Christy Mallory is the interim executive director and legal director at the Williams Institute. The Williams Institute is a renowned research center focused on LGBTQ law and public policy based at the UCLA School of Law. For over two decades, Christy’s work, and the work of the Institute more broadly, has informed numerous policies that impact the lives of LGBTQ people at the local, state, national, and international levels. Her research has been cited by two US presidents, the Supreme Court, Congress, and numerous state legislatures and governors.