The Canadian Coalition Against LGBTQ+ Poverty
Did you know that LGBTQ+ people are more likely than our heterosexual, cisgender counterparts to live in poverty? The Re:searching for LGBTQ2S+ Health team has brought together a group of academic researchers, community organizations, and anti-poverty advocates to form a new coalition to address this issue—the Canadian Coalition Against LGBTQ+ Poverty (CCALP).
Our work to date has involved writing a joint submission to the consultation on Canada's first national poverty reduction strategy, and continuing to advocate for the recommendations made in this report.
In June 2018, CCALP members came together to develop a national research agenda to address current gaps in knowledge about the relationship between poverty and health for LGBTQ+ people. In developing this agenda, we reviewed the current state of knowledge on LGBTQ2S+ poverty in Canada (see articles under "Resources", below). Currently, we are working on identifying funding opportunities to address the priorities identified in this research agenda. CCALP welcomes new members as we continue to advocate for economic justice for LGBTQ2S+ people in Canada.
Main Contact:
For more information, or to join CCALP, please contact Lori Ross (l.ross@utoronto.ca).
Resources:
To learn more about how LGBTQ+ people are affected by poverty, please check out these resources from the BC Poverty Reduction Coalition.
For an academic article by the Re:searching for LGBTQ Health team about how the mental health of bisexual people is affected by poverty, please see Bisexuality, poverty and mental health: A mixed methods analysis.
Learn more about the housing needs of LGBTQ2S adults who have experienced homelessness.
Read about how sexual and gender identity intersect with other social identities and locations to influence poverty in Canada.
Learn more about how sexual orientation and poverty intersect to affect access to mental health services in Ontario (University of Toronto news story and journal article).
Read our review of labour market, employment and earnings research with LGBTQ2S+ people in Canada.