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Lee Badgett comments about a study that found there is a correlation between a country’s GDP per capita and LGBTQ acceptance.

M.V. Lee Badgett, economics, comments about a study that found there is a correlation between a country’s GDP per capita and LGBTQ acceptance. She says programs and policies that reduce violence stigma and discrimination and improve education and health care allow LGBT people to realize their full economic potential and that boosts the overall economy. (MetroWeekly [Wash. D.C.],