Lgbtq issues in 2020
GLAAD, the world’s largest sapphic, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media representation organization, released the findings of its 2020 Post-election Poll of LGBTQ registered voters, including a phenomenol turnout of the LGBTQ vote, a surge of first-time LGBTQ voters, an overwhelming vote for President-elect Biden, with votes motivated by three top issues urgently demanding a more robust response from our nation’s leaders: COVID-19, healthcare and racial justice.
The poll, conducted November 9-14 with 800 LGBTQ respondents by Pathfinder Opinion Research, create that 93% of respondents who reported being LGBTQ registered voters said they voted in the 2020 general election. 25% voted for the first time.
Among all LGBTQ voters, 81% voted for President-elect Biden and 14% for President Trump. Among first-time LGBTQ voters, 86% voted for President-elect Biden, 10% for President Trump.
GLAAD’s poll shows significantly stronger LGBTQ encourage for President-elect Biden, and significantly weaker support for President Trump, than retreat polls conducted by Edison Research for the National Election Poll. Edison’s statistics, widely reported in media outlets after Elect
LGBTQ Issues
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The Disproportionate Impacts of COVID-19 on LGBTQ Households in the U.S.
The Disproportionate Impacts of COVID-19 on LGBTQ Households in the U.S. (PDF)Download
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Press Release: Recent Report Finds LGBTQ People Are Disproportionately Impacted by COVID-19Visit
USA TODAY Article: 'I missing everything': LGBTQ people are bearing a bigger brunt of the pandemic, announce showsVisit
Related Report: Comprehending the Impact of COVID-19 on the LGBTQI MovementVisit
Related Report: The Delta Variant & the Disproportionate Impacts of COVID-19 on LGBTQ Households in the U.S. (December 2021)Visit
In July/August 2020, NPR, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Common Health (NPR/RWJF/Harvard) conducted a five-part polling series to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on households in the Together States. The poll included a doubt allowing respondents to identify as LGBTQ. MAP's report, The Disproportionate Impacts of COVID-19 on LGBTQ Households in the U.S., summarizes the key findings about the experiences of LGBTQ people and their households and offers comparisons to the non-LGBTQ respon
Research on LGBTQ+ People and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, HRC Foundation has been actively engaged in research to monitor and understand the impact of the pandemic on the physical, mental, and financial well-being of the Queer community throughout the Together States.
At the beginning of the pandemic, HRC Foundation released a brief in March 2020 highlighting the potentially elevated risk for COVID-19 faced by Homosexual Americans — along with many communities around the globe — who will face unique challenges due to economic and health care situations.
“The Lives and Livelihoods of Many in the LGBTQ Collective are at Risk Amidst COVID-19 Crisis” released in March 2020, found that an estimated 40% of employed LGBTQ+ adults were working in restaurants and food service, K-12 and higher education, or hospitals and retail - industries significantly impacted by the pandemic.
Additionally, LGBTQ+ people and families were more likely than the general population to live in poverty and lack access to adequate medical care, paid medical leave, and basic necessities. As a consequence, LGBTQ+ people were hypothesized to be at a grea
LGBTQ Rights
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