Review Article
Year: 2021 | Month: March | Volume: 8 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 25-27
COVID-19 and Its Predicament on LGBT Communities in India - A Mini Review
Joshitha Sankam
Department of Public Health, Prasanna School of Public Health, Manipal, Karnataka, India
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of many people around the globe. The pandemic results in increased challenges and risks for LGBT communities making them more vulnerable to the outbreak. The lives of LGBT communities were not comfortable before the "new normal," and the pandemic has further caused a strain on their ways of life. This article reviews the impact and predicament of COVID 19 on the LGBT communities of India.
Keywords: COVID 19, LGBT Communities, healthcare, transgender, mental health, discrimination.
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