Table 2 Example online health information of LGBTQ+ elders and COVID-19
Title | Source | Date | Article Snippet |
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COVID-19 is hitting older LGBTQ adults especially hard | https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2020/04/covid-19-is-hitting-older-lgbtq-adults-especially-hard/ | 04/22/2020 | He said 59% of LGBT older people report that they lack companionship, and 53% feel isolated. The situation for rural elders is even more tenuous. In a 2018 study, AARP found access to LGBT resources and LGBT senior resources was significantly reduced in rural areas. This crisis puts all of these issues in sharper focus, said Wilkinson. |
Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Adults and COVID-19 Risk | https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2021/lgb-community-increased-covid-risk.html | 02/28/2021 | A recent report commissioned by AARP New York and SAGE similarly found that older LGBTQ New Yorkers face steeper barriers to health care than their non-LGBTQ counterparts that put them at risk of experiencing COVID-19 more acutely, including: poor physical and mental health, alcohol and tobacco use, HIV, and cancer. |
Why this 90-year-old man decided to come out as gay during the pandemic | 06/30/2020 | Kenneth Felts spent the last 90 years of his life not telling anyone he was gay, but during the coronavirus pandemic everything changed. | |
US gay, lesbian adults have higher COVID vaccination rates | 02/03/2022 | According to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, lesbians and gay men aged 18 and older reported higher vaccination rates. | |
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the LGBT community | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_of_the_COVID-19_pandemic_on_the_LGBT_community | 06/01/2022 | More than 220 gay pride celebrations around the world were canceled or postponed in 2020, and in response a Global Pride event was hosted online. |