COVID-19, the LGBTQIA+ Community, and Public Policy

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<P>The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and exacerbated long-standing inequities, both in the United States and throughout the world. As studies emerge to help us understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on every facet of modern life, it is critical that the effect of the pandemic on the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersexual, and Asexual (LGBTQIA+) communities not be overlooked. While some pioneering studies analyzing the impacts of the pandemic upon LGBTQIA+ communities have been conducted, and some efforts are being made to collect data which can impact the development of policy, reliable data resources are limited to a few enterprising states, and this data has not been systematically shared with public policy-makers or with the public to date. <I>COVID-19, the LGBTQIA+ Community, and Public Policy</I> explores precisely how the pandemic has affected these communities and what concrete steps need to be taken to ameliorate its effects.</P><P>As the chapters in t