CLEAR’s Statement on Supreme Court’s Dobbs Decision
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs is a dangerous assault on the right of bodily autonomy for people who can become pregnant. The consequences of…
Author: Spencer Watson
J.D. Financial Counselor. Activist. Founder, President, & Executive Director at Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research.
Federal Reserve: LGBTQ+ People in U.S. Less Likely to Be Doing Okay Financially
Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve released its annual report about the financial well-being of people in the United States, the “Economic Well-Being of U.S.…
NCUA Gives Green Light for Charter Application for Diverge PFCU
The National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) has extended its approval for a new charter application for Diverge, a Proposed Federal Credit Union (PFCU). Diverge PFCU…
CLEAR Joins Consumer Federation of America as a Member
The Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research (CLEAR) is pleased to announce that it has joined the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) as a…
Join CLEAR at the LGBTQ+ Moral March Delegation in Washington D.C.
The National LGBTQ Anti-Poverty Action Network (The Network) is calling on the LGBTQ+ community to join us for the Poor People’s Campaign’s Moral March on…
40+ Groups Call on Congress to Enact Policies to Support Low-Income LGBTQI+ Communities in Budget Reconciliation
Yesterday, the National LGBTQ Anti-Poverty Action Network and 40 LGBTQI+ and anti-poverty organizations sent a letter to members of Congress and to the Biden Administration…
190 Organizations Call for LGBTQI+ Data Collection as National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Releases Historic Report on Measuring Sex, Sexual Orientation, & Gender Identity
Washington, DC, March 9, 2022 — Today an ad hoc panel of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) issued a groundbreaking consensus…
145 Organizations Call on Credit Bureaus to Fix Credit Reporting for Trans and Nonbinary Consumers
Today, 145 organizations sent a letter to the “Big Three” credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, and Transunion) and to the Consumer Data Industry Association (CDIA), the…
CLEAR & interACT Tell CFPB to Protect LGBTQI+ Businesses in Small Business Loan Data Collection
Yesterday, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research and interACT: Advocates for Intersex Youth submitted comments in response to the Bureau of Consumer Financial…
#ICYMI: There’s No Pride In Prejudice – CLEAR’s Testimony to House Financial Services Committee
Last month, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion held a hearing about economic wellbeing and access for LGBTQI+ people in the United…