Research and data on transgender tobacco use is needed” in Q Voice News
“Research and data on transgender tobacco use is needed” in Q Voice News
Los Angeles OUT Against Big Tobacco coalition member, Luckie Alexander, published an op ed entitled “Research and data on transgender tobacco use is needed” in Q Voice News. Alexander is the founder and executive director of Invisible Men, a Los Angeles-based organization that advocates and provides resources for transgender men of color. In the article, he writes about his experience as a Black transgender man and his early exposures to tobacco at LGBTQ+ community events. Big Tobacco has targeted the LGBTQ+ community for decades, resulting in high rates of tobacco use. After sharing a personal account of this targeting, Alexander brings attention to the lack of data collection regarding sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) and tobacco use. You can read the full article below.