Homophobia in Fresno

It breaks my heart to see that acts of hate and hate speech are openly still being expressed in 2021. The insurrection in Washington, D.C. on January 6th was filled with acts and words of gender, racial, political and law enforcement hate. Law enforcement officers were being called racial slurs; female officers being called “b….;”  threats to execute legislators of one party; all in the name of patriotism. Overt hate speech and acts of hate seem to be on the rise all around us.It has been reported that there has been a…

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LGBTQ people face higher covid-19 risks, CDC report says. But no one knows the true toll on the community. – The Washington Post

A report the CDC released this month found that gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the United States have higher rates of self-reported underlying conditions associated with severe covid-19 outcomes, including asthma, cancer, heart disease, obesity, kidney disease and stroke, than heterosexual people. Within this community, Black and Hispanic people are particularly vulnerable, according to the report, which relied on 2017-2019 data from a collection of population health surveys called the Behavioral Risk Source: LGBTQ people face higher covid-19 risks, CDC report says. But no one knows the true toll…

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