COVID-19: LGBTQ community kept in closet by public health officials
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qvoicenews.comSamples prepare to get tested for COVID-19. Photo: Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Everyone knows I’m queer.
Except one group of colleagues. Ironically, they’re the ones from my own field — public health professionals. I work for the National LGBT Cancer Network, a CDC-funded, LGBTQ+ disparity network.
I announce I am trans and bi whenever I host a training program for the Network. But while knowing one trans-bi person may be changing some hearts and minds, what public health officials are largely not doing is collecting health outcome data about the larger communities of LGBTQ+ people.
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