Public Health Issues Affecting LGBTQ Community
While there are local, national, and world health organizations that contribute immense time and effort to the public health issues of today, these organizations could still use more contribution from every day citizens. Moreover, it is troubling to hear more stories of intolerance and discrimination toward the LGBTQ community, especially when these public health issues affect LGBTQ people at significantly high rates.
The following statistics describe just a few public health issues occurring nationally and globally:
The National Alliance to End Homelessness proclaims, "There are 610,042 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in the U.S." Homelessness is a health issue I experienced with my own eyes while I was in Portland, Oregon
briefly, and it is also an alarming issue linked to poverty. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 46.7 million people in poverty in 2014. Additionally, the United Nations World Food Programme estimates "795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life."
These numbers are more disconcerting when discussing the LGBTQ community. The LGBT Center OC elaborates that across these issues, "homelessness, hunger, poverty, disease, arrest, unemployment, drug use, smoking, suicide, cancer, HIV/AIDS, obesity, our community experiences rates between three to ten times higher than the hetero community."
These statistics are too significant to ignore or overlook. Instead of discriminating and oppressing LGBTQ community, which includes people who have just as much as ability to contribute to the world and its economy, more contribution needs to be made on improving our world and the lives of those who live in it.
The following statistics describe just a few public health issues occurring nationally and globally:
The National Alliance to End Homelessness proclaims, "There are 610,042 people experiencing homelessness on any given night in the U.S." Homelessness is a health issue I experienced with my own eyes while I was in Portland, Oregon
briefly, and it is also an alarming issue linked to poverty. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 46.7 million people in poverty in 2014. Additionally, the United Nations World Food Programme estimates "795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life."
These numbers are more disconcerting when discussing the LGBTQ community. The LGBT Center OC elaborates that across these issues, "homelessness, hunger, poverty, disease, arrest, unemployment, drug use, smoking, suicide, cancer, HIV/AIDS, obesity, our community experiences rates between three to ten times higher than the hetero community."
These statistics are too significant to ignore or overlook. Instead of discriminating and oppressing LGBTQ community, which includes people who have just as much as ability to contribute to the world and its economy, more contribution needs to be made on improving our world and the lives of those who live in it.