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How do you get people to care about COVID-19? Here’s what I’ve learned as an organizer.
As someone with Long COVID, it’s demoralizing to see people in my circles party and engage in COVID-risky behaviors while I sit at home. It would be easy to turn my back on those people and give up on community organizations that minimize COVID-19. But that’s not me, and that’s not what being in community…
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Video essay: How does Long COVID affect queer and trans communities?
Taipei is a drag queen in dramatic vampy makeup and a platinum blonde bob hairstyle. She wears a glitter burgundy dress with a bright red fur lined jacket over the top. She summarizes the unique ways in which Long COVID affects the queer and trans communities, showing examples of articles to illustrate her talking points.
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The sick soft butch who did: How confronting a racist in my neighborhood helped me claim my Long COVID identity
The last thing I thought before I smashed, face first, into the New York City sidewalk, was, Dang, my wife’s going to want me to start taking my cane with me everywhere I go. But mostly, I was worried one of my neighbors would watch me tumble over and go limp.
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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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HIV may increase the risk of Long Covid. Why aren’t major advocacy groups addressing it?
Advocates say that the government is not doing enough to support people with Long Covid, nor are most well-funded LGBTQ+ or HIV advocacy groups, even though Long Covid may be burdensome for their communities. Recent studies suggest that HIV may be an increasedrisk factor for Long Covid and that people with HIV have an elevated…
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