Transgender adults were three times as likely as cisgender people to experience food insecurity this year, according to new data analyzed by the Williams Institute at UCLA. The data, which was collected by the Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey between June and October 2021, showed that more than a quarter of transgender adults in the United States reported sometimes or often not having enough to eat, compared with just 8 percent of cisgender adults. Trans people of color were especially vulnerable. Nearly 36 percent experienced food insecurity. At the root of this, researchers say, is a web of discrimination that leaves trans-Americans impoverished and unable to access food. Roughly 30 percent of trans people live in poverty, the Williams Institute has found. The data showed that less than a third of income-eligible transgender people were enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Though the federal program is intended to keep people from going hungry, the data shows most trans people aren’t using it. The National Women's Law Center found last year that Trans people face numerous challenges applying to and using SNAP benefits, including providing documentation or ID that matches their identity. Trans people may also struggle to meet the work requirements, which were tightened under the Trump administration. SNAP recipients must work 20 hours a week, but trans people are three times as likely to be unemployed, and more than 1 in 4 have lost a job because of bias, according to the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Trans People Three Times More Likely To Face Food Insecurity According To US Census
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