Movement Advancement Project. September 2010. Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Adults: Issue Briefs. https://mapresearch.org/report/improving-the-lives-of-lgbt-older-adults-issue-briefs/.
This series of issue briefs provide a laser focus on the key topics addressed in the full report Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Adults. The 13 briefs cover the challenges facing LGBT elders in areas from health disparities to pensions, while offering recommendations for policy actions to improve LGBT elders’ lives.
Although largely invisible until very recently, LGBTQ older adults make up a significant (and growing) share of both the overall LGBTQ population and the larger 65+ population. While confronted with the same challenges that face all people as they age, LGBTQ elders also face an array of unique barriers and
LGBTQ people are our family, friends, neighbors, and coworkers. When it comes to having a safe place to live, they should be treated like anyone else and not be discriminated against. Yet LGBTQ people report high rates of housing discrimination, including being denied a rental unit, charged more, or harassed
LGBTQ people in the United States have the same worries as others when it comes to finding good jobs, providing for their families, and saving for the future. But research consistently finds that LGBTQ people and their families are more likely to struggle economically and experience higher rates of poverty
The following infographics are drawn from the report The LGBTQI+ Economic and Financial (LEAF) Survey: Understanding the Financial Lives of LGBTQI+ People in the United States, authored by the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) and the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement and Research (CLEAR).
