Thread by @jack_turban

I'm a gay physician-scientist with Harvard and Yale training, and I research #LGBTQ health. Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation next week likely means more LGBTQ people like me will die early. Here's why (a thread) 🧵(1/8) #medtwitter #SCOTUS

Difference-in-differences analyses show that marriage equality results in fewer suicide attempts among sexual minority youth. (2/8)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

Barett's writings indicate she would jump at an opportunity to overturn Obergefell v Hodges (SCOTUS marriage equality decision). Other conservative justices have already been hinting at their intent to do so. (3/8)
nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-ou…

Barrett's writing suggests she would want to dismantle the ACA. This would mean millions of Americans lose health insurance. It would also mean LGBTQ Americans lose Section 1557, which prohibits healthcare discrimination against #LGBTQ people. (4/8)
americanprogress.org/issues/lgbtq-r…

Barrett has close ties to Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). ADF brought the Masterpiece Cakeshop case that tried to legalize discrimination against #LGBTQ people on religious grounds. The court side stepped the issue, but Barrett would likely vote to legalize discrimination (5/8)

The idea that Barrett would vote in favor of legalizing discrimination against #LGBTQ people on religious grounds is supported by the fact that she was on the board of a school that did exactly that. (6/8)
apnews.com/article/south-…

Difference-in-differences analyses have shown that policies that permit refusal of service to #LGBTQ people result in adverse mental health outcomes. The effect sizes are dramatic. (7/8)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

I hope my predictions are wrong. I'll pray that Barrett the other justices will weigh data and #LGBTQ lives over other considerations. (8/8)