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Discrimination in more ways than one

Of the estimated 2.7 million adults age 50 and older in the U.S. who self-identify as LGBTQ+, about 20% are people of color. That number is expected to double by 2050, and it presents the members of this population with an additional discriminatory hurdle to overcome.

“We’ve got LGBTQ [status] and age, so we really have two oppressions against us. And when you put race and gender on top of that, it just gets harder. It gets to a point where you wake up and say, ‘Which fight am I going to fight today?’ (Whitfield, 2017)."

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Discrimination in more ways than one

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Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

Discrimination in more ways than one

Featured Content

References:

Dee

Gender Identity Our core sense of who we are as a man, a woman, a mixture of both, or neither.

Gender Expression How we show up in the world through choices like clothing, hair style, mannerisms or tone of voice.

Attraction How we feel toward others sexually, romantically and/or emotionally.

Biological Sex Physical attributes such as reproductive organs and genitalia, chromosomes, genes and hormone levels.

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