LGBTQ+ people in the US are still more likely to live in poverty - Business Insider

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Despite the Supreme Court's landmark decision, the journey to equality for the LGBT community in the US is far from over. Here are 12 numbers that show the economic challenges they face. (via HerMoney)

from The Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy at UCLA School of Law.

There's a cost to companies when employees remain closeted: 9% of LGBT+ employees have left a job because the work environment wasn't accepting. And LGBT+ workers who remain report spending valuable time guarding their closet door, paying what amounts to an "inclusion dividend" — LGBT+ employees reported to OutLeadership that they spend up to 10% of their productivity covering their identities at work.

The gender earnings gap is alive and well in the LGBT community where lesbian women earn less than their male counterparts and bisexual women make less than bisexual men, according to Prudential's 2016/2017 "Gender-based income inequality is particularly pronounced among LGBT couples. Census data shows that the average household income for female same-sex couples was nearly $100,000 versus $130,000 for the average same-sex male couple.

The general wage gap between men and women overall is well documented. For every $1 a man earns, a woman earns $0.82. That's the average for all women. The However, women in same-sex marriages fare better than women in opposite-sex marriages.

 

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