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277C2F021113CCA3872587730071FE0F Hearing Summary




PUBLIC
BILL SUMMARY For RESILIENT & RESOURCEFUL: LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY MEMBER PERCEPTIONS OF LIVING IN SOUTHWEST AND WEST COLORADO

INTERIM COMMITTEE  STATEWIDE HEALTH CARE REVIEW COMMITTEE
Date Oct 19, 2021      
Location HCR 0112



Resilient & Resourceful: LGBTQIA+ Community Member Perceptions of Living in Southwest and West Colorado - Committee Discussion Only


02:45:08 PM  
Rachel Esters, Project
Administrator, The Colorado Trust, presented to the committee on a report
about the LGBTQIA+ community member perceptions of living in Southwestern
and Western Colorado.  Ms. Esters distributed the report to the committee,
which can be found on the committee's webpage:  
http://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/7_colorado_trust_report_2021_-_resilient_and_resourceful_.pdf
 




Ms. Esters discussed the diversity of backgrounds of people in the LGBTQIA+
community.  She discussed the lack of health insurance and difficulty
in finding employment for members of the LGBTQIA+ community.  Ms.
Esters discussed members of the LGBTQIA+ community delaying preventative
health care, the rates of depression and sucidiality in the community,
and her work with LGBTQIA+ populations within prisons.  She discussed
the findings of the report related to training of health care providers
and the trends of accessing health care in other regions of the state.
 




Ms. Esters highlighted the challenges youth face with bullying and the
indigenous community faces with racism.  She reviewed the recommendations
from the report related to training for government agencies, modeling inclusion,
providing tools to law enforcement, and increasing access to shelter services.
 




Ms. Esters responded to comments from the committee.      






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