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by Kate Sosin
December 4, 2019
At a time when the Trump administration is rapidly rolling back LGBTQ health care protections in the U.S., a new report suggests that queer health centers are out of reach for most in the country.
On Wednesday, the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law released a study that found just 13% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual people have used an LGBTQ health center, while 52% wish they could. The findings were based on data from 1,534 LGB people between the ages of 18-61 years old. Transgender people were not included in the report because they will be the focus of a separate study, the Institute told NewNowNext.
The study also found that nearly three out of four (72%) queer-identified people live within 60 miles of an LGBTQ clinic, but still struggled to make it to those centers.
“Even within a 60-mile radius, unreliable transportation and long commute times can be a serious barrier to utilization,” wrote the study’s authors.
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