Rice Survey Finds Income and Health Care Gaps Among LGBTQ+ Houstonians
Rice's L.O.V.E. Survey found 59% of gay respondents report $100,000 household incomes, versus 34% of trans respondents, with gaps in savings and care.
Fifty-nine percent of gay respondents to a new Rice University survey of LGBTQ+ Houstonians reported household incomes of $100,000 or more. Among transgender respondents, it was 34%.
Rice’s Kinder Institute for Urban Research released the Houston Area L.O.V.E. Survey on Oct. 29, the day of a public release event at the Montrose Center. L.O.V.E. stands for LGBTQ+ Opinions, Voices & Experiences, and organizers call it the first community-wide survey of LGBTQ+ life in Greater Houston.
“Houston is home to one of the largest LGBTQ+ populations in the entire country, but we know very little about this population and the contributions they make to our broader community,” said Dan Potter, who directs Kinder’s Houston Population Research Center and led the project, in a Rice News release.