a host of disparities can emerge, says moyer bailey, assistant professor of gender and sexuality studies at northeastern university. >> one of the things lgbtq important issue. issues of housing discrimination , poverty, unemployment, all of that perhaps is more pressing than the question of marriage. karen: the executive director of the lawyers committee for civil rights. the committee does a significant amount of antidiscrimination work to protect communities of color as well as people identifying across sexual orientations and gender identities. , particularly marriage, has been the law of the land. at the same time we see significant setbacks that specifically affect lgbt people of color, particularly younger lgbt people of color and transgender people of color. these individuals are at a heightened risk for criminal justice enforcement, immigration intersection analogy suggests social classification such as race, gender, sexual orientation and class can all be intertwined. they can be mixed with actions of hate and discrimination as well. many fail to understand this. >> people migh