June 2024

How financial advisors can help LGBTQ clients prepare for retirement

However, as they prepare to settle down and retire, LGBTQ people tend to have higher debt and lower confidence, which can make them particularly vulnerable as they plan for retirement. Advisors can take steps to make sure they are conscious and respectful of how clients' identities may affect their retirement planning. Financial Planning spoke with three LGBTQ advisors who service clients in their community and asked them about how they best provide top-notch advice to their clients. Jana Davis, a financial...

US. The Best Places to Retire Overseas for LGBTQ+ Seniors

A growing number of U.S. citizens are looking to retire overseas. For those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer, there may be special considerations beyond affordability and access to quality health care. For example, it’s important for most LGBTQ+ retirees to settle somewhere that’s safe, allows same-sex marriage and boasts a lively and dynamic LGBTQ+ community. But before deciding on a home overseas, LGBTQ+ retirees should consider some practical aspects. "I recommend extensively researching how your income will be taxed in your potential...

Discriminación de las personas trans y lgbti en el ámbito laboral en España en 2023. Retos y Soluciones

Por Toño Abad & Marieta G. Gutiérrez  A principios del año 2020, UGT realizó una encuesta para estudiar la discriminación de las personas en el ámbito laboral y proponer medidas para erradicar la LGTBIfobia de los entornos laborales. Partiendo de la realidad de que numerosas personas trans y LGTBI sufren discriminación en los centros de trabajo por motivos de su orientación sexual, expresión e identidad de género, que se percibe de forma variable entre las personas trans y LGTBI y quienes no...

Retroceso Democrático y Aceptación LGBTI

By Andrew R. Flores, Miguel Fuentes Carreño & Ari Shaw La democracia enfrenta cada vez más amenazas a nivel mundial. La tendencia es sorprendente: 80 por ciento de la población global vive ahora en un país que experimenta alguna restricción en libertades, la proporción más alta desde 1997' Al mismo tiempo, el retroceso democrático en el mundo ha venido acompañado de un aumento en la retórica estatal sancionadora y la formulación de políticas estatales dirigidas directamente contra personas lesbianas, gays, bisexuales,...

Oportunidades, desafíos y retrocesos para la comunidad LGBTI en América Latina y el Caribe

Por Ayat Soliman, Julia Braunmiller & Phoebe Ishak La comunidad LGBTI en América Latina y el Caribe, como en muchas otras regiones, enfrenta numerosos desafíos que impiden su inclusión socioeconómica. Las personas LGBTI sufren peores resultados educativos debido a la discriminación, el acoso y, en ocasiones, la violencia en las escuelas. Fuente Banco Mundial Blogs 

UK. ‘Serious disparity’ around retirement savings of people identifying as LGBTQ+

One in four (25%) people who identify as LGBTQ+ are not saving for their retirement, a survey has found. The research was released by Scottish Widows to coincide with Pride Month in June. It also found that just under a fifth (18%) of people who do not identify as LGBTQ+ report they are saving nothing towards their retirement. People who are LGBTQ+ were also less likely in the survey to say that they have taken financial advice. One in nine (11%) people surveyed who identify as...

The Aging Experiences of LGBTQ Ethnic Minority Older Adults: A Systematic Review

By Jinwen Chen, Helen McLaren, Michelle Jones & Lida Shams In gerontological research and practice, an increasing amount of attention is being paid to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) older people and how their experiences differ from their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts. However, LGBTQ older adults themselves are not a homogenous group. Moreover, as the immigrant populations in industrialized nations age, the number of LGBTQ older adults from ethnic minority backgrounds will only grow. This systematic review hence...

Health Equity & LGBTQ+ Older Adults of Color. Engaging individuals, communities and organizations

By National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging This report highlights how state, local community organizations, funders and healthcare providers can make innovative impacts in health equity. We are living in a vastly different world than that of 2013, and this section highlights some of the present-day context within which we are doing this work. The United States is becoming older and more diverse. Yet, how we often talk about and intervene on issues related to diversity in aging continues to fall short...

Retirement Confidence Survey and the LGBTQ Community

By Craig Copeland (Employee Benefit Research Institute) & Lisa Greenwald (Greenwald Research) The Retirement Confidence Survey (RCS) was conducted for its 32nd year in 2022 to measure attitudes of American workers and retirees about issues surrounding retirement. For the first time, in 2022, the RCS included an oversample of LGBTQ Americans to allow for an analysis of the challenges that LGBTQ workers and retirees face in preparing for and living in retirement. Questions included in this year’s survey explore priorities...

Pioneering Safe & Inclusive LGBT Specific Retirement Accommodation. Exploring Models in the USA, UK, & Spain

By Liam Concannon With significant advances in equal rights for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens, achieved across the western world during the past few decades, one group that continues to be overlooked is LGBT elders. This article examines the unique discrimination and homophobia faced by older LGBT people living in nursing and residential care homes. It investigates ways in which these environments construct and perpetuate heteronormativity by addressing the needs of heterosexual residents, while at the same...