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Remember no politics! LGBT people's lives can be different because the world isn't LGBT inclusive. We all face challenges, but LGBT people can face particular ones... what are some of them?

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[–] dandelion@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Povetry:

Overall, more than one in five LGBTQ+ adults (22%) are living in poverty, compared to an estimated 16% of their straight and cisgender counterparts.

Trans folks in particular suffer from unemployment due to discrimination, and those that find jobs suffer from low wages and underemployment:

  • Transgender workers report unemployment at twice the rate of the population as a whole (14% vs. 7% at the time the workers were surveyed).
  • More than four in 10 transgender people (44%) who are currently working are underemployed.
  • Transgender workers are nearly four times more likely than the population as a whole to have a household income of under $10,000 (15% vs. 4% at the time the workers were surveyed).