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Pride month is an important time each join for members of the Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) community. June 13 in particular
holds a special place this year as LGBTQ Equal Pay Awareness Day — shining
a spotlight on the low wages LGBTQ workers face. With the Human Rights
Campaign reporting that the restaurant and food service industry is the larg-
est employer of LGBTQ people in the country — employing 15 percent of all
LGBTQ workers — one cannot separate LGBTQ economic insecurity and the submini-
mum wage for tipped workers.1
The Subminimum Wage CrisisIs An LGBTQ Worker Crisis
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