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COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all of us, making 2020 a year filled with challenges like no other. For individuals and families, workers and businesses, and social change organizations, COVID-19 has upended how we learn, work, and connect. Since the pandemic began, MAP has explored the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic on LGBTQ people and other vulnerable groups. Decades of discrimination on the job, in health care, and beyond—combined with uneven legal protections around the country—make LGBTQ people more vulnerable to pandemic-related instability and insecurity, with an even more devastating impact on LGBTQ people of color.

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2020 National LGBTQI Movement Report

December 2020 - MAP’s annual report on the financial health of national LGBTQI movement organizations examines both a fiscal year snapshot and historical trends in revenue and expenses, fundraising, and other indicators of financial health, as well as demographics of movement staff and boards. The 2020 report also includes early reporting on the initial impacts of COVID-19 on these major LGBTQI movement organizations’ finances.

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The Disproportionate Impacts of COVID-19 on LGBTQ Households in the U.S.

December 2020 - This report presents new analysis of a nationally representative survey that finds LGBTQ people are disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.

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LGBTQ Community Center Survey Report

October 2020 - MAP’s biennial survey of LGBTQ community centers in the U.S., conducted in partnership with CenterLink, examines the centers’ operating hours, budgets, capacity, program expenses, community outreach, policy work, physical and mental health programs, and more. The 2020 report also includes analysis of how, at the time of the survey (mid-2020), LGBTQ centers were responding to and impacted by COVID-19.

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Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on the LGBTQI Movement

September 2020 - This report examines the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTQI and allied organizations.

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ISSUE BRIEF

LGBT Older Adults & COVID-19

May 2020 - Older adults in the United States are at increased risk for contracting COVID-19. They are particularly vulnerable without access during the pandemic to the health care resources and social structures that contribute to overall wellness. This is especially true for the 1.1 million LGBTQ people who are ages 65 and older living across the country.

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BLOG SERIES: EDUCATION & ACTION DURING COVID-19
  • Economic Insecurity - April 7, 2020Visit
  • Food Insecurity - April 16, 2020Visit

    • Protecting Incarcerated People - April 22, 2020Visit
  • Defending LGBTQ Immigrants - April 29, 2020Visit
  • Ensuring LGBTQ Healthcare Protections - May 4, 2020Visit
  • Supporting LGBTQ Foster Youth - May 13, 2020Visit
  • Caring for LGBT Older People - May 20, 2020Visit
  • The Rise of Hate Crimes - May 29, 2020Visit
  • Systemic Racism & Policing - June 3, 2020Visit
  • LGBTQ Data Collection - June 11, 2020Visit
  • LGBTQ Community Centers - June 25, 2020Visit
  • Supporting LGBTQ Youth - July 2, 2020Visit
  • Housing & Homelessness - July 10, 2020Visit

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The term “sexual orientation” is loosely defined as a person’s pattern of romantic or sexual attraction to people of the opposite sex or gender, the same sex or gender, or more than one sex or gender. Laws that explicitly mention sexual orientation primarily protect or harm lesbian, gay, and bisexual people. That said, transgender people who are lesbian, gay or bisexual can be affected by laws that explicitly mention sexual orientation.

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