The psychosocial impact of the covid-19 pandemic on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Colombia

Abstract

The article presents an analysis of the impact generated by the covid-19 pandemic on the psychosocial aspects of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in Colombia. The methodology used was mixed, with a sequential explanatory approach, in which the qualitative results were used to explain the quantitative results and its emphasis was to interpret the relationships between the two, for this purpose the survey and discussion groups were used as research techniques. In total, 219 LGBT people participated in the study, of which 18 were lesbian, 128 gay, 36 bisexual and 37 transgender people. The most significant psychosocial impacts associated with covid-19 are related to economic aspects linked to unemployment and the decrease in family income, as well as conflicts in the family environment determined by the loss of privacy of LGBT people who must return to their homes. homes of origin; in addition to the tensions in social relationships that generate feelings of insecurity, fear and anxiety in this population due to mandatory confinement, which shows greater social inequality linked to non-hegemonic sexual orientations and gender identities that increased during the pandemic.