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  • Report: CT a Leader in LGBTQIA Rights

    [Excerpt from Capitol Dispatch article posted by Joe O'Leary, August 3, 2024] Connecticut stands as a leader when it comes to the rights of the queer community, standing well ahead of many other states when it comes to the rights of LGBTQIA+ residents. With same-sex marriage legalized here seven years before its federal approval and enshrined rights for same-sex and queer parents, legal defenses and the transgender community, Connecticut can stand proud.

    August 03, 2024

  • Despite protections, Connecticut's LGBTQ+ population faces stark disparities, new report says

    [Excerpt of news article by Natasha Sokoloff, July 27, 2024] HARTFORD — Despite Connecticut's relatively strong protections of its LGBTQ+ community, a new report on the greater Hartford community says that it still faces striking disparities in areas of health, well-being, and quality of life.

    July 27, 2024

  • Cigna's health equity fund aims to narrow health care access gap in Hartford

    [Excerpt of WNPR radio story by Sujata Srinivasan, July 24, 2024] Bloomfield-based Cigna Health Group launched a health equity fund that plans to invest $9 million in communities nationally over the next three years, starting with Hartford. In Hartford, more than a quarter of residents surveyed had asthma. Between 2017 and 2021, Hartford averaged 53 days per year of “poor” air quality or worse. Thirty miles away, during that same period, the town of Stafford averaged “poor” air quality 28 days per year.

    July 24, 2024

  • Three New Papers from T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Nishita Dsouza

    Development and validation of statewide survey-based measures of livability in Connecticut Read the paper

    July 23, 2024

  • New Report Outlines Challenges of LGBTQIA+ Community in Greater Hartford

    [Excerpt of news article by Jamil Ragland, CT News Junkie, July 23, 2024] A new report shows that despite advances in the rights that LGBTQIA+ residents in Greater Hartford enjoy, they still face greater challenges than their heterosexual and cisgender counterparts in areas ranging from financial stability to housing insecurity.

    July 23, 2024

  • report thumbnail LGBTQIA Hartford Wellbeing Data

    LGBTQIA+ Resident Wellbeing in Greater Hartford

    This project was conducted in partnership with the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving (The Foundation) with the shared goal to illuminate the current state of the LGBTQIA+ community in the Greater Hartford area. It is our hope that this information will aid organizations and funders in better directing resources to meet the needs of this community.

    July 22, 2024

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