3 Good Reasons Why Taxes Are a Queer Women’s Issue
Trump’s tax plan is historically regressive, setting up huge tax breaks that help wealthy men keep their wealth while queer women get nothing.
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How Can We Advocate For Women Workers in Global Manufacturing?
As an anti-oppression activist, I’m uncomfortable with the extent to which “outsourcing” often feels to me like a euphemism for “moving our problems onto people with less systematic power.”
What’s the Deal With Bernie Sanders? 7 Things You Want to Know
I hear he’s a socialist. That’s cool. But also he’s an old straight white man, like the vast majority of American politicians, so what would his alleged socialism mean for people who aren’t old straight white men?
Five Reasons the Fight for $15 Matters for LGBT People
Raising the minimum wage is a critical piece in a complex puzzle of alleviating economic struggle for queer and trans people.
New Report Finally Gives Crucial Numbers on Economic Disparities Hurting LGBT Women
With MAP’s report, we have clear, comprehensive data that solidifies the seriousness of the problem and provides a new resource for battling it.
Surviving or Thriving: How Economic (In)Justice Matters for LGBT People
Sometimes, it can be hard to parse out exactly why queer and trans people have such a hard time getting by while the headlines would suggest we are advancing by leaps and bounds. On January 23rd and 24th, queer and trans people converged in New York City for the Invisible Lives, Targeted Bodies Conference to explore how the struggle for queer and trans justice and liberation is inextricably linked to struggles for economic, racial, immigrant, disability and reproductive justice.
7 Vital Stats About Our LGBT Elders
A new report from SAGE lays out what you need to know the lives and experiences of aging LGBT people.
New Report Demonstrates How Anti-LGBT Laws Make It Hard For Lots of LGBTs To Make Ends Meet
“Anti-LGBT laws make people economically insecure and they disproportionately affect those who are most vulnerable within the LGBT community. They hurt you and kick you when you’re down.”
Notes From A Queer Engineer: All Tesla’s Electric Car Patents Are Belong To You
I’m rarely (never?) interested in cars, but Tesla’s announcement just made the field a lot more interesting. So that’s something.
Slut-Shaming Becomes Even Grosser Than You Thought With Bonus Classism
“Good Girls” reminds us that patriarchy is not only a tool for men, but a tool for women with other privileged identities to use against women with marginalized identities.
Worst May Day Ever: GOP Filibusters Bill To Raise Minimum Wage
Senate Republicans decide that raising the minimum wage would hurt people, which sounds economically inaccurate.
Five Things You Should Know About Women and the Minimum Wage Crisis
Thirty-one percent of women workers who would benefit from an increase of the minimum wage are parents of children. No doubt, raising the minimum wage would make an incredible difference in the lives of women and families in the U.S.
Hungry, Poor Queer People to Become Hungrier, Poorer after Food Stamp Cuts
When we hear about legislation like the 2014 Farm Bill, we don’t and we won’t hear the mainstream media talking about queer people.
Queers for Economic Justice Closes Its Doors Thanks to Lack of Economic Justice
“QEJ will always be a philosophy. If you are a queer, you can be for economic justice. …You don’t have to have a 501(c)(3).”
Five Things You Should Know About the New Report on Low Abortion Rates in the U.S.
I know you’re thinking it’s definitely because of the 205 draconian abortion laws enacted over the past few years, but this study actually suggests that abortion rates are going down because of birth control and family planning. And the economy.
UK LGBT Politics Crash Course: What Austerity and the Far Right Mean For Queers
With austerity here to stay and far-right parties on the rise, it is time now more than ever to recognise that queer liberation cannot be disentangled from economic justice.
Senate Lets Unemployment Extension Expire, F*cks Over Queers and Trans* People Affected By Recession
While the Senate works out its ridiculous issues, millions of Americans will be waiting for their checks.
Queer View Mirror: Janet Yellen, First Woman To Ever Lead Fed
Janet Yellen is about to become the most powerful woman in the world. Learn more about her new job and why her role is important to women in economics.
More Than A Minimum Wage: What Recent Protests Tell Us About Women’s Economic Justice
“This is the beginning of a war on an economy that makes certain people vulnerable so a select few can survive.”
A Bailout You Can Believe In: The Strike Debt Rolling Jubilee is Here
Carmen’s Team Pick: The Strike Debt Rolling Jubilee is bailing the rest of us out. And it starts today.