Hundreds of thousands of people have contracted Coronavirus worldwide since the pandemic struck. However, every community is affected either socially, economically, or politically due to the pandemic. The LGBTQ communities in the United States face unique challenges and many other communities due to their economic and health care situations. Several health inequalities have emerged since the pandemic outbreak in early 2020, including economic, racial, and regional differences[1]. As important as it is to point out the disparities in health that LGBT people and communities confront, it is equally critical to recognize how COVID-19 has adversely harmed LGBT people and communities. COVID-19’s economic impact is likely to be felt by everyone, but LGBTQ people are particularly at risk. It is estimated that 30.2% of LGBTQ Americans have lost their employment, and 17.9% have seen a reduction in pay in the past year (Krause, 2021, s69). This project synthesizes different sources to determine how ell patterns and trends are in the research topic Impact of COVID 19 on the LGBTQ community.
Approximately 20% of LGBTQ people claim that their finances are “far worse off” than the general population, and they are twice as likely to predict that their finances will worsen in the next year[2]. It will be difficult for the LGBTQ community to recover as rapidly as the heterosexual community in the current global economic climate, the worst since World War II.
There are also significant health care access issues to take into account. There was a lack of understanding among health care providers and a history of stigmatizing experiences among LGBTQ people before the pandemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17% of LGBTQ individuals had no health insurance in 2018, compared to 12% of the overall population. Moreover, a quarter (23%) of LGBTQ individuals of color and 22% of transgender adults say they lack health insurance, illustrating the widening gap between them (Kuehn, 2022, p. 910). Free COVID-19 testing is available in many states and local governments. However, it should be focused on the LGBTQ community to guarantee a comfortable and stigma-free testing experience.
Limited data on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on LGBT individuals in the United States suggest that this population may be more severely affected than others. Among the many possible explanations are that LGBT people have a higher risk of poorer COVID-19 outcomes due to higher rates of comorbidities; that they work in industries with high comorbidity rates, such as health care and restaurants/food services; that they earn less money than non-LGBT people; that they face stigma and discrimination because of their sexual orientation or gender identity; and, for transgender people, they face additional barriers to health care. A new study from the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor examines how LGBT persons with a self-identified sexual orientation or gender identity have fared after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine and comparisons with the non-LGBT population (Gil et al., 2021, n, p). The research finds that LGBT adults had different experiences with the pandemic than non-LGBT people in several key areas, including their risk of contracting COVID-19, mental health, and loss of employment, attitudes toward vaccines, and their willingness to engage in risk-reduction behaviors like social distancing.
The influence of the Coronavirus on the lives of gay, lesbian, transgender, and bisexual people in the United States[3]. Because of this, it has been determined that LGBT persons are more likely to develop COVID-19 and suffer the financial effects of the epidemic. According to Dawson et al. (2021 n.p), Non-LGBT persons were not as badly harmed by COVID-19 in certain places. More LGBT persons than the general population report having lost a job in the COVID-19 period, compared to the general population. As many as 74% of lesbians and gays, compared to only 49% of non-LGBT persons, are concerned about the harmful impact of Coronavirus on their mental health. Vaccination rates for LGBT individuals and non-LGBT people are comparable. However, the significant difference is that they perceive vaccination as a duty to protect their loved ones, whereas the non-LBGT view vaccination as a personal decision.
Comparing LGBTQ individuals to heterosexual adults, a greater proportion of the LGBT have received at least one dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine. According to the nationally representative telephone survey report, the vaccination is lowest among the back and Hispanic communities. On the other hand, White homosexual males have a higher response rate than Hispanic gay men and women, at 94.1%. The only problem that will raise the vaccination rates month the ethnic groups is that the significance of COVID-19 to the Hispanic and black populations should be made known t
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