A new study is out and the picture is bleak for us homos. The characters on
Will & Grace and Brothers & Sisters aren't representin correctly. Queers are not financially affluent anymore like these characters show. Well except for Jack--he was poor as church mouse, Will and Jack's mom paid for his apartment and Jack mooched off everyone especially Karen.
The study from UCLA's Williams Institute, which studies gay issues, states that across the board, gay,lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered folks are bad off financially as anyone else.
Adding to the insult, same-sex partners are more likely to be poor because they lack adequate health insurance coverage from what could be their spouse and no Social Security survivor benefits like their straight counterparts.
We have to factor in the methodology of the survey: "The report is an analysis of the most recent data on same-sex unmarried partners from the 2000 Census and two smaller surveys that include questions on sexual orientation. Together, it argues, they debunk 'a popular stereotype (that) paints lesbians and gay men as an affluent elite.'"
To keep up-to-date, we'll give you poor gay folks in a sitcom and call it Will & Bankruptcy or The Debt Word.
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