Dallas Voice
by Tammye Nash
December 4, 2019
Only 13 percent of LGB people have utilized LGBT-specific clinics, although 52 percent expressed an interest in utilizing such clinics in the future, according to a new study from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law.
The study included “a representative sample of LGB people in the United States from three age groups — young (18-25), middle (34-41) and older (52-59) — to understand the factors that influenced past utilization of LGBT-specific clinics and providers and interest in using them in the future,” researchers noted.
Lead author Alexander J. Martos, former research analyst at the Williams Institute, noted, “The discrepancy between past utilization and interest in future use of LGBT-specific providers suggests there is a disconnect between the type of healthcare many LGB people would like to have and what they have access to. Younger black LGB people and those with lower incomes reported the greatest interest in LGBT community-based healthcare.”
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