‘It’s difficult to find hope’ – why the LGBT community feel discriminated against in the face of Covid
gender fluid early last year to a friend, after living with social anxiety for over a decade, the relief was palpable.Even when the coronavirus crisis began to seep into every aspect of life, Nix chose to consider it a blessing rather than a curse.‘The pandemic actually aided my coming out,’ they remember. ‘Trying to fit in with certain norms was a massive source of anxiety for me, so when society essentially ground to a halt, that pressure to fit in was stripped away.’However, estranged from most of their family and having spent almost a year in relative isolation – while unable to seek the face-to-face support they relied on before the pandemic struck – Nix has been forced to cope alone and their initial sense of calm has been replaced by.
