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Impact of Discrimination ...on Health Increased Homelessness A 2018 University of Chicago study found that LGBT+ young adults experience homelessness at more than 2x the rate of their straight peers. 59% of LGBTQ+ people have faced some sort of discrimination or harassment when accessing housing services.
Health Risks of Living Outside HIV infections for transgender people are over 4 times the national average of HIV infections. Incomplete HIV viral suppression was 3.84 times higher for those with unstable housing, meaning more spread and complications due to HIV/AIDS happen for those with unstable housing.
Accessibility Needs The risk for having disabilities in the transgender population is nearly double that of the cisgender population. At age 20, transgender adults 27% more likely to experience at least one disability, increasing to 39% by age 55. Transgender adults with a disability were between two and five times as likely as cisgender adults with a disability to experience numerous forms of unmet needs for healthcare
Access to Medical Professionals 24% of USTS respondents did not see a doctor in the past year when they needed to because of fear of being mistreated as a transgender person 34% of Black respondents who saw a health care provider in the past year reported having at least one negative experience related to being transgender
