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Episode: A Senator Fights to Solve the Mystery of COVID-19's Effect on LGBTQ People
Description: What is the impact of COVID-19 on LGBTQ folks in the state of California? No one knows. The state currently collects data on COVID-19 based on race/ethnicity, age, gender and other demographic information. But not on sexual orientation or gender identity.
One state senator is seeking to change that fact… and he is our guest today. Senator Scott Wiener is in the house!
Senator Wiener represents San Francisco and northern San Mateo County in the California State Senate. Before being elected to the Senate, Senator Wiener served as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, representing the dis...