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Author: Spencer Watson

J.D. Financial Counselor. Activist. Founder, President, & Executive Director at Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research.

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…

Spencer Watson May 24, 2022

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…

Spencer Watson May 16, 2022

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…

Spencer Watson May 6, 2022

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…

Spencer Watson March 29, 2022

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…

Spencer Watson March 9, 2022

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…

Spencer Watson February 24, 2022

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…

Spencer Watson January 7, 2022

#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…

Spencer Watson December 16, 2021

Call for Stories: Name Changes & Financial Records

Earlier this year CLEAR reported how transgender and gender-nonconforming consumers who changed their legal name continued to struggle to update their names on their credit…

Spencer Watson December 6, 2021

CLEAR Celebrates House Passage of Build Back Better Act

This morning, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Build Back Better Act. The Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research applauds the…

Spencer Watson November 19, 2021
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