Next Pride month, we need to talk about LGBTQ food insecurity – The Forward
July 6, 2021 Image by iStock While Pride Month recently gave us the opportunity to reflect on all of the contributions and successes of the LGBTQ community, it also demanded an awareness of the many challenges the community continues to confront. At MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, we know that among those challenges is food insecurity — a challenge too often unseen and unaddressed. Even before the pandemic, many in the LGBTQ community faced unique barriers to food security. In part due to employment discrimination and lack of family support, queer people experience higher rates of pover...
Source: forward.com