Economic Case for LGBT Equality: Why Fair and Equal Treatment Benefits Us All

In case you (or maybe your stodgy homophobic uncle) needed another reason for why inclusion and equality for LGBT+ people are values worth holding, this book from author M. V. Lee Badgett makes the case in economic terms. Studies have shown that homophobia and transphobia eat into a country's G.D.P. by 1% or more, a shockingly large number when you consider that the U.S. GDP as of 2022 is 23 trillion dollars. That means that $230,000,000,000 is lost each year because of discriminatory laws, employment termination because of sexuality or gender, harassment and bullying in school, violence and hate crimes, exclusion from intolerant families, and negative health impacts as a result of stigma. In this thoroughly researched book, Badgett shows how nations from the U.K. to the Phillipines incur unseen costs as a result of discrimination. A powerful tool in the arsenal of advocates for equality, this book offers an unconventional approach to arguing for a more just world. 

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