Report: LGBTQ-Owned Small Businesses in 2021
Today, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research (CLEAR) and the Movement Advancement Project (MAP) released a ground-breaking report on the financial health and…
Category: Market Gap
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…
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…
CLEAR Applauds House Passage of Fair Lending Data Collection for LGBTQ Small Businesses
The Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research cheers the House vote to enact H.R. 1443, the LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act,…
22 Rights Groups Tell PayPal and Venmo to Shape Up Account Freezes and Closures
Nearly two dozen rights groups, including the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research (CLEAR), have joined together to tell PayPal and its subsidiary Venmo…
CLEAR Tells U.S. House: Collect Fair Lending Data for LGBTQ Small Businesses
Today, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research (CLEAR) submitted a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Committee in support of…
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…