Fact Sheet: Trans Communities & Universal Basic Income
Read and download our new financial fact sheet about Trans Communities & Universal Basic Income that we created with Queer Works. Universal Basic Income (UBI)…
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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…
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…
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…
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…