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Beauty industry professionals are now in the unique position to identify and support survivors. A new state law in Rochester, N.Y. requires people in the beauty industry to undergo domestic violence and sexual assault training. The training would include how to help victims in dangerous situations and provide resources to seek help. |
"Every day, more colleges and universities are canceling in-person classes due to the threat. Most are keeping dorms and dining halls open for now, but a growing number have asked students to pack up and leave campus indefinitely. That presents a problem for the significant fraction of students who depend on their school for basic needs — food, housing, financial aid, health insurance and on-campus jobs. And, as colleges shift to online learning for the remainder of the semester, not everyone can afford the necessary laptops and broadband. |
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The article addresses the issue with Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced’s imposed curfew to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Organizations that work with victims of gender violence expressed their concerns since they understand that during this period there could be a rebound in these cases of domestic violence. |
Human Rights Campaign Foundation released A National Epidemic: Fatal Anti-Transgender Violence in the United States in 2019. It reports at least 22 transgender people and gender non-conforming people killed in 2019. The report also calls for the expansion of community-based resources and programs to address the epidemic.The report comes just days after the Federal Bureau of Investigation released 2018’s hate crimes data, which found an alarming 34 percent increase in violent hate-based attacks on transgender people between 2017 and 2018. |
This article briefly examines that the LGBTQ community in the U.S. — along with many communities around the globe — will face unique challenges. In many cases, LGBTQ members are at greater exposure and risk of both economic and health complications than non-LGBTQ people because of the types of jobs they are more likely to have, because of their experiences with poverty and lack of paid leave, and because of the health disparities they have compared to non-LGBTQ people |
"LGBTQ+ people experience health disparities. Barriers to care cause us to be less likely to get medical care; and mean we're more likely to have compromised health in general. Health disparities magnify the impact COVID-19 could have on us. |
"As COVID-19 sweeps the world, hundreds of thousands of people have contracted the virus, and every community has been affected. The LGBTQ community in the U.S. — along with many communities around the globe — will face unique challenges due to its economic and health care situations." |
"Female sex workers, MSM, and transgender women—collectively referred to as key populations (KPs)—are disproportionately affected by gender-based violence (GBV) and HIV, yet little is known about the violence they face, its gender-based origins, and responses to GBV. The purpose of this study was to understand the nature and consequences of GBV experienced, to inform HIV policies and programming and to help protect KPs’ human rights." |
Yampi Méndez Arocho is a 19 year old transgender male. |
Bad Bunny paid tribute to a murdered transgender woman on the Jimmy Fallon Show. |
"We're really concerned because we know that whenever there's a health issue, the pre-loaded issues in our community create an issue for us,” stated Scout, the deputy director of the National LGBT Cancer Network. He addresses the open letter that more than 100 organizations sent to medical groups and the news media stating that LGBT people are at greater risk from the novel COVID-19 due to other social and medical issues that affect the LGBT community. |
Due to the increased vulnerability within the LGBTQ community this article highlights relevant resources to those affected. These sources are for people living with and those affected by HIV/AIDS, people living with and those affected by liver disease, including Hepatitis, people living with and those affected by cancer, the African-American community, and the Latinx community. |
The National Center for Transgender Equality emphasizes the importance for trans people to have an action plan amid the current health crisis. This article discusses the risk factors that the LGBTQ community faces and how to create the needed action plan. It also provides a variety resources including a list of medical providers, resources for housing and mental health. |
This article raises the question and need for conversation about transphobic hate crimes in Puerto Rico. They cite the murder of Alexa, a transgender woman who was using the women’s bathroom. Her death caused outrage and many activists have spoken out. Artist Bad Bunny paid tribute to her on the Jimmy Fallon show. Transgender and non conforming people are at a higher risk for homelessness and a higher risk for violence. |
"A homeless transgender woman was brutally murdered in Puerto Rico early Monday. Pedro Julio Serrano, founder of Puerto Rico Para Tod@s, a Puerto Rican LGBTQ advocacy groups, confirmed media reports that said the victim, who was known as Alexa, was killed in a park in Toa Baja, a municipality that is about 15 miles west of San Juan. Serrano told the Washington Blade that police on Sunday night responded to a report Alexa was “peeping” on people in a public restroom. David Begnaud of CBS News reported the person who filed the complaint declined to press charges against Alexa after they learned she was homeless." |