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California will collect data on sexual orientation and gender identity of COVID-19 patients

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The Washington Post, Ghaly praised the change in data collection as an important step toward identifying any health disparities that disproportionately affect LGBTQ individuals, and pursuing any required medical interventions that will prevent deaths or serious illnesses stemming from the disease.The announcement comes after pressure from LGBTQ groups, including Equality California, and from politicians, including State Sen.

Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who introduced legislation in May to require that such data be collected. Wiener’s bill was recently amended to cover up to 90 other communicable diseases, not just COVID-19.

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