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LGBT (also seen as LGBTQ) stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer. The LGBT community did not receive societal recognition until the historical marking of the Stonewall Riots in 1969 in New York at Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall riots brought domestic and global attention to the lesbian and gay community. Proceeding Stonewall, it was not until Romer vs. Evans that vastly impacted the trajectory of the LGBT community. The ruling in favor of Romer, Justice Kennedy asserted in the case commentary that Colorado's state constitutional amendment "bore no purpose other than to burden LGB persons". Advancements in policies, discourse, and knowledge assisted in the progression and coming out of many LGBT individuals. However, when looking at the LGBT community from a racial lens, the black community lacks many of these advantages. The coming out rate of blacks is less than those of European (white) descent. The black LGBT community refers to the African-American (black) population who identify as LGBT. A community of marginalized individuals who are marginalized more within their community. This is mostly due to socialization via historical and religious teachings. ==Economic Disparities== The current federal law, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, prohibits employment discrimination. The federal law specifies no discrimination against because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetic information. The current federal law does not specify sexual orientation. Current policies do not protect sexual orientation and affect the employment rates as well as LGBT individual’s incomes and overall economic status. The Black population in the United States of America as of the 2010 consensus is 14,129,983 people. Out of that, it is estimated that 40 percent of the black population identify as LGBT. Within the Black LGBT community many face economic disparities and discrimination. Statistically black LGBT individuals are more likely to be unemployed than their non-counterpart. However, it is also likely that black LGBT individuals are more likely to have higher rates than their counter part. According to the Williams Institute, the vast difference lies in the survey responses of “not in workforce” from different populations geographically. Black LGBT individuals, nonetheless, face the dilemma of marginalization in the job and economic market. As of 2013, same sex couples income is lower than those in different sex relationships with an average of 25,000 dollar income. For different sex couples, statistics show a 1700 dollar increase. Analyzing economic disparities on an intersectional level (gender and race), the black male is likely to receive a higher income than a female. For males, statistics shows approximately a 3,000 dollar increase from the average income for all black LGBT identified individuals, and a 6,000 dollar increase in salary for same-sex male couples. Female same sex couples receive 3,000 dollars less than the average income for all black LGBT individual and approximately 6,000 dollars less than their male counterpart. (Look at Charts below) File:African Americans and Same Sex Couples Incomes.jpg|Median Incomes for African American Individuals File:African Americans and Same-Sex Couples.jpg|African Americans and Same-Sex Couples African Americans and Same-Sex Couples Comparatively looking at gender, race, and sexual orientation black women same sex-sex couples are likely to face more economic disparities than the black woman in an opposite sex relationship. Black women in same sex couples earn 42,000 dollars compared to black women in opposite sex relationships who earn 51,000 dollars. That is a twenty-one percent increase in income. Economically, black women same-sex couples are also less likely to be able to afford housing/property together. Approximately fifty percent of black women same-sex couples can afford to buy housing compared to white women same-sex couples who have a seventy-two percent rate in home ownership. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black LGBT Community」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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