Gay state Senator Scott Wiener is introducing legislation requiring that the state of California collect the sexual orientation and gender identity data of novel coronavirus patients.
Senate Bill 932 would track how many LGBT people are being infected, hospitalized and placed in intensive care, as well as how many have recovered versus those who have died. "We know that COVID-19 is harming the LGBTQ community, but because no data is being collected, we're hamstrung in making the case to devote