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if you're talking about the trans wage gap, there's a study out of Canada that shows similar. Admittedly Canada is pretty similar to the US socioeconomically, and those two obviously aren't representative of the whole planet, so I'd be willing to accept that this pattern doesn't hold true for everywhere on earth.

This Survey out of PKU doesn't give any specific numbers sadly for income, but does state "In terms of ability to find employment, levels of acceptance at the workplace, and freedom for gender expression, analysis of this survey determined that, on average, transgender women face the most challenges at all stages of employment", and does show other indicators of worse treatment across across the board (higher dropout rates, high rates of rejection by loved ones, higher rates of self-harm/suicidality etc.)

(There's a more recent survey from 2021 though, though they don't talk about income at all, only about improving conditions for trans people across the board and the need for further improvement still)

This is a generally understudied topic, and I am limited to English, so if anyone knows of similar studies, please tell me. Given what existing data shows, and what "transmisogyny" as a social theory suggests, we don't have a reason to expect that the pattern of trans women getting paid the least out of any gender demographic would be the case at least most of the time.

Anon needs to go fuck themselves lol

Survey respondents were asked about their current employment status; trans and non-binary respondents were less likely to be in paid work (39.11% compared to 49.06% of all LGBTI respondents), more likely to be unemployed (8.34% compared to 4.78% of all LGBTI respondents), and more likely to be unable to work due to long-term health problems (5.88% compared to 2.35% of all LGBTI respondents). These differences were exacerbated to certain groups of trans and non-binary people: trans women were much more likely to be unemployed (11.67%) or unable to work due to long-term health problems (7.32%), and less likely to be students (16.19%, compared to 27.36% of trans and non-binary people and 27.92% of all LGBTI respondents).

The survey asked respondents if they felt discriminated against when looking for work and when at work. The share of trans and non-binary respondents that felt discriminated against when looking for a job is 31.79% (compared to 10.17% of all LGBTI respondents). This share is much higher for trans and non-binary people with disabilities (44.73%) and trans women (43.03%). At work, trans and non-binary people were also more likely to experience discrimination (34.42% compared to 20.83% of all LGBTI respondents), with even higher rates for trans people from an ethnic minority (including migrant background) (41.08%), trans and non-binary people with disabilities (44.95%) and trans women (36.35%).

And another one about trans people and poverty from 2021.

A lot of people look at an offer like this and go “okay, you get $3 per delivery, so just do more of them and stop complaining!” without factoring in the fact that this is $3 for an hour of labor (because 39 minutes is the driving time ONLY) and nearly 23 miles (which doesn’t even factor in the cost of returning to your start point, going home, etc.)

In a car that gets 25 miles per gallon, in a city where gas costs $4.37 per gallon, this trip is literally going to cost money to complete. There is also no guarantee of a tip & to make things even worse many people will put a tip on the order up front and then delete it after getting the food, so we’re often baited into working for free (or worse, paying to work) and everyone just shrugs.

The most I have ever earned after the cost of gas running Uber Eats was $4 an hour. It usually averaged $0 to $2 during the week.

People also seem to think that Uber Eats drivers are all privileged enough to “just go get a real job” but if you actually DO this for a living you’ll see that all the drivers waiting around you have some barrier to “real” employment like not speaking any English, being disabled, being transgender, etc.

Body Horror: Things that cannot happen in real life. EX: The Thing, stomach mouths, eyes on hands, etc

Gore: Fresh injuries, often severe. EX: Severed leg, gutspill, deep gashes, etc

NEITHER: Healed injuries and burns, congenital differences, missing appendages, etc. If I could theoretically go to the store and see that character browsing the isles- It isn't body horror or gore. That's just a person. *AND the amount of people that tag, not just fictional characters, but real human beings as body horror is staggering. Its not solely a fandom issue, ableism and bigotry against anyone that looks sufficiently "different" is prevalent in real life and has devastating consequences.

give you more context for all

the works they create