No. 531• June 25, 2015 • outwordmagazine.com Yoga Retreat for Men page 8 Take the Test. Love Finds a Way A Trio of New Trash Film Orgy Take Control. in Lesbian Drama Cast Recordings Re-Animates Itself page 4 page 10 page 12 page 15 COLOR U.S.’s LGBT 2014 Buying Power Estimated at $884 Billion he combined buying power of the U.S. LGBT adult population for 2014 was estimated at $884 billion, according Tto an updated analysis by Witeck Communications. “Buying power estimates help paint one that document regrettably higher incidence snapshot of the overlooked economic of bias and economic disparity faced by contributions made by America’s diverse gay, transgender adults, too: “Time and again, lesbian, bisexual and transgender households studies show that transgender people face in our dynamic economy,” said Bob Witeck unacceptably high rates of discrimination in of Witeck Communications. all areas of life, especially in employment Disposable personal income (DPI) – also and health care.” known as buying power – according to “LGBT buying power is an economic economists, is the amount of money that marker that helps benchmark America’s individuals (or households) have available to diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual and spend and save after paying taxes and transgender community,” said Justin Nelson, pension contributions to National Gay & the government Lesbian (roughly 86 Chamber of percent of Commerce income). (NGLCC) “Buying power is not the same as wealth,” said Witeck. “In fact, there is no evidence that same-sex households or LGBT people are more Co-Founder affluent or, on average, and President. “At NGLCC, we earn more than others. have more than 150 corporate partners that Economists confirm that is a stereotype, as understand not only the value of the LGBT academic research strongly suggests that gay dollar, but the economics of inclusivity and men appear likely to earn slightly less than loyalty.” their heterosexual counterparts, for instance The general approach used for estimating and that LGBT populations of color buying power reflects the accepted path particularly face many job and earnings applied by the Selig Center for Economic barriers.” Growth at the University of Georgia in its Witeck specifically cited the work of the calculation of the purchasing power of UCLA School of Law’s Williams Center and populations such as Hispanics, Asian- the National Center for Transgender Equality Americans and African-Americans. 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Lesbian & Gay Journalist Association Midtown Business Association 4 Outword Magazine June 25, 2015 - July 9, 2015 • No. 531 outwordmagazine.com Briefly Put Ground Gained for LGBT Rights in Turkish Elections The June 7 parliamentary election in Turkey seated an unprecedented 22 outspoken advocates for lLGBTI rights, allies of the LGBTI community who have signed a pledge to support LGBTI rights. “The fact that Turkey’s population has elected 22 acknowledged advocates for LGBTI rights is a tremendous victory,” said Hossein Alizadeh, a program coordinator for IGLHRC, which works closely with LGBTI partner organizations in Turkey.