RESILIENT BUT NOT RECOVERED - LGBTQ WOMEN AND NONBINARY PEOPLE IN THE COVID-19 CRISIS

This analysis Michigan, and West Virginia.4 captures key findings from that research, focusing on the experiences of LGBTQ women and nonbinary people, which includes women RESILIENT BUT NOT RECOVERED LGBTQ WOMEN AND NONBINARY PEOPLE IN THE COVID-19 CRISIS 3 NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW CENTER LGBTQ women and COVID-19 harmed nonbinary people the economic in this survey security of LGBTQ Many LGBTQ women an. [...] LGBTQ women and nonbinary people are people of LGBTQ women and nonbinary people surveyed color, including Black, Asian American and Pacific experienced lower employment and greater Islander (AAPI), Native American, Latinx, and others unemployment before and during the pandemic who are not white, non-Hispanic. [...] Slightly fewer women and nonbinary people (28%) have a college than six in 10 LGBTQ women and nonbinary people degree compared to 34% of cisgender straight men.5 (58%) report that they were employed7 in February Over half of LGBTQ women and nonbinary people 2020 as well as in February 2022 (56%), compared to (51%) have children age 18 and under living in their 71% of cisgender straight men who wer. [...] RESILIENT BUT NOT RECOVERED LGBTQ WOMEN AND NONBINARY PEOPLE IN THE COVID-19 CRISIS 6 NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW CENTER LGBTQ women • L GBTQ women and nonbinary workers are also 3.5 times more likely than cisgender straight men and nonbinary to work in low-paid jobs: 58% of LGBTQ women people often face are paid $15 or less an hour, compared to 17% of cisgender straight men. [...] RESILIENT BUT NOT RECOVERED LGBTQ WOMEN AND NONBINARY PEOPLE IN THE COVID-19 CRISIS 8 NATIONAL WOMEN’S LAW CENTER Moving toward a full recovery for LGBTQ women and nonbinary people For many LGBTQ women and nonbinary people, the to experience an equitable and sustainable recovery COVID-19 pandemic has deepened economic insecurity and to prevent a return to pre-pandemic employment and exacerbated ec.