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

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-21958-5
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 322 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 469 g

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. COVID-19, the LGBTQIA+ Community, and Public Policy explores precisely how the pandemic has affected these communities and what concrete steps need to be taken to ameliorate its effects.

As the chapters in this book demonstrate, the unusual nature of the pandemic has significantly impacted state and local LGBTQIA+ infrastructure, leading to closure of some institutions and reductions in functioning for many others. The contributors examine the ways the pandemic has highlighted preexisting challenges on accessing adequate healthcare (including mental healthcare and substance abuse treatment), employment, education, secure housing, and other societal resources. Together, these chapters present a state-of-the-field overview of health disparities in the LGBTQIA+ community, and demonstrate the particular need for serious, timely, public policy interventions.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Swan, Wallace

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- An International Pandemic, Misinformation, and Policy Harms Christopher R. Surfus

- The Policy Process Wallace Swan

- The Civic Culture Reconfigured Wallace Swan

- LGBTQIA Issues Facing the New Administration Lorenda A. Naylor

- Impacts of the Pandemic on the Most Vulnerable Subsectors of the LGBTQ Community Al C. Johnson-Manning

- 6 Jobs for the LGBTQ Community Wallace Swan

- Immigration, Covid-19, and the LGBTQIA Community Wallace Swan

- LGBTQ+ Mental Health and Covid-19 Wallace Swan

- Covid-19 and the Impact on LGBT Disabled Americans Christopher R. Surfus

- Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the LGBTQ Prison Population Dallas S. Drake

- Covid-19 and Substance Use Among LGBTQ+ People Claire M. Burgess, Ankur Srivastava, and Abigail W. Batchelder

- American and Canadian Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on LGBTQIA Businesses Wallace Swan

- The Pandemic’s Impact on LGBTQIA+ Centers and Service Organizations Al C. Johnson-Manning

- The LGBTQIA Community Effort to Define Sogi: A State-by-State Summary of Data Collection Wallace Swan

- From Sogi (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity) Data Collection to Vaccine Promotion: The Journey of LGBTQ+ Health Activism during Covid-19 Adrian Shanker

- The Minnesota Experience Jeremy Hanson Willis

- Utilizing State-Level Risk Factor Data to Analyze Covid-19 Risk and Impact Among LGBTQI+ Pennsylvanians Christina J. Graham, Jennifer D. Keith, Adrian Shanker, Mara Aussendorf, and Katie Suppes

- Impacts of the Pandemic on African American, Latino, Asian American/Pacific Islander LGBTQ Populations Dallas S. Drake and Wallace Swan

- Arm in Arm: LGBTQ+ Covid-19 Vaccine Equity and Coalition-Building Kaylin C. Gray and Mardell J. Moore

- Representative Bureaucracy as a Tool for Addressing LGBTQ Inequities Highlighted by the Pandemic Jennifer Hooker

- Public Health Care Policy Needs More Than a Vaccine Paula Overby

- Reclaiming our Time: From Discrimination to Dignity Christopher R. Surfus

Epilogue

Conclusion Wallace Swan

Appendix 1: LGBTQ Youth/Adults and Homelessness in the Time of Covid-19 Wallace Swan

Appendix 2: Effects of Covid-19 on Twin Cities LGBTQIA+ Businesses Wallace Swan

Appendix 3: LGBTQ Non-Profit Sustainability During Covid-19 (Webinar) Wallace Swan

Appendix 4: Wallace Swan and Associates: Accurate Info for Government Policy Wallace Swan

Appendix 5: State and Territory Questionnaire Letter Wallace Swan

Appendix 6: Tabulation of Questionnaire Responses Wallace Swan

Appendix 7: Racial, Ethnic, and SOGI Section of Oregon Covid-19 Data Form

Über Autor(innen)

Wallace ("Wally") Swan, MPA, MAPA, and DPA, (he/him) has taught public policy, administrative ethics, public and non-profit finance and organization theory at Western International University, University of St. Thomas, Metropolitan State University, Nova Southeastern University, and has served on the faculty of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. He currently is a Contributing Faculty Member in the Master's and Doctoral programs at Walden University and has served as an Adjunct Instructor at Hamline University. He has held city-wide elected office at the Minneapolis Board of Estimate and Taxation and is currently a member of the board of the LGBT Advocacy Action Section of the American Society for Public Administration.