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Long COVID advocacy is incomplete without sex workers
To Olive and other Black queer community members, many Long COVID advocates pay lip service to the disease’s disproportionate effects on Black, Brown, and trans communities while excluding those voices from larger policy discussions.
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Churches are ignoring the Long COVID crisis. Some say it’s at odds with Christian values.
COVID-concerned Christians and Christians with Long COVID feel abandoned by their religious institutions, alongside other institutions — a blow they believe contradicts the clear connections between Christian values and COVID-19 precautions.
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Colorado art exhibition showcases creative expressions of Long COVID, advocates for research and treatment
A new exhibition at the Artworks Center for Contemporary Art in Loveland, Colorado, showcases 24 pieces of visual art by 15 artists who live with or are impacted by Long COVID. Within a dynamic gallery space, a diversity of work showcases different aspects of the Long COVID experience under the theme “And Still It Remains.”
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I want a Long COVID language revolution — not language imposed onto my sick, disabled body
I wondered: Might there be a way to alter ableist language about disabled Long COVID lives and bodies? Or, at the very least, my own disabled body? So I talked with disabled experts who’ve written about disability and language and surveyed The Sick Times readers about their feelings around the language often used for our…
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Two Long COVID-focused performances show the power of art for reflection and solidarity
Two performances on April 24, in New York City and online, demonstrated how arts and theater spaces have become increasingly inaccessible to people with Long COVID, other chronic illnesses, and disabilities over the course of the ongoing pandemic — and how those artists are creating new spaces for themselves.
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“Marching from home”: New rock musical embodies the challenges and resistance of people with energy-limiting diseases
Last weekend, a lucky group of disabled and chronically ill theatergoers in New York City attended a show that reflected their experiences and access needs. The new, non-narrative rock musical, called “Dan Fishback is Alive, Unwell, and Living in his Apartment,” ran for two sold-out performances at the Public Theater’s Joe’s Pub on Saturday and…
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These are the drag artists and organizers fighting to make queer spaces more COVID safe
Guided by a strong commitment to community care, a diverse group of queer performers, drag kings, and other event organizers are filling the gaps of global government failure during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Through clean air organizations, mask requirements at shows, and other COVID-19 mitigation efforts, they are making public spaces more accessible and safer…
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Outdoor dining fades as pandemic persists — making public spaces even less accessible
Outdoor dining was seemingly everywhere earlier in the pandemic — but as policymakers and much of the public try to forget about COVID-19, spaces for people to gather with lesser risk of contracting the disabling and deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus grow rarer. That’s left individuals and communities who do not want to contract COVID-19 — including…
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How the Apricot Tree Café became a leader in clean indoor air
Opened in 1993 in Mississauga, Ontario, the Apricot Tree Café has built a loyal customer base who love its European-influenced menus, from salads to schnitzel. Owned and operated by Austrian immigrant Franz Hochholdinger and his wife Esther, the café has grown from selling desserts on the basement level of a Toronto suburb shopping plaza to…
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