A recent study from the Williams Institute has highlighted the heightened impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on LGBTQ people of color, as compared to heterosexual white people.
The Williams Institute, a UCLA School of Law think tank, collected data from 12,000 U.S. adults at the height of the fall 2020 surge in coronavirus cases, between August and December.According to the underlying data trends, the personal and economic implications of the pandemic are significantly worse for LGBTQ people of color than for heterosexual white people.Most notably, LGBTQ people of color tested positive for COVID-19 at double the rate of non-LGBTQ white people, and reported a higher rate of joblessness and financial instability.While 7% of heterosexual white.