Overwhelming evidence found that discrimination hurts LGBTQ people's health

A new meta-analysis of scientific studies has found overwhelming evidence that anti-LGBTQ discrimination harms LGBTQ people’s health.

Cornell University’s Center for the Study of Inequality reviewed thousands of studies in peer-reviewed journals, looking for studies that evaluate the link between discrimination and health outcomes.

They narrowed their scope to 300 studies that took place in the U.S. and focused on discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. They found that 95% of the studies showed a connection between discrimination and negative health outcomes, and 82% showed “unambiguous evidence that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity is associated with harms to the health.”

And the effects weren’t minor. Discrimination was found to put LGBTQ people at risk of depression, anxiety, suicide, PTSD, and other mental health disorders.

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