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There’s a long history of person-first language in advocacy. Here’s why we should use it for Long COVID.
Labeling people with Long COVID as “patients” is stigmatizing and personally and politically harmful. It strips personal agency. And frankly, it’s bad PR.
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Making Pride Accessible: Six queer artists reflect on performing with Long COVID
The Sick Times hosted a virtual variety show for Pride, giving queer and trans people with Long COVID the option to celebrate together, from home.
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How are disabled artists redefining Pride?
To wrap up LGBTQ+ Pride Month 2026, The Sick Times hosted Virtual Pride, a COVID-conscious drag show featuring queer and disabled performers in the Long COVID community from across the country, hosted by Sick Times contributor and poet Khalil Dennis.
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I worked in homeless services for years. It didn’t help me find accessible housing when I got Long COVID.
The 1988 amendments to the Fair Housing Act were supposed to address inaccessibility in housing by requiring buildings constructed after 1991 to meet certain accessibility requirements. In practice, however, less than 1% of the nation’s housing stock was fully wheelchair accessible as of 2022, most of it financially out of reach to people with disabilities,…
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Alice Wong showed us Disability Justice makes our advocacy stronger
With her #PodSaveJon campaign, she helped deliver one of the Long COVID movement’s best moments.
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Two Long COVID short films premiere at the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge
The 13th annual Easterseals Disability Film Challenge features two new short films about Long COVID. For the competition, filmmaking teams were tasked with creating a one to five minute film to promote disability inclusion in the entertainment industry.
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My child and I both have Long COVID. Even in COVID-aware spaces, we are excluded because of their pre-existing disability.
I watch through the window as the seasons change, spring to summer. The heat permeates, the neighbor kids run and play. Sprinklers soaking their bodies as they dance in glee. My ten-year-old child, J, sits stimming, gleefully twisting at the waist from side to side, as their hair blows in the breeze, trying to sign.…
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Telehealth is vital for people with Long COVID. Don’t let it disappear.
Changes to telehealth policies are more than an inconvenience. For many of us, critical infrastructure is in jeopardy, and we urgently need government policy to protect it.
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Doctors who refuse to engage with administrative work are abandoning their poorest and sickest patients
Having a Long COVID or ME doctor who is willing and available to engage with survival admin makes the difference between being able to access necessities and going without, and can be the only lifeline against neglect.
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Leslie Lee III, culture critic and Long COVID advocate, dies at 43
Leslie Lee III, an educator, critic, and Long COVID advocate, died on November 10. He was 43.
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