Collected Item: “Lessening the Pandemic’s Burden on LGBTQ Workers and Families”
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Lessening the Pandemic’s Burden on LGBTQ Workers and Families
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Article
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This article is very interesting as it mentions that LGBTQ+ people are more likely to be at higher risk to have worse COVID-19 than heterosexual counterparts. The COVID-19 Pandemic has shown the cracks that are in the LGBTQ+ community as a whole. These impacts include participating in the workforce less, less economically secure, and homelessness. Eventhough, this group has been discriminated against and continue to be in soma cases they are not alone feeling the brunt of this COVID-19 Pandemic. Other groups include communities of color, low-income households, and people with disabilities. This pandemic has caused people to start to notice these disparities and as someone who is apart of the LGBTQ+ community, there is a higher chance of not receiving a job based on just this fact. I have seen this in action in my own life before and it is not always blatant and more work needs to be done on this front.
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LGBTQ+, Workplace, COVID-19, Arizona State University, HST580, Pandemic Effects, Job, Economic Security, Minority Stories
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https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/news/2021/02/11/495675/lessening-pandemics-burden-lgbtq-workers-families/
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Caroline Medina and Lindsay Mahowald
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2021-03-29