HRC: Economic fallout from COVID-19 has ‘hit trans community especially hard’
Madison Kaminski / UnsplashThe economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted transgender people, and particularly transgender people of color, according to new research from the Human Rights Campaign.The nation’s largest LGBTQ rights organization has been monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on the LGBTQ community in partnership with PSB Research, and had previously revealed that LGBTQ people of color are experiencing greater economic impact from COVID-19 than white LGBTQ people and the wider population.Now, HRC research also shows disparities between transgender people and the wider LGBTQ community, with transgender people of color facing an even greater disparity in terms of the economic impact of the COVID-19