Study finds lgbt as a group are poorer than the general population

[Dominus]

https://www.ibtimes.com/us-economy-study-finds-lgbt-are-younger-poorer-general-population-2772194

The study, conducted by Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, noted that those who identify as LGBT are more likely to have a household income below $24,000, which is less than the federal poverty threshold for a family of four. It also showed that 27 percent of LGBT adults are food insecure — a sharp contrast to the 15 percent of non-LGBT adults who are food insecure.

This article aurprised me. I was always under the misguided impression that we as a group has more disposable income. This is kinda sad, because money is power and we as a group have less power than everyone else.

 

[LeicsDom]

I would dispute their findings
Have they taken into consideration that the vast majority of us have no family financial burdens?
Also I find the whole idea of food insecurity misleading. More accurate would be to look at their priorities when it comes to allocating their budgets.
For instance addicts are food insecure, not because they necessarily have low incomes but because food is a lower priority that thie addictions

 

[NotHardUp1]

Leicsdom beat me to it.

The "food insecure" is a political term used to exaggerate the poverty level and talk about intangibles.

Lack of good nutrition is a wholly different topic, but having enough to eat is OBVIOUSLY not the big problem in the US, even with the poorest of the poor. Even street people who have zippo income are not going hungry. Even hardasses will feed street people, not to mention the soup kitchens that actually cook pretty good meals for them.

And, I'm not following your quote. Why would a single LGBT person be compared to a poverty level for a family of four? Do gays come in combo packs? The comparison should obviously be to a single person's poverty level.

That said, I challenged the much-published notion a few years ago that gays had more expendable income. That is likely only true for certain populations, namely out gays and not in the hinterland. It's part of the gay culture myth and central to marketing to urban gays.

 

[Latimer]

Who knows how they found the respondents, and how representative they are of the larger population that identifies itself as gay. That the demographic they studied skewed younger may explain much of the finding. I speculate that what explains more of it is that the Williams Institute found a way to find the results it was looking for.

 

[Latimer]

^
https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/

 

[LeicsDom]

I speculate that what explains more of it is that the Williams Institute found a way to find the results it was looking for.

And isn't that the case in so many studies?
As someone once said you can make statistics say anything you like

 

[LeicsDom]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-47485537
This is also relevant

A third of all food produced worldwide is never eaten. But how easy is it to reduce our food waste? Two students have been finding out.

I really don't get this at all
I never waste food. I only ever buy what I plan to eat
If bread goes stale I blitz it into bread crumbs and freeze it for later use
I will often batch cook something and freeze portions
Very very occasionally I have milk goes off and has to be discarded but nothing else gets wasted

 

[Latimer]

I don't know how many cities this applies to, but when I drive down Santa Monica Boulevard in Weho during regular working hours I see the cafes and restaurants and streets filled with good-looking able-bodied gay young men and I wonder when do they work--if at all--and what's their source of income. They can't all be waiters, rent-boys or on disability of one sort or another.

 

[Thad1527]

You mean those ads for airlines, luxury resorts, prestige motor cars, and banks I see in gay publications are...wasted?

 

[offthewall14420]

Many go deep into debt trying to look wealthy.

 

[Kahaih]

Many go deep into debt trying to look wealthy.

True.

But, any more than straights?

Maybe. Seems everyone is trying to [over]compensate for something. Could be a more desperate project for gays.

 

[NotHardUp1]

You mean those ads for airlines, luxury resorts, prestige motor cars, and banks I see in gay publications are...wasted?

No, it means poor people, including gays, are less likely to buy gay magazines, apart from a few teen wannabe's. The advertizers are reaching their target demographic, just like they do with straight sales.

That doesn't make most straight people wealthy either.

 

[pat grimshaw]

... I speculate that what explains more of it is that the Williams Institute found a way to find the results it was looking for.

Yes, very likely.

And I'd like to know if the figures are skewed by some OVER-LOUD minorities.