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# Study: LGBTQ+ mental health worsened during Trump presidency 
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/study-lgbtq-mental-health-worsened-during-trump-presidency/
- Published: 2021-09-30T16:17:45.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-30T10:37:48.000Z
- Description: A study has found the amount of LGBTQ+ people in the US experiencing “extreme mental distress” increased during Donald Trump’s presidency.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Mental Health, News, Politics, Donald Trump, Human Rights Campaign, Joe Biden, LGBTQ, LGBTQ Mental Health, Trans military ban, Trump administration

A new [study](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1570677X21000587?via%3Dihub&ref=scenemag.co.uk), published in the December 2021 edition of *Economics and Human Biology*, found the amount of LGBTQ+ people in the US experiencing *“extreme mental distress”* increased during Donald Trump’s presidency. After examining data on over 1 million Americans between 2014 and 2019, researchers found that 12% of LGBTQ+ people were experiencing extremely poor mental health in 2019 after Trump took his place in office, compared to 8% in 2014.

Lead researcher, Masanori Kuroki, said that although the study shows a decline in LGBTQ+ mental wellbeing, it *“by no means definitive proof that Trump and his administration”* were the cause. He added: *“Nuance is required when interpreting the results, as it is premature to treat the estimates as causal and attribute them to the rise and presidency of Trump.”* However, he concluded the findings clearly demonstrate that *“mental health among LGBTQ people has been deteriorating since early 2016”*, whether this be related to Trump’s presidency or not.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/us-lgbt-1-1.jpg)

Throughout Donald Trump’s time as US president, the LGBTQ+ community experienced numerous political attacks, such as attempting to ban trans people from joining the military. After replacing Trump in January 2021, Joe Biden has reversed a handful of Trump-era regulations, as well as [signing an order](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/biden-signs-order-protecting-lgbtq-people-from-discrimination/) to protect LGBTQ+ people from employment discrimination. President of the Human Rights Campaign, Alphonso David, described this as *“the most substantive, wide-ranging executive order concerning sexual orientation and gender identity ever issued by a United States president.”.*