NEW RESEARCH

LGBT poverty dropped to 17% during the COVID-19 pandemic

The number of LGBT and non-LGBT people experiencing poverty dropped dramatically since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The proportion of LGBT people experiencing poverty declined from 23% in 2020 to 17% in 2021. The most notable decreases in poverty were seen among transgender people (35% to 21%) and cisgender bisexual women (30% to 20%). LGBT households with children also experienced a significant drop in poverty.

While our study didn't examine the causes, recent research has suggested a drop in poverty after 2020 in the general population is due to the COVID-19 stimulus programs, most of which have ended.
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LGBTI Victories in the Caribbean and a Turning Point for LGBTI Rights in the Americas
By Ari Shaw in Global Americans
January 25, 2023
At the end of 2022, LGBTI activists in Barbados achieved a stunning victory: the High Court of Barbados ruled that the criminalization of consensual same-sex intimacy is unconstitutional. Like many former British colonies, Barbados inherited penal codes with proscriptions against “buggery” and other vaguely defined acts that had been used to directly target LGBTI people. The Barbados Sexual Offences Act of 1992 imposed sentences of up to life in prison if convicted. While many of these laws on the books are selectively enforced, they are nevertheless dangerous and stigmatizing signals of disapproval that can lead to violence and discrimination against LGBTI people.
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