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Gary J. Gates
Senior Research Fellow

The Williams Institute welcomes Gary J. Gates, PhD to the UCLA School of Law as a Senior Research Fellow. Dr. Gates is co-author of The Gay and Lesbian Atlas and is widely acknowledged as the nation's leading expert on the demography and geography of the gay and lesbian population. His doctoral dissertation included the first significant research exploring characteristics of same-sex couples using U.S. Census data. He has since published extensively on the demographic and economic traits of the lesbian and gay population. His work has been featured in many national and international media outlets, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Financial Times, and National Public Radio.

Prior to completing his PhD from the H. John Heinz School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, Dr. Gates facilitated the development of and co-authored a statewide HIV prevention plan for Pennsylvania. Gates' background includes a Master of Divinity degree from St. Vincent Seminary and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.

Dr. Gates' current research projects include a series of studies exploring the demographics and economic traits of Asian Pacific Islanders, Latino/as, and African-Americans in same-sex couples in California, a study of bi-national same-sex couples in the United States, and an NIH-funded research project comparing same-sex couples in the United States and Canada.

Dr. Gates' position at the Williams Institute was made possible by a generous grant from the Gill Foundation.

PUBLICATIONS

• The Gay and Lesbian Atlas (with Jason Ost), Urban Institute Press, May 2004.
• Demographics of the Gay and Lesbian Population in the United States: Evidence from Available Systematic Data Sources (with Dan Black, Seth Sanders, and Lowell Taylor), Demography 37 (2): 139-154, May 2000.
• Why Do Gay Men Live In San Francisco? (with Dan Black, Seth Sanders, and Lowell Taylor), Journal of Urban Economics 51(1): 54-74, January 2002.
• Gay Men and Lesbians in the Military: Estimates from Census 2000, Urban Institute Research Report, September 2004.