Amerins Still Greatly Overtimate U.S. Gay Populatn

Contents:

• THE GAY AND TRANSGENR WAGE GAP
• AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN
• AMERINS GREATLY OVERTIMATE PERCENT GAY, LBIAN U.S.

THE GAY AND TRANSGENR WAGE GAP

The cens survey, for example, asks rponnts to choose which bt reprents how they thk of themselv: “gay or lbian”; “bisexual”; “somethg else”; “I don’t know”; or “straight, that is not gay or lbian. In the past lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr, or LGBT, people have ma rapid progrs wng and securg equal rights.

For example, as the Natnal Coaln for LGBT Health not, a black gay man fac dispari mon to the Ain-Amerin muny as well as those suffered by the LGBT muny, and a transgenr Spanish-speakg woman, regardls of her sexual orientatn, mt navigate multiple stanc of discrimatn based on language, ethnicy, and genr. Although statistics on California’s lbian, gay, and bisexual rints nnot be generalized to the natnal LGB populatn, is eful to analyze California sce has the largt LGB populatn the Uned Stat. A study by the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force and the Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly shows that 97 percent of transgenr people report beg mistreated at work bee of their genr inty or exprsn.

Another reason LGBT people tend to have worse health stat than heterosexuals is the social stigma around beg lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr. For example, rearchers have found that over half of medil school curricula clu no rmatn about gay and lbian people.

AMERINS STILL GREATLY OVERTIMATE U.S. GAY POPULATN

This excln om curricula and trags matters: Stunts wh exposure to lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr patients are more likely to perform more prehensive patient histori, hold more posive attus toward LGBT patients, and posss greater knowledge of LGBT health re ncerns. 1 percent) related to gay or transgenr issu.

The above text monstrated that signifint health dispari exist between lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr, or LGBT, and heterosexual populatns. Unfortunately, many gay and transgenr workers receive unequal pay for equal work the Uned Stat today. Given high rat of discrimatn hirg, firg, and wag that gay and transgenr workers experience on the job, we need stronger laws and polici place to ensure all workers have equal workplace protectns unr the law no matter their sexual orientatn or genr inty.

Below, we document the differenc pay between gay and transgenr workers and their heterosexual unterparts and offer polici to ensure they receive the fair pay they serve. The gay and transgenr wage gap. Recent rearch and data pot to signifint dispari earngs for gay and transgenr workers.

AMERINS GREATLY OVERTIMATE PERCENT GAY, LBIAN U.S.

This is pecially the se for gay men and transgenr women. The Williams Instute fds that gay and bisexual men earn 10 percent to 32 percent ls than siarly qualified heterosexual men, a meta-analysis of 12 studi examg earngs and sexual orientatn the Uned Stat.

Rearch dit that lbian workers still earn ls than both heterosexual and gay men. Lee Badgett (1995) found that gay and bisexual men earned between 11 percent and 27 percent ls than their heterosexual unterparts while fdg no statistil difference for lbian and bisexual women. Dan Black, Gary Gat, Seth Sanrs, and Lowell Taylor’s (2000) rearch dit that gay men earned 14 to 16 percent ls than their heterosexual unterparts, while lbian women actually earned 20 to 34 percent more.

Sylvia Allegretto and Michelle Arthur (2001) suggt that gay men partnered same-sex upl earn 15. Further, Williams’ meta-analysis ports wh studi of wage earngs among public-sector gay workers. Together, the studi suggt that gay ernment employe earn 8 to 29 percent ls than their heterosexual unterparts, ditg that discrimatn earngs the public sector is no different than discrimatn earngs the private sector.

Gay and transgenr fai are enomilly vulnerable.

When gay and transgenr workers suffer om pay dispari they have ls money their pockets to pay the mortgage, buy groceri, and pay their utily bills. Further, the wage and e gaps part expla why gay and transgenr fai are more likely to live poverty. The socenomic dispari are pecially acute for fai head by gay or transgenr people lor: Thirty-two percent of black male same-sex upl and 28 percent of female same-sex upl live poverty, pared to jt 13 percent of black different-sex married upl.

Gay and transgenr workers need workplace protectns.