When institutions talk about data, they are often referring to what can be measured, counted, and reported. Metrics, outcomes, utilization rates, and performance indicators are treated as the primary sources of truth. But it is not the only form of data available.

Over the last five years, we have often received questions from reporters and journalists about resistance to the work of Toward Pride. There is an assumption that institutions are inherently, or even inevitably, resistant to LGBTQ+ thriving and flourishing.

We are living through a care crisis of epic proportions. Families are poorer. Kids are hungrier. Clinics are closing. Safety nets are shrinking. Care is harder to reach and easier to lose these days. What’s more alarming is how quickly we got here, rationing care as if it were a privilege instead of a right.