new study from the American Heart Association published Thursday in the Circulation journal indicates that 56 percent of this demographic reported being subjected to provider bias of some kind.
The incidence was even higher, at 70 percent, for transgender and gender-nonconforming people.This report is the first of its kind from the AHA, a nonprofit that funds research into cardiac care.
This discrimination can help account for the disparities in heart health experienced by LGBTQ+ people.The findings of the 2020 study are "particularly important now, at a time when there is increased awareness of health inequities related to unequal treatment and discrimination in the U.S.,” said Billy A.