Is the LGBTQ Community the Last Legally Marginalized Group?

Is there a group more #marginalized than the #LGBTQ community? #Discrimination against us is still legally sanctioned. And this is why we need #PrideMonth.
#trans #transgender #pride #AmiInThailand

[@KellySpina]

The disabled community is still legally marginalized.

[@amethystaherrick]

Could you please explain this further? What I mean is active efforts to legislate LGBTQ identity.
As far as I know, the American Disability Act forbids discrimination such as I'm describing. Of course, legislation and social convention are different. People with disabilities are routinely discriminated against - it just isn't legal to do so.
That said, if I'm wrong, I'd like to know where.

[@IntrovertAncom]

@@amethystaherrick The ADA does help a lot. However, there are a lot of loopholes. Additionally, lawmakers and other public officials legally discriminate against disabled people in covert or indirect ways. For example, every safety net (public housing, Medicare and Medicaid, utility assistance, SNAP, etc.) cutback or privatization negatively impacts disabled people the most. The Social Security system is a beast to navigate, and with all the denials and appeals one must go thru to get Social Security benefits, a process that can take up to 8 years, it's like going thru hell and back. Also, the benefit amount is at or below poverty level, so many disabled people still have to beg for other forms of assistance, or make do without, in order to make ends meet. Also, there are rules regarding how much you can earn and how much you can save without losing benefits. The amounts vary from program to program, but the limits are all ridiculously low. For example, most aren't able to save up to by a used car (unless it's very used) without losing their benefits.
And for those of us who are at the intersection of LGBTQ and disabled, it's like being marginalized twice.
Edit: I hope I didn't come across as harsh or anything. It's hard to think of the struggles so many disabled people go thru, and not feel a sense of despair and outrage over it. Even in my own life - being disabled, poor, and queer - often has me feeling like I'm living on eggshells.

[@IntrovertAncom]

The ADA does help a lot. However, there are a lot of loopholes. Additionally, lawmakers and other public officials legally discriminate against disabled people in covert or indirect ways. For example, every safety net (public housing, Medicare and Medicaid, utility assistance, SNAP, etc.) cutback or privatization negatively impacts disabled people the most. The Social Security system is a beast to navigate, and with all the denials and appeals one must go thru to get Social Security benefits, a process that can take up to 8 years, it's like going thru hell and back. Also, the benefit amount is at or below poverty level, so many disabled people still have to beg for other forms of assistance, or make do without, in order to make ends meet. Also, there are rules regarding how much you can earn and how much you can save without losing benefits. The amounts vary from program to program, but the limits are all ridiculously low. For example, most aren't able to save up to by a used car (unless it's very used) without losing their benefits.
And for those of us who are at the intersection of LGBTQ and disabled, it's like being marginalized twice.
Edit: I hope I didn't come across as harsh or anything. It's hard to think of the struggles so many disabled people go thru, and not feel a sense of despair and outrage over it. Even in my own life - being disabled, poor, and queer - often has me feeling like I'm living on eggshells.

[@amethystaherrick]

@@IntrovertAncom - you don't sound harsh at all! And I hope I don't sound like I'm diminishing the experiences of people with disabilities. I do see a distinction between entrenched and illegal discrimination and active development of legislation to build new, sanctioned discrimination.
That said, i support your cause, and I hope together we can work to end discrimination in all forms! 💜💜💜

[@ShroomNana]

Happy Pride Month!! We still have a lot of work to do but celebrate what we have!! Love seeing you every day!!💕💕

[@amethystaherrick]

There is a ton of work left to do, and all we can do is keep doing it! I have confidence in the future. I expect to change the world. 💜
Thank you for watching every day! I'm glad we connected, Sister!

[@IntrovertAncom]

Happy Pride!

[@amethystaherrick]

@@IntrovertAncom - Happy Pride! 💜🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈🏳‍🌈💜

[@Kamunchu]

I hate the way this country gives deference to bigots based on religious freedom while marginalizing and subjugation everyone else. Proud to be an atheist and I look down upon zealots who left the ability to think at the door.

[@amethystaherrick]

I agree wholeheartedly! My opinion is the rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are the conditions necessary to develop and manifest identity. This being the case, people in the LGBTQ community should be 100% covered, but are not precisely because religion has entered into the picture. 💜
Here's the link to my article about individual rights, if you are curious:
genderidentitytoday.com/the-inalienable-right-our-governments-fear/