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'I lost everything': LGBTQ people are bearing a bigger brunt of the pandemic, report shows

Posted on AllSides December 16th, 2020
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The world for Atlas Marshall, a popular Portland, Oregon, drag performer and karaoke company owner, imploded last spring.

Marci Perry, a Denver personal trainer with a beloved shoeshine business, felt her livelihood slip “right through my fingers” in March.

COVID-19 has crushed a lot of souls in its lethal stampede across the nation. But for members of the LGBTQ community such as Marshall and Perry, the pandemic has been particularly pernicious, exposing vulnerabilities that often bubble beneath the surface.

A report out Wednesday documents the disproportionate impact of COVID-19...

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