Older LGBT people twice as likely to be laid off during the pandemic as non-LGBT people

Data collected in fall 2020 finds that LGBT people ages 45 and older—in particular older LGBT people of color—have disproportionately experienced the economic impacts of COVID-19 compared to older non-LGBT people, according to a new report by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law. Older LGBT people (ages 45 and older) were more likely than older non-LGBT people to have been recently laid off (11% v. 6%) or furloughed (13% v. 9%) from their jobs, have problems affording basic household goods (21% v. 14%), and have problems paying their rent or mortgage (15% v. 8%). Using data from a nationally representative sample of adults collected by Axios-Ipsos between August and December 2020, researchers...