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We know that homophobia harms LGBT individuals in many ways, but economist M. V. Lee Badgett argues that in addition to moral and human rights reasons for equality, we can now also make a financial argument. Finding that homophobia and transphobia cost 1% or more of a country's GDP, Badgett expertly uses recent research and statistics to analyze how these hostile practices and environments affect both the US and global economies. LGBT equality remains a persistent and pertinent issue. The continued passing of discriminatory laws, intolerance in the workplace, bullying in schools, hate crimes and violence, and the health effects of stigma make it difficult to live a good life. Examining the consequences of anti-LGBT practices across multiple countries, Badgett reveals the expensive repercussions of hate and discrimination, and how our economy loses when we miss out on the full benefit of LGBT people's potential contributions.

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M. V. Lee Badgett is a professor of economics and the former director of the School of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is also a Williams Distinguished Scholar at the Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law & Public Policy (UCLA School of Law), where she was a co-founder and the first research director. She has also taught at Yale University and the University of Maryland. Samantha Desz is a classically trained narrator, voice artist, and actor who has extensive theater and long-form voiceover-project experience. Passionate about learning about different cultures and lifestyles, she has lived in many places across the United States as well as in London and currently calls the Midwest home.

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