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LGBTQ+ Equal Pay Day
LGBTQ+ Equal Pay Day is the day that LGBTQ+ people must work until before they earn the equivalent of what men were paid the previous year.
LGBTQ+ people experience poverty at varying rates depending on sexual orientation, race, and gender identity, but transgender people and cisgender bisexual women experience the highest rates of poverty.
Some facts:
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation found that full-time LGBTQ workers make approximately 90 cents for every $1 earned by the average worker in the US. It’s even larger for LGBTQ+ women– at 79 cents.
Transgender and cisgender bisexual women experience the highest rates of poverty, according to the Williams Institute.
22% of LGBTQ+ people live in poverty. That means food insecurity at twice the rate of non-LGBTQ identities.
1 in 5 women who identify as LGBTQ+ and work in construction trades face harassment for their sexual orientation. This pushes them out of good jobs and forces unnecessary financial insecurity.
And nearly 30% of LGBTQ+ employees have experienced at least one form of employment discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, including not being promoted or receiving raises.
Equal pay days were started by the National Committee on Pay Equity (NCPE) in 1996. Their goal was to raise awareness about the gender wage gap.
For more information, see the Equal Pay Day:
LGBTQ+ webpage
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