Last week Paying an unfair price: The financial penalty for being LGBT in America caught my attention. The report – the first ever I recall on this topic – paints a bleak picture of the added financial burdens LGBT Americans face because of legalized discrimination in the form of anti-LGBT laws at the national, state and local levels.
The report documents how inequitable laws harm the economic well-being of LGBT people in three key ways:
- Enabling legal discrimination in jobs, housing, credit, and other areas
- Failing to recognize LGBT families, both in general and across a range of programs and laws designed to help American families
- Creating barriers to safe and affordable education for LGBT students and the children of LGBT parents
“Paying an Unfair Price” offers broad recommendations to help strengthen economic security for LGBT Americans including:
- Instituting basic nondiscrimination protections at the federal and state level
- Allowing same-sex couples to marry in all states
- Allowing LGBT parents to form legal ties with the children they are raising
- Protecting students from discrimination and harassment on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity
You can read more about this report here.
BosGuy 
The stereotype of gays being wealthy has proliferated throughout our culture. In fact LGBT discrimination keeps many from realizing their full potential, both economically and socially. Glad to someone took the time to put this shame into words. A better understanding of how hate effects on many levels can only help. thanks for posting this. it explains a lot.
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