During the interview I talked a bit about why Sisters closed. I have always thought that a lesbian-oriented venture will have a harder road because women are, in general, poorer than men, and lesbians are poorer than women in general. This is something I've observed, and something I know to be true, but now there's proof.
About 24 percent of lesbians and bisexual women are poor, compared to 19 percent of straight women, the study says. About 15 percent of gay and bisexual men are living in poverty, a rate that’s akin to the 13 percent of straight men who are poor, the report says.I can't wait to go read the whole thing, and you can too, here.
(Washington Blade, via)
(h/t to Sarah)
2 comments:
of course drama had nothing to do with the demise of any lesbian enterprise... ever!
No! Drama? At Sisters? Never! LOL...
I should have said, "*one* of the reasons it closed..." There were many, and they were complex.
But not having disposable income was one of the reasons I often stayed away. In fact, I probably wouldn't have gone at all if I didn't get paid to be there.
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