TY - JOUR
T1 - 'No-one knows how to care for LGBT community like LGBT do'(1)
T2 - LGBTQIA+ experiences of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom and Brazil
AU - Haworth, Billy Tusker
AU - Barros Cassal, Luan Carpes
AU - de Paula Muniz, Tiago
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank the study participants, Dr Stephanie Rinaldi, and Dr Paola Eiras. This project was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 ODI The Authors. Disasters published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of ODI.
PY - 2023/2/23
Y1 - 2023/2/23
N2 - The coronavirus pandemic and responses to it have had uneven impacts on different segments of societies. This study analysed the experiences of LGBTQIA+2 people during the COVID-19 emergency, based on interviews in the United Kingdom and Brazil in 2020. The two countries are instructive cases, given the different social, cultural, economic, and political contexts. Pre-existing marginalisation shaped COVID-19 experiences in both settings, influencing the challenges faced, such as isolation or disruption to transgender healthcare, and coping strategies, including the important role of LGBTQIA+ volunteer and mutual aid groups. This paper argues that despite commonalities, there is no single LGBTQIA+ experience, and that disaster strategies will be ineffective until they recognise intersectionality and support the diversity of LGBTQIA+ populations. It concludes with a call for more inclusive disaster research, policy, and practice, which requires scrutinising the dominant cisgender–heteronormative structures that produce and reproduce LGBTQIA+ marginalisation.
AB - The coronavirus pandemic and responses to it have had uneven impacts on different segments of societies. This study analysed the experiences of LGBTQIA+2 people during the COVID-19 emergency, based on interviews in the United Kingdom and Brazil in 2020. The two countries are instructive cases, given the different social, cultural, economic, and political contexts. Pre-existing marginalisation shaped COVID-19 experiences in both settings, influencing the challenges faced, such as isolation or disruption to transgender healthcare, and coping strategies, including the important role of LGBTQIA+ volunteer and mutual aid groups. This paper argues that despite commonalities, there is no single LGBTQIA+ experience, and that disaster strategies will be ineffective until they recognise intersectionality and support the diversity of LGBTQIA+ populations. It concludes with a call for more inclusive disaster research, policy, and practice, which requires scrutinising the dominant cisgender–heteronormative structures that produce and reproduce LGBTQIA+ marginalisation.
KW - Brazil
KW - COVID-19
KW - LGBTQIA+
KW - marginality
KW - resilience
KW - United Kingdom
U2 - 10.1111/disa.12565
DO - 10.1111/disa.12565
M3 - Article
C2 - 36309939
AN - SCOPUS:85148523498
JO - Disasters
JF - Disasters
SN - 0361-3666
ER -