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Healthcare for LGBTQ+ in the U.S.

Statistics report on healthcare for LGBTQ+ in the U.S.

This report presents facts and figures about the access and barriers to healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community in the United States. The report includes data on LGBTQ+ health insurance coverage, access to mental health care, and experience with healthcare. Additionally, it also has a chapter that gives information about the current health policies surrounding LGBTQ+ issues. Furthermore, it also includes an informative chapter on LGBT community centers, since the 1970s these centers have played an important role in providing healthcare services tailored to the needs of the LGBT+ people.

Table of contents

Overview

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  • Basic Statistic LGBT identification in the U.S. 2012-2025
  • Premium Statistic U.S. self-identified sexual orientation and gender identity 2023, by generation
  • Basic Statistic U.S. LGBTQ youth harmed due to sexual orientation or gender 2023, by race
  • Premium Statistic Perceived discrimination towards transgender people in the United States 2023
  • Basic Statistic Most common ways parents/caregivers supported U.S LGBTQ youth in 2021

Health policy

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  • Premium Statistic U.S. equality score for LGBTQ+ policy 2025, by state
  • Premium Statistic U.S. LGBTQ curricular laws in 2025, by type of law
  • Premium Statistic U.S. conversion therapy law coverage 2025, by type of law
  • Premium Statistic U.S. adults on lawmakers focus on trans issues in schools 2023

Healthcare coverage

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  • Basic Statistic U.S. LGBT population 2024, by status of transgender exclusions in health insurance
  • Premium Statistic U.S. Medicaid coverage of transgender health care 2025, by policy
  • Basic Statistic Views on insurance coverage of gender transition costs in 2023, by country
  • Premium Statistic Health insurance coverage among LGBT+ people in the U.S. in 2022, by insurance

Experience with healthcare

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  • Premium Statistic Americans who view racism as a big issue in health care in 2023, by race and LGBT ID
  • Basic Statistic LGBT adults who had positive interactions with healthcare providers in the U.S., 2023
  • Basic Statistic LGBT adults' comfort asking doctors about their health or treatment in the U.S., 2023
  • Premium Statistic Unmet health care needs due to discrimination in the U.S. in 2022, by sexuality
  • Premium Statistic LGBTQ+ people who encountered refusals by health care providers in the U.S. 2022
  • Premium Statistic Transgender people who encountered refusals by health care providers in the U.S. 2022

Gender-affirming care

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  • Premium Statistic Support for policy providing gender-affirming care to LGBTQ+ in the U.S. in 2023
  • Premium Statistic Global opinion on teens allowed access to gender-affirming care in 2023, by country
  • Premium Statistic U.S. LGBTQ youth access to affirming spaces 2023, by space
  • Premium Statistic Life satisfaction of transgender adults with hormone treatment in the U.S. in 2022
  • Premium Statistic Life satisfaction of transgender adults after gender-affirming surgery U.S. 2022
  • Premium Statistic Life satisfaction of transgender adults since gender transition in the U.S. in 2022

Mental health care

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  • Basic Statistic Leading reasons LGBTQ youth in the U.S. did not get mental health help 2023
  • Premium Statistic Reasons for unmet mental health needs among transgender adults in the U.S. in 2022
  • Premium Statistic Share of U.S. LGB adults with untreated substance use or mental health disorders 2022
  • Premium Statistic Share of LGBTQ older adults seeing a mental health professional U.S. 2022

LGBT community centers

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  • Premium Statistic Share of big and small LGBTQ community centers in the United States 2022, by region
  • Premium Statistic Share of government grants to LGBTQ community centers in the U.S. 2021, by source
  • Premium Statistic Leading demographic groups served by LGBTQ community centers in the U.S. in 2021
  • Premium Statistic Share of LGBTQ community centers offering selected mental health services U.S. 2021
  • Premium Statistic Share of LGBTQ community centers offering selected physical health services U.S. 2021
  • Premium Statistic Share of LGBTQ community centers offering selected anti-violence services, U.S. 2021
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