The Burden of LGBTQ Student Loan Debt
This school year, and every year, LGBTQ college students have to adapt to financial challenges that may not be a concern for straight peers. LGBTQ students are being hit hard by a combination…
Category: Wealth Gap
CLEAR Joins with 237 Organizations to Call on President Biden to Cancel Student Debt on Day One
Today, CLEAR is proud to join with 236 organizations nationwide in sending a letter to President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris, calling on them to use executive…
CLEAR Joins Human Rights Watch in Urging US Congress to Pass HR 40, Reparations Bill
This week, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research proudly has joined with nearly 300 national and state organizations in urging Congress to enact…
How LGBTQ Economic Equality Benefits Everyone
By Oliver McNeil and Spencer Watson In The Economic Case for LGBT Equality, M.V. Lee Badgett makes a profound yet straightforward argument based on the…
The Cost of Safety: How Gilead Gouges Patients for Lifesaving Prescriptions
There has been a deluge of stories about medical equipment shortages, rising positive cases, and lagging policy responses around COVID-19. As labs rush to manufacture…
Federal Reserve: Only 64% of LGB adults “doing okay” financially in 2019
Quietly, this year the Federal Reserve considered for the first time openly the well being of LGBTQ consumers and businesses in their annual reporting of…
At The End of the Rainbow: Corporate LGBTQ Marketing
Pride month offers corporations and brands an opportunity to repackage their image to suggest a rainbow of inclusivity. In 2020, as in previous years, hundreds…
CLEAR Urges Congress include Nondiscrimination Protections in COVID-19 Legislation
Today, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research joins with 183 national and state organizations in urging Congress to include protections for vulnerable and…
[Call for Stories] Discrimination in Credit, Financial Services, & Community Lending
The Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research is collaborating with a national coalition of LGBTQ and anti-poverty organizations in co-authoring a national report on…
CLEAR Urges Congress Pass the PAID Leave Act
Today, the Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research joins with over 150+ organizations in urging Members of Congress to enact the PAID leave act…
