Food Insecurity & Snap Participation in the LGBT Community, 2016

Food Insecurity & Snap Participation in the LGBT Community, 2016

Contrary to popular stereotypes of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community as affluent, research demonstrates not only widespread economic diversity among LGBT people but also lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) people are often more likely to be poor than straight people and that transgender individuals face extremely high rates of poverty.

This report examines one form of poverty – food insecurity – among LGB/T and non LGB/T people using the most recent population-based data available. People are described as “food insecure” when they have limited or uncertain access to adequate food. We also examine participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as Food Stamps, which is another way to assess risk for food insecurity. To qualify for SNAP benefits, a person or household must generally meet certain poverty-level income and resource thresholds.

 

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