Poverty and gay, lesbian, and bisexual couples of color
On March 20, 2009, the Williams Institute of UCLA Law released a study demonstrating that gay, lesbian, and bisexual (LGB) couples of color experience markedly higher rates of poverty then heterosexual and White LGB couples. “For example, white gay men in same-sex couples have poverty rates of 2.7%, compared to 4.5% of Asian or Pacific Islander, 14.4% of black and 19.1% of Native American gay men. While just under 6% (5.7%) of non-Hispanic lesbians are poor, that rate is more than tripled (19.1%) for Hispanic lesbians in couples.” Take a look at the complete study.
I think this has more to do with race and less to do with sexual orientation. If you were to examine the statistics for poverty according to race alone, they would follow the same patterns, so in a way this just takes the forementioned statistics and divides them into different sexual orientations.