Violence, Type 1, and So. Many. Links.
Happy Thursday!
This is coming out early because Hank comes home tonight following surgery yesterday. Everything went incredibly well! Fingers crossed that the next 75 days of healing go just as well! 🤞🤞🤞
Ponderings
IDK, I just really miss Betty White sometimes:
Also, I don’t have the energy to unpack all that’s wrong here, but enjoy the creepy imagery:
Anti-trans BS
Texas Children’s Hospital pauses hormone therapies for gender-affirming care after Abbott and Paxton directive by Julian Gill & Gabrielle Banks
Texas Youth Gender Clinic Closed Last Year Under Political Pressure by Azeen Ghorayshi
Texas College Students Chased an Anti-Trans Political Candidate Off Their Campus by Samantha Riedel
‘I don’t know where it’s safe’: Family of trans child who dined with Ken Paxton is facing child abuse investigation by Kate Sosin
Angelica Ross on Anti-Trans Bills: “If You’re Not Appalled, You’re Not Paying Attention” by Sam Manzella
Trans Youth Speak Out on the Power of Gender-Affirming Health Care by Sam Manzella
Iowa’s Governor Has Banned Trans Girls from Women’s Sports by Samantha Riedel
The Chilling Effects of the Texas Anti-Trans Directive by Mira Miller
“Next-Level Horrific:” A Lambda Legal Attorney Explains Texas’ Anti-Trans Directive by Wren Sanders
Idaho’s Proposed Ban on Trans Healthcare Could Jail Providers for Life by James Factora
At least some things are moving forward?
Events & Fundraisers
Noah Averbach-Katz, who plays the Andorian Ryn (that blue fella^) in a short arc on Star Trek: Discovery, is a wonderful human. As a Type 1 Diabetic, he gets frustrated and annoyed at the lack of stories told about disabilities by those of us who have them. So, he’s changing that. He’s raising money for his first project, with fellow Discovery star (and wifey above^!) Mary Wiseman playing his wife and another fellow co-star directing - Anthony Rapp.
I need y’all to know that I legit cried watching the trailer. This is so needed, and I’m so excited.
Go back ‘Type 1: A Short Film about a Type 1 Diabetic and his wife on a search for insulin - before it's too late’ on Kickstarter.
Articles You Need to Read This Week
COVID-19
Two years of COVID-19 have created a second silent pandemic — one of grief by Marin Wolf
‘We never seem to recover’: the Australians grappling with long Covid by Donna Lu (H/T to Laura Miers, currently dealing with long-COVID, for sharing this)
Long COVID could become Finland's largest chronic disease, warns minister by Reuters Staff
People who test positive for Covid can receive antiviral pills at pharmacies for free, Biden says by Spencer Kimball
One California University Has Unified Town and Gown to Fight Covid. Why Haven’t Others? by Mark Kriedler
CDC needs serious scrutiny to restore Americans' trust in science by Carl Schramm - Note: I don’t 100% agree with everything in this article, but it has its points.
Negotiating Masks in the Workplace: When the ADA Does and Does Not Apply by Kat Macfarlane
Also, there was a shitty article this past week about how to get back to exercising post-COVID, and Julie Rehmeyer did a great takedown of it.
Check out her piece ‘How to Report with Accuracy and Sensitivity on Contested Illnesses.’
