for black lgbtq people and 70 of latino lgbtq people according to the report more latino black native american households suffer disproportionate financial strain amid pandemic poll one in five households reported they were not getting enough food to eat every day nearly four in 10 lgbtq households had been unable to get needed medical care or delayed getting medical care for a serious issue compared to about two in 10 nonlgbtq households lgbtq households lost health coverage at double the rate of nonlgbtq households according to the report with health care discrimination already an obstacle for many lgbtq americans the pandemic threatens to compound these barriers further which experts fear may make it even harder to get treatment and if your health care is tied to the job you lost then youve already lost whatever health care access or protection you may have had and the means to afford needed care and so its like so many entry points to this trauma casey said with slimmer financial margins the pandemics stressors multiplied lowerincome lgbtq households reported higher rates of serious financial problems job loss or disruption and serious problems with internet connection compared to higherincome lgbtq households and with pervasive social isolation a main byproduct of the pandemic those within the lgbtq community suffered greater in the loss of social networks the report found approximately 44 of lgbtq households reported serious problems coping with social and physical isolation during the pandemic compared to 23 of nonlgbtq households the pandemic is really holding up the mirror to our society and whatever was wrong with it before has just been amplified bri barnett director of development at trans lifeline a crisis phone line providing peer support told abc news crisis calls to the hotline have spiked during the pandemic barnett noted that there has been a 40 increase of their most severe types of calls when a caller is actively considering selfharm we notice that people are talking a lot about social isolation when they call barnett said and concerns about being unemployed or underemployed and then a lot more talk about being in abuse domestic family or intimate partner situations its been a really intense time for the community and the holidays become an even more stressful time a pride flag hangs outside a temporarily closed bars and storefronts on christopher street in new york june 22 2020 dia dipasupilgetty images file more living on the edge more than 4 in 10 households face serious financial problems during pandemic poll the isolation during this pandemic can be very toxic in terms of emotional and physical wellbeing naomi goldberg report coauthor and policy research director at map said you think about the places people seek connection a lot of that has disappeared so life has moved online and yet we know the internet has also been an issue think about this casey said this poll was conducted in july of this year and so now here we are in december