A new study, published by the UCLA’s Williams Institute and the Point Foundation, found American LGBTQ+ students are more likely to be impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of hospitalisation rates and housing insecurity.
and The study, titled Covid-19 and Students in Higher Education, was based on a poll of 1,079 students aged 18-40.Trans students were 5.5% more likely to report being hospitalised with Covid-19 compared to cisgender students.
27.7% of LGBTQ+ students of colour reported that a family member had been hospitalised with Covid-19, as opposed to 23.1% of non-LGBTQ+ students of colour.
LGBTQ+ students were also less likely to have access to online tuition, with 10% of all LGBTQ+ students reporting not having reliable.