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National LGBT Aging Roundtable: Social Security and its Importance to the LGBT Aging Community
![]() April 2011 | National LGBT Aging Roundtable
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There are those for whom the long-standing desire to privatize Social Security is once again gaining traction in some policy debates. There are some on both sides of the issue who want to make this a litmus test in the up-coming election. If not the desire to privatize (people would invest a portion of their Social Security in private accounts in the stock market), then we are hearing calls in many places to cut Social Security benefits by either raising the retirement age or recalculating the way benefits are determined. Both raise the specter of less money for us as we age. What you need to understand is this: LGBT Americans are underemployed, have little economic security, and for many of us, especially those of us who are disabled or over 65, Social Security is the only thing keeping us going.
We believe that there are more of us who are not in relationships, than those who are coupled. The truth is, we don't know because no one counts us. Still, those who are single are more reliant on the guaranteed benefit every month to escape poverty.
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