Reports & Research

In a society rife with anti-LGBT discrimination, Social Security is a crucial and stable form of support. Here’s why:

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) workers often:

• Do not have full legal recognition and support for their families;
• Can still be legally fired because of whom they love;
• Earn less, on average, than their heterosexual counterparts.

LGBT elders are more likely to:

• Find federal programs inaccessible, ineffective or irrelevant because of homophobia and transphobia;
• Receive substandard care, be denied care, or be disparaged by their physicians and social workers because of their sexual orientation;
• Risk automatic disclosure of their birth gender under the Real ID Act, which threatens transgender elders with discriminatory or inappropriate treatment.

Privatization would be disproportionately devastating to LGBT Americans.