Extant literature finds that discrimination promotes empathy towards other people in similar predicaments. We propose that discrimination increases empathy more generally—namely, LGB+ individuals, because of their experience with discrimination in society, which promotes empathy, are more charitable than heterosexual individuals. We recruited 5,131 American respondents of whom 378 identified as LGB+. LGB+ ‐identifying respondents scored higher on empathy, increasing their monetary donations to victims of Hurricane Irma, relative to heterosexual respondents. Importantly, greater experience with discrimination enhanced LGB+ respondents' empathy and charity. We situate our results within literature that has studied the charitable behaviors of LGB+ individuals. We acknowledge limitations to our study and suggest ideas for further research.

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LGB +识别和向飓风“艾尔玛”（Irma）受害者的捐赠：同情的作用

现有文献发现，歧视会促进在类似困境中对他人的移情。我们建议歧视会更普遍地增加同情心，即LGB +个人由于他们在社会中的歧视经验（会促进同理心），比异性恋者更慈善。我们招募了5131名美国受访者，其中378名被确定为LGB +。与异性恋受访者相比，能识别LGB +的受访者在同情心上得分更高，增加了他们对飓风“艾尔玛”（Irma）受害者的金钱捐款。重要的是，更多的歧视经历提高了LGB +受访者的同理心和慈善事业。我们将研究结果置于研究LGB +个人的慈善行为的文献中。我们认识到我们研究的局限性，并提出了进一步研究的想法。