In April 2020, LGBT HERO, the national health and wellbeing charity for LGBTQ+ people, surveyed over 2,300 LGBTQ+ people to see how they were doing mentally, physically and emotionally during lockdown.
Did they have access to safe housing? Were they depressed or anxious? Could they access medical care?The survey found that huge numbers of LGBTQ+ people were experiencing mental health problems; 43% were depressed ‘very often’ or ‘every day’ and 50% regularly felt anxious about the impact lockdown was having on their lives.