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Author: Spencer Watson

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

Coming Out Hungry: Food Insecurity & the LGBTQ Community

In this CLEAR Finance Chat, we sit down with special guests Barbie Izquierdo, Emilio Tavarez, and Mia Hubbard to demystify and destigmatize what it means…

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Spencer Watson May 2, 2021

CLEAR Urges Lawmakers to Repeal California’s Walking While Trans Ban

Today, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research submitted a letter of support to the California Senate Committee on Public Safety for Senate Bill…

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Spencer Watson April 5, 2021

CLEAR Calls on California Assembly to Include LGBTQ People in Mortality Data

Today, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research (CLEAR) submitted a letter of support to the California Assembly’s Committees on Judiciary and Health urging…

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Spencer Watson April 2, 2021

[FYI] Trans & Nonbinary Folks Can Start Changing Their Names on Credit Reports

Equifax announced today that trans and nonbinary consumers who have changed their legal name will now be able to request that the bureau change their…

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Spencer Watson March 31, 2021

CLEAR Joins with 200 Orgs in Letter to Biden for Equitable Child Care Recovery

This past week CLEAR joined with 200 organizations in sending a letter to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris which expresses our gratitude for…

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Spencer Watson March 23, 2021

CLEAR Tells Senate: Equality Act is Good Economics for Everyone

Today, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research submitted a letter of support for the record to the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of…

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Spencer Watson March 22, 2021

CLEAR Joins With Over 300 Groups in Calling on Congress to Rescind “Fake Lender” Rule that Facilitates Predatory Loan Schemes

With just a few days left before a crucial deadline, a broad coalition of organizations is today calling for Congress to eliminate a Trump-era regulation…

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Spencer Watson March 22, 2021

Trans & Queer Credit Report Issues with Billie Simmons from Daylight

In this CLEAR Finance Chat, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research’s Executive Director, Spencer Watson, sat down to chat with Billie Simmons, Co-Founder…

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Spencer Watson March 5, 2021

CLEAR Welcomes The Trans Capitalist as a Member Organization

The Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research is happy to welcome The Trans Capitalist to our coalition of member organizations committed to advancing LGBTQ…

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Spencer Watson March 1, 2021

CLEAR Calls on U.S. Department of Commerce to Include Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity in Household Pulse Survey

Yesterday, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding proposed revisions to the Household Pulse Survey.…

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Spencer Watson February 27, 2021
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