The Economic Case for LGBT Equality

Is there an economic case for LGBT equality?

LGBT equality will be achieved by pursuing several fronts. MV Lee Badgett made the case and the case is strong. Hear what she says on Queer Money®. Start your journey to financial independence by getting rid of any credit card debt with the free, 7-Step Credit Card Debt Slasher.

What is the economic case for LGBTQ equality?

There’s a moral case for LGBT equality. And there’s a human rights case for LGBT equality. But did you know that there’s an economic case for it too? And the economic case may be the strongest argument we have in today’s environment.

MV Lee Badgett is a Distinguished Scholar with the Williams Institute and Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts—Amherst. She is also the author of the powerful book, The Economic Case for LGBT Equality: Why Fair and Equal Treatment Benefits Us All.

On this episode of Queer Money, Lee joins us to explore the relationship between inclusion and economic development, explaining how minority stress affects LGBT workers, businesses and the economy overall. Lee discusses the potential flight out of states passing anti-LGBT and anti-trans legislation, describing how that migration might impact those states and the companies there.

Listen in for Lee’s insight on what corporations can do to dispel feelings of pink-washing and learn what role you can play in making the economic case for LGBT equality.

Listen to what MV Lee Badget has to say about LGBT equality:

Topics Covered

Why now is the right time to make the economic case for LGBT equality
How minority stress affects minority workers, businesses and the economy overall
Whether businesses are doing enough to create safe and inclusive work environments
Why companies with openly LGBT senior managers outperform other firms
How to harness the positive side of workplace diversity
The resilience the queer community demonstrates in challenging times
The potential flight out of states passing anti-LGBT and anti-trans legislation (and how it might impact those states and the businesses there)
How Lee’s GILRHO Index demonstrates the relationship between inclusion and economic development
The response to Lee’s finding that India lost $1B in GDP growth due to homophobia
How companies can get involved in Lee’s plan to improve LGBT equality
What corporations can do to dispel feelings of pink washing
How Lee thinks about the anti-capitalist strain of the LGBT community

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