LGBTQ+ people were disproportionately afflicted with poverty before March 2020, and the pandemic has exacerbated this. One in five LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. lived in poverty before the pandemic. Since the start of the pandemic, two-thirds of LGBTQ+ households have suffered a loss of employment—and two-thirds have suffered one or more serious financial problems.

Call on Congress to enact comprehensive solutions in the COVID-19 recovery bills to address the intersecting crises of public health, housing, poverty, and racial injustice afflicting LGBTQ+ people, and to invest in infrastructure to support and strengthen LGBTQ+ communities by: