Now It Is Official

We knew that Trumps election affected many trans and LGB people psyche now we have data to confirm it.

A nationwide survey found disturbing data…

First National Survey Published After 2016 Presidential Election Finds Gender Minorities’ Sense of Safety and Well-Being Impacted
Columbia University School of Nursing
By Elizabeth Holliday
November 1, 2017

NEW YORK- The first quantitative analyses published on the outcome of the 2016 election on the LGBTQ community showed that participants reported high levels of election outcome-related concerns, including psychological and emotional distress, since the election.

“Terrified,” “scared,” and “shell-shocked” were some of the words that LGBTQ survey participants used to describe their reactions to the 2016 presidential election, Cindy B. Veldhuis, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Columbia University School of Nursing and colleagues found.

The study entitled, “We Won’t Go Back into the Closet Now Without One Hell of a Fight: Effects of the 2016 Presidential Election on Sexual Minority Women’s and Gender Minorities’ Stigma-Related Concerns,” was published  in Sexuality Research and Social Policy.

The mixed-methods survey, which collected qualitative and quantitative data from online survey participants across the country who identified as sexual minority women and gender minorities, showed nearly 70 percent of participants reported having “moderately” or “much” higher concerns about their safety since the election, while 73 percent reported higher levels of sadness or depression, and 76 percent, of anxiety.

“What we found suggests the need for prevention and intervention strategies to ensure that marginalized and minority populations have support and effective coping tools to weather potential increases, or perceptions of increases in stigma, and to prevent such perceptions from becoming internalized and increasing risks for engaging in unhealthy behaviors,” Veldhuis said.

I think if they did the survey today that the outcome would be even worse.

I know that right after the election the non-profit that I am the ED started receiving phone calls from distraught trans people that just wanted someone to talk to about their fears. The impact has died down but I don’t think that the fear and anxiety has gone away.

I bet that if the current administration read this report that they would be filled with glee and probably giving high-fives to everyone. Yes I am bitter, the administration has done everything in their power to force us back in to the closet, they hate anything LGBT.