Previous research on sexual violence suggests that there is a higher likelihood of students from LGBTQ+ community experiencing sexual violence and not reporting it. This study investigates various types of sexual violence experienced by the LGBTQ+ students and the prevalence of reporting it. The study further determines why different types of sexual violence are not being reported. This study uses a LGBTQ+ scholarship survey data conducted in 2019. Using Pearson’s chi square analysis, the study investigates the relationship between who experienced various kinds of sexual violence and those who do not report it. The study provides descriptive analysis of reasons for not reporting sexual violence across different types of sexual violence. The results show that there is a statistically significant relationship between those who experienced various kinds of sexual violence and those who do not report it. In addition, the study illustrates mistrust in support services and fear of embarrassment as the major reasons resulting in non-reporting behaviors. In conclusion, the study illustrates high prevalence for various types of sexual violence against LGBTQ+ students as well as high underreporting. Study results have implications for health professionals and institutions to focus efforts in making school environments safe and inclusive for LGBTQ+ students.

Using the Canadian Housing Survey, 2018–2019, we examined self-reported general and mental health among tenants residing in various housing types, including cooperative, non-profit, government, and private housing. Adjusting for confounders, we discovered that tenants in not-for-profit housing reported the highest odds, over four and half times (odds ratio 4.63), of poor general health compared to tenants in privately owned housing in Canada. On the other hand, the odds were reversed for tenants in cooperative housing and government housing, with 24% and 33% lower odds of poor general health, respectively, compared to tenants in privately owned housing. Moreover, we found that tenants in not-for-profit (1.26) and government housing (1.43) reported higher odds of poor mental health. On the other hand, tenants in cooperative housing reported 42% lower odds of poor mental health than tenants in privately owned housing. Furthermore, we observed variations in the odds of poor general and poor mental health among tenants from different equity-seeking groups across different housing types. These findings highlight the importance of considering housing type and equity factors in understanding health outcomes among tenants.

An abundance of research confirms that queer and trans* folx are overrepresented in populations experiencing housing insecurity; however, less is known about how queer and trans* folx navigate such precarity. Utilizing a publicly accessible archive that documents online discourse from Reddit, TikTok, Twitter/X, and YouTube about 2SLGBTQIA+ folx and housing insecurity (Desjarlais-deKlerk et al. 2023), this study explores online social support as one approach to surviving housing insecurity. We find that queer and trans* folx utilized each of the social media platforms to foster community care by seeking, requesting, offering, and delivering instrumental, informational, emotional, and spiritual support. In addition to excavating online social support trends, we identify and introduce the concept of anti-care to describe content or actions that have the ability to negatively impact housing insecure 2SLGBTQIA+ folx. We characterize anti-care between three categories: hate speech, negative support, and deservedness. We determine that online social support can be characterized as caring, compassion without action, or as a practice of care. Caring, while not valueless, and perhaps invaluable in certain online contexts, does not rise to a practice of care without action.