Same-sex marriage laws, for instance, have created challenges for obtaining housing and health insurance.
Legal barriers to care are some of the social determinants that lead to disparities. Accessibility to healthcare needs to be examined in these contexts certain demographics, such as racial and ethnic minorities and those with low incomes, face more discrimination and barriers to care than others. Each subpopulation of the LGBTQ+ umbrella has their own concerns based on these demographic factors. Members of the LGBTQ+ community come from diverse backgrounds the community includes those from all races, ethnicities, socioeconomic backgrounds, from all places, and from all walks of life. Demographic factors, legal barriers to care, pitfalls in the medical system, paucity of research, and societal stigma are all interrelated. Understanding the history of and current oppression and marginalization of the LGBTQ+ community is key to beginning to grasp the current landscape of healthcare disparities. In this post we’ll explore the health disparities in the LGBTQ+ community, with a particular focus on lesbian and bisexual healthcare. While Pride Month is a rightful time for joyous celebration, it is also a time to raise awareness of the effects that stigmatization and discrimination have on the LGBTQ+ community - notably lacunas in access to healthcare and health disparities. Festivities are widespread here in Washington DC: Pride Weekend kicked off on June 11th and many flocked to the parade, happy hours, and newly reopened nightclubs, and others took to virtual Pride events that continue throughout the month. Pride Month is celebrated in June, a nod to the June 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City that paved the way for the gay rights movement. Glennon Doyle Pride Month 2021: Exploring LGBTQ+ Health Disparities “If our goal is to be tolerant of people who are different than we are, then we really are aiming quite low.