Queers for Economic Justice

Queers for Economic Justice is a progressive non-profit organization committed to promoting economic justice in a context of sexual and gender liberation. Their goal is to challenge and change the systems that create poverty and economic injustice in their communities, and to promote an economic system that embraces sexual and gender diversity. They are committed to the principle that access to social and economic resources is a fundamental right, and they work to create social and economic equity through grassroots organizing, public education, advocacy and research. They do this work because although poor queers have always been a part of both the gay rights and economic justice movements, they have been, and continue to be, largely invisible in both movements. This work will always be informed by the lived experiences and expressed needs of queer people in poverty.