Better Mental Health for LGBTIQ+: Harnessing Awareness for Vulnerabilities in the Pandemic

More than a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, the virus continues to ravage the Asia-Pacific with catastrophic human, social, economic, and developmental costs. Many lesbians, gay, bisexual, trans, intersex, gender-diverse, and queer (LGBTIQ+) persons experienced increased vulnerability through the pandemic on top of human rights violations and social inequity they already shoulder in Asia.