When economic precarity compounds the harms of homophobia

Dialogues économiques
JANUARY 8, 2026
In many low- and middle-income countries, being LGBTQIA+ entails a double burden: discrimination compounded by economic precarity. Economists Bruno Ventelou and Erik Lamontagne reveal how this combination can undermine mental health, by cross-referencing global data on wellbeing, economic conditions, and the homophobic climate.
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Bruno Ventelou, Erik Lamontagne
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