How lockdown is having a disproportionate impact on LGBTQ+ youth.
The current global COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world in ways we couldn’t have imagined. No country or community has escaped its impact. The social and economic consequences of this novel coronavirus spreading across the globe will be felt for years to come. But it’s during times like these that our appreciation for care workers, key workers and organisations that keep the most vulnerable protected is fully realised.
Recent statistics show that 24% of homeless young people in the UK identify as LGBTQ+, so you can only imagine how this current pandemic will disproportionately affect some of the most vulnerable in our community. The Albert Kennedy Trust - or as they’re now known, akt - is an LGBTQ+ youth homelessness charity in the UK that was first formed in Manchester back in 1989. According to their data, 77% of the young LGBTQ+
