The hearings held by the Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion in Financial Services of the House of Representatives focused on discrimination in banking, housing, employment, and loans in the financial services industry

Black members of the LGBTQ community asked members of Congress on Tuesday to pass civil rights legislation and create greater visibility for LGBTQ people of color, saying they face greater obstacles than LGBTQ whites in banking, home purchases, and other financial transactions.

The hearings held by the Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee of the House of Representatives Financial Services Division focused on discrimination in the financial services industry in banking, housing, employment, and loans-barriers that are more serious for LGBTQ people of color.

According to data from the Williams Institute of UCLA School of Law, nearly half of LGBTQ employees in the United States report that they have been treated unfairly at work at some point in their lives. Advocates at the hearing stated that in the banking industry, many LGBTQ individuals who wish to use preferred names for bank accounts and credit cards face lengthy procedures compared to those who change their surnames due to marriage.

According to a 2020 survey by the Center for American Progress, 44% of LGBTQ people of color who try to rent or buy a house said they face discrimination, compared with 32% of white LGBTQ respondents.

Although the Supreme Court ruled in Bostock v. Clayton County last summer that employers cannot discriminate based on sexual orientation or gender identity, LGBTQ individuals are awaiting the passage of the equality bill to incorporate LGBTQ protection into the law.

David Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice League, said that although the Biden government supports the protection of the LGBTQ community, the interpretation may change under the new government or a new court decision, which makes the passage of the Equality Act even more important. .

Subcommittee Chairman Joyce Beatty, Ohio Democrat, said that 27 states have no clear statewide laws to protect people from discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Equality Act, which was passed by the House of Representatives in February but has not yet been voted in the Senate, will amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to explicitly prohibit discrimination against the LGBTQ community in employment, housing, education, banking, federally funded projects, and more.

LGBTQ advocates also asked members of Congress to cooperate with the Biden administration to increase the visibility of government survey data.

Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker, coordinator of transgender women's support groups, said that any time federal agencies such as the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) collect population data, they need to include data on sexual orientation and gender identity.

"If we are not counted, we will not be counted," she said in her written testimony.

Johns added that asking for detailed demographic data in the survey allows government officials to filter data based on cross-identity and better understand the unique challenges of the LGBTQ community.

In a telephone interview, Naomi Goldberg, director of the LGBTQ program of the Campaign Promotion Project, said that the current civil rights laws in the United States do not effectively address the issue of discrimination against people with multiple intersecting identities, such as race and gender expression or race and sexual orientation.

"The challenge is that people are often asked,'Is the discrimination because of your race or because you are LGBTQ?'" she said. "People shouldn't unravel all these things, they should say,'This is both because of my race and because I am gay. For example, this kind of discrimination happened to me."

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