“Not only that,” Stoll said, “but LGBT people are more likely to be middle to low end earners, and this bill is just going to be a disaster for them.”
LGBT people disproportionately struggle with poverty—20 percent of LGBT people have annual incomes less than $12,000, compared to 17 people of non-LGBT people. Transgender people are four times more likely to have incomes under $10,000 per year, despite having higher rates of education.