The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated long-standing inequities, both in the United States and throughout the world. As studies emerge to help us understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on every facet of modern life, it is critical that the effect of the pandemic on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexual, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities not be overlooked. While some pioneering studies analyzing the impacts of the pandemic upon LGBTQIA+ communities have been conducted, and some efforts are being made to collect data which can impact the development of policy, reliable data resources are limited to a few enterprising states, and this data has not been systematically shared with public policy-makers or with the public to date. COVID-19, the LGBTQIA+ Community, and Public Policy explores precisely how the pandemic has affected these communities and what concrete steps need to be taken to ameliorate its effects.
As the chapters in this book demonstrate, the unusual nature of the pandemic has significantly impacted state and local LGBTQIA+ infrastructure, leading to closure of some institutions and reductions in functioning for many others. The contributors examine the ways the pandemic has highlighted preexisting challenges on accessing adequate healthcare (including mental healthcare and substance abuse treatment), employment, education, secure housing, and other societal resources. Together, these chapters present a state-of-the-field overview of health disparities in the LGBTQIA+ community, and demonstrate the particular need for serious, timely, public policy interventions.
Author(s): Wallace Swan
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 320
City: New York
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contributor Biographies
1. An International Pandemic, Misinformation, and Policy Harms
2. The Policy Process
3. The Civic Culture Reconfigured
4. LGBTQIA Issues Facing the New Administration: Employment, Medical Care, Personal Finances, and Hunger
5. Impacts of the Pandemic on the Most Vulnerable Subsectors of the LGBTQ Community
6. Jobs for the LGBTQ Community
7. Immigration, COVID-19, and the LGBTQIA Community
8. LGBTQ+ Mental Health and COVID-19
9. COVID-19 and the Impact on LGBT Disabled Americans
10. Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the LGBTQ Prison Population
11. COVID-19 and Substance Use among LGBTQ+ People
12. American and Canadian Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on LGBTQIA Businesses
13. The Pandemic’s Impact on LGBTQIA+ Centers and Service Organizations
14. The LGBTQIA Community Effort to Define SOGI: A State-by-State Summary of Data Collection
15. From SOGI (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Data Collection to Vaccine Promotion: The Journey of LGBTQ+ Health Activism during COVID-19
16. The Minnesota Experience
17. Utilizing State-Level Risk Factor Data to Analyze COVID-19 Risk and Impact among LGBTQI+ Pennsylvanians
18. Impacts of the Pandemic on African American, Latino, Asian American/Pacific Islander LGBTQ Populations
19. Arm in Arm: LGBTQ+ COVID-19 Vaccine Equity and Coalition-Building
20. Representative Bureaucracy as a Tool for Addressing LGBTQ Inequities Highlighted by the Pandemic
21. Public Health Care Policy Needs More Than a Vaccine
22. Reclaiming our Time: From Discrimination to Dignity
Epilogue: A Fault Line in American Public Health: From AIDS to COVID-19, to Monkeypox
Conclusion
Appendix 1: LGBTQ Youth/Adults and Homelessness in the Time of COVID-19
Appendix 2: Effects of COVID-19 on Twin Cities LGBTQIA+ Businesses
Appendix 3: LGBTQ Non-Profit Sustainability during COVID-19 (Webinar)
Appendix 4: Wallace Swan and Associates: Accurate Info for Government Policy
Appendix 5: State and Territory Questionnaire Letter
Appendix 6: Tabulation of Questionnaire Responses
Appendix 7: Racial, Ethnic, and SOGI Section of Oregon COVID-19 Data Form
