On Monday, Zillow launched 'LGBT Local Legal Protections,' a data-powered resource on all Zillow listings that shows whether for-sale and rental listings are located in communities that explicitly protect individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender
The act, which would update U.S. law to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity, still needs to pass the Senate and be signed by the president to become law
46% of LGBT renters fear discrimination from neighbors, agents and sellers, according to a report by the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals
Jamie Zapata, a transgender woman, founded the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals' San Antonio chapter a year after becoming an agent