Robert Garcia, the mayor of Long Beach, speaks at a virtual press conference about COVID-19 on July 2 at the city’s Emergency Operations Center.
Photo: City of Long Beach. Editorial LONG BEACH — Four months into the COVID-19 public health emergency, and nobody knows the virus’ impact on the health of LGBTQ people in Long Beach.
The answer is unknown because the data isn’t being collected. Pennsylvania, however, became the first state in the union to collect sexual orientation and gender identity data.
They started in May. Also, a bill is making its way through Sacramento that would require LGBTQ data related to COVID-19 be collected throughout the state.