This information design examines how economic hardship is unevenly distributed across LGBTQ+ communities and how structural inequality shapes financial stability over time. At the center, a uniquely designed three dimenstional radial chart compares LGBTQ+ adults with cisgender straight adults across key economic indicators, including poverty, unemployment, food insecurity, lack of healthcare, housing instability, student debt, and youth homelessness. This reveals consistent and often stark disparities. These indicators were researched and data sourced from multiple organizations - see chart below. Surrounding callouts contextualize these gaps through wage inequality, loss of family financial support, and the added costs associated with healthcare and legal barriers.

Complementing the radial comparison, a three-dimensional time-based visualization tracks poverty rates among households with children across sexual orientation and gender identity, highlighting how economic vulnerability persists and intensifies for certain groups, particularly transgender people and bisexual women. Together, these visualizations emphasize that financial insecurity is not accidental but deeply connected to discrimination, policy gaps, and social exclusion, underscoring the economic consequences of inequality for LGBTQ+ individuals and families.

Indicator	LGBTQ+ %	CIS Straight %	Source
Healthcare Coverage	14	7	American Progress
Unemployment Rate	9	5	Williams Institute
Youth Homelessness	28	7.3	Trevor Project Chapin Hall
Poverty Rate	21.6	15.7	Williams Institute
Federal College Loans	53	31	Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research, Movement Advancement Project
Income less than $50,000 per year	57	36	Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research, Movement Advancement Project
Home ownership	57	35	Center for LGBTQ Economic Advancement & Research, Movement Advancement Project
Food Insecure	57	35	Food Research & Action Center