The Covid-19 Pandemic and Loneliness in LGBT+

Abstract

In the epidemic of Covid-19 which has affected to people all over the world. Most people must stop working and self-quarantine at home, some companies allow staffs to work from their residences. In Thailand, a country where the most family units live warmly and stay solidarity but not for LGBT+. There are many families are not accepting and block off the Gender Diversity. This article criticizes the point of the homophobic family how this affects to the group of LGBT+ who have to travel back home during the epidemic of Covid-19. This research uses the qualitative studies of data collected from the group of LGBT+ who got affected by the epidemic and have to live with their homophobic families which never accept gender diversity. The research uses an in-depth interview of the sample group and presents as narrative article which adheres to their emotions and feelings. This article mainly points out to the problem of faith which has been deep-rooted in family value to ban and discriminate the group of LGBT+ or banish them to become a stranger of their families and criticize the pattern of heterosexuals. This severely affects to LGBT+ and makes them feel deeply alone. The study found that subjects were subjected to family pressure during the Covid-19 outbreak when they had to reunite with family or relatives.