Source: NPR
A new poll conducted by NPR and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that African Americans in the LGBTQ community are more likely to be discriminated against than white people who identify as LGBTQ.
This was the case for both applying for jobs and in interacting with police force, according to the report.
Thirty-two percent of LGBTQ people of color reported that they have been discriminated against when applying for a job, versus 13 percent of white people who responded to the survey.
In interacting with police, 24 percent of LGBTQ people of color reported that they have been discriminated against, versus 11 percent of their white counterparts.
The LGBTQ community already faces discrimination socially and even politically, and for people of color the impact is often greater.
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