Kara, YunusTiftik, SevcanKır, HalimDemir, HaticeSarıyılmaz, MustafaSerpen, Ayşe Sezen2022-07-072022-07-072022Kara, Y., Tiftik, S., Kır, H., Demir, H., Sarıyılmaz, M., Serpen, A. S. (2022). LGBTQIA+ People Access to Social Services during the Pandemic in Turkey. Journal of Social Service Research.01488376https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12939/2664LGBTQIA+ people are often subjected to prejudice, discrimination, and violence in many societies. This sets a barrier for LGBTQIA+ people access to social services. This study was conducted to investigate LGBTQIA+ people access to social services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study findings using convenience sampling and exploration design with participants who identify themselves as LGBTQIA+ (N = 856) show that vast majority of LGBTQIA+ people living in Turkey faced serious problems with accessing social services like housing, social assistance, psycho-social support, and post-violence support mechanisms. Future studies which will investigate experiences of LGBTQIA+ people access to social services will help to make the needs and the problems of the LGBTQIA+ community visible and once awareness is made efforts can be made that contribute to the solution.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessCOVID-19Gender IdentityLGBTQIA+ Issues in Social ServicesPandemicSexual OrientationSocial ServicesArticle2-s2.0-85133098436Q2WOS:000817913900001Q2