New Web Resource Will Be Your One-Stop Shop For Global LGBT Facts
- American Library Association: New Map Service Equaldex Tracks Worldwide LGBT Laws
- Electronic Frontier Foundation: LGBTQ Communities in the Arab World Face Unique Digital Threats
- Dot429: 10 Innovative Lgbt Startups You Probably Haven't Heard Of
- GA Voice: New Site Gives Fresh Path to Every Lgbt Law in the World
- Yagg: Equaldex: Maps to See LGBT Rights Worldwide (French)
- Dezanove: Equaldex, The Database of LGBT Rights In The World (Portuguese)
Contact
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Press Releases
Equaldex Launches, Aims To Crowdsource Global LGBT Rights Movement Data
Equaldex, a collaborative LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) rights website launched today, aimed at crowdsourcing every LGBT-related law around the world. The site provides users an accurate and comprehensive global view of LGBT rights, with the use of maps, timelines, statistics, and historical data in each country and region.
Equaldex is completely collaborative; as LGBT laws change, users update the database, citing reputable sources for accuracy. Other users are encouraged to authenticate the accuracy of each update and the information becomes verified as site usage increases.
The site's growing database includes a variety of LGBT-related issues for each region: gay marriage, serving in the military, housing and employment discrimination protection, donating blood, same-sex adoption, the ability to legally change gender, and more.
Data on Equaldex is structured in a consistent format, which is displayed in the form of maps, visualizations, and statistics about the LGBT rights movement. The site's founder, Dan Leveille, is confident that Equaldex will become an invaluable educational resource and provide a comprehensive insight into how the LGBT rights movement is progressing and which areas of the world are falling behind.
Users are credited for contributing information to Equaldex, giving them an extra incentive to continuously update the site. Each user has a profile that shows contributions they've made, the amount of "accurate" votes their contributions received, and the regions to which they’ve contributed.
Leveille wanted to build a system that anyone can contribute knowledge to. Using a “discussion” page on each region, users can collaborate by sharing resources, discussing the status of the region's laws, and helping each other research missing or ambiguous information.
Equaldex has already attracted over 300,000 unique visitors, even before launching. More than 4,000 users signed up for early access, many of whom are already contributing information to the site.
"Not many people realize that there are over 75 countries where homosexual activity is illegal," says Leveille, "and in quite a few of those countries, the consequence can be life in prison, or even the death penalty. There are a lot of surprising facts regarding LGBT rights that most people are unaware of, and Equaldex will shine light in that area in a visual and compelling way."
The site also pulls public opinion data from reputable global LGBT surveys and will soon give even more insight to the public's stance on these issues and LGBT people in general.
Laws are just the tip of the iceberg for Equaldex. Leveille hopes to expand the site, and include more information about how the general public of each region feels about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender issues, "I have plans to eventually make Equaldex a resource for everything related LGBT rights," Leveille adds.
Equaldex is being built by Dan Leveille, a developer and marketer based in Los Angeles, California, who started planning the site in 2009. Last August, Equaldex was launched to a group of Alpha Testers, which has grown to around 500 people.