The continued passing of discriminatory laws, people being fired from jobs for their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, harassment and bullying in school, violence and hate crimes on the streets, exclusion from intolerant families, and loss of health care all make it incredibly difficult to live a good life. LGBT rights remains a persistent and pertinent issue.
Finding that homophobia and transphobia cost 1% or more of a country's GDP, Badgett expertly uses recent research and statics to analyze how these hostile practices and environments affect both the US and global economies. Badgett proves that by moving towards LGBT equality we'll see organizations increase their bottom line and flourish countries's economies. Lee Badgett argues that in addition to moral and human rights reasons, we can now also make a financial argument for equality. We know that homophobia adversely affects individuals in various ways, but economist M.V.