Cultural Appropriation
The Ethics Of Burning Sage, Explained by Nylah Burton and Jay Polish
The Wellness Industry Has A Cultural Appropriation Problem — & It’s Not Alone by Mirel Zaman
Race
As We Mourn The Death Of Lauren Smith-Fields, Where Is The Justice For Missing Black Women & Girls? by Stephanie Long
How “Anti-Racist” Instagram Accounts Can Actually Cause Harm To People Of Color by Zeahaa Rehman
Doctors Call for Systemic Reform to Improve Black Health Experience by Claire Burgos
The Lessons I Learnt Trying To Get My PCOS Diagnosis As A Black Woman by Aaliyah Miller
Health, Healthcare, and Disability
I used Mark Cuban's new pharmacy company to order my medicine, and the prescription was a little cheaper. Here's how it worked. by Allana Akhtar
Blockchain Technology is Changing the Trajectory of the Healthcare Sector by Abby Norman
How Virtual Reality Is Expanding Health Care by Sascha Brodsky
People Are Dying of Overdoses in Mexico Because They Can’t Get Naloxone by Luis Chaparro
How the Pandemic Changed What Students in Medical School Think About Medicine by Fortesa Latifi
A woman thought she was in 'The Walking Dead' and acted like she was on PCP, but it was her immune system fighting a benign ovarian tumor by Andrea Michelson
Grenfell fire expert joked about disabled people 'crawling along smoke-filled corridors' by Bethany Dawson
New restrictions causing roadblocks for voters with disabilities by Lalee Ibssa
Disability Groups Urge CDC to Change Mask Guidance by Ralph Ellis
Abolition Must Include Psychiatry by Stella Akua Mensah
How Nostalgia Can Sometimes Help Ease Pain by Michelle Pugle
How Does Chronic Pain Change Eating Behaviors? by Stephanie Brown
Portraits of Love and Loss From an H.I.V.-Positive Childhood by Josie Thaddeus-Johns (H/T to Nina Martinez for sharing this - go follow her on the twitter machine)
Also, fucking finally:
Ukraine
Ukrainians Trying To Evacuate Irpin Are Being Attacked And Killed By Russian Forces by Christopher Miller and Isobel Koshiw
Millions with disabilities ‘abandoned’ in Ukraine, charities fear by Rebecca Thomas and May Bulman
Millions of Leftists Are Reposting Kremlin Misinformation by Mistake by David Gilbert
Russia blocks access to Facebook and Twitter by Dan Milmo
Medieval Blacksmiths Are Helping the Ukrainian War Effort by Matthew Gault
A Gay Dating App [Romeo] is Helping to House Queer People Fleeing Ukraine by James Factora
Chernobyl Is Cut From the Grid, But Atomic Agency Sees ‘No Critical Impact on Safety’ by Audrey Carleton
How to Help LGBTQ+ and Black Refugees From Ukraine by James Factora
LGBTQ+
As a Trans Singer in the ‘50s, Jackie Shane Changed R&B Forever by Samantha Riedel
Earlier Access to Gender-affirming Hormones Linked to Better Mental Health by Sarah Simon
Provider Knowledge Blocks Access to Care for Transgender Patients by Sara Heath
Clinicians Rarely Discuss Fatherhood With HIV-Positive Gay Men. Here’s Why by Andy Carstens
Another Appalachia: Neema Avashia Confronts Growing Up Indian and Queer in West Virginia by Ren Jender
HPV Myths Are Dangerous, Especially For LGBTQ+ People by Sadhbh O’Sullivan
Black & Boujee Celebrates the Next Generation of Queer POC Performers by Christopher Rudolph
What They Don’t Tell You About Having a Queer Wedding by Timothy Duwhite
These Newly Digitized Photos Show Almost A Century Of Campus Queens And HBCU Life by Pia Peterson
“The Magic Has Died”: Disney Employees Are Outraged That Their Company Won't Speak Out About The "Don't Say Gay" Bill by Paige Skinner
Trauma. Transphobia. And the Internet. (why I left for 2.5 years) by Ash Hardell - This video is about an hour long.
Politics, Abolition, Capitalism, Death, and Religion
Congress Set to Cut Funds That Made School Meals Free by Lauren Camera
ICE Conducted Sweeping Surveillance Of Money Transfers Sent To And From The US, A Senator Says by Hamed Aleaziz
Police Abolitionists Are Building a Dispatch App To Replace 911 by Ella Fassler
A veteran who set up a business delivering Amazon packages says he feels trapped and can't shut down because of potentially high exit fees for returning Amazon's branded vans by Isobel Asher Hamilton
Financial Literacy Programs Ignore That Poverty Is a Policy Choice by Jacqui Germain
Have We Been Thinking About Burnout All Wrong? by Eve Ettinger
The Search for Meaning In a Mysterious Brain Signal at Death by Shayla Love
You probably know that I’m very into learning about religions for someone who isn’t religious at all. This week, Apocrypals - an amazing podcast - covered The Gospel of Judas. I haven’t finished the episode yet, but it’s already so good - so go check it out!
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Until next time,
Grayson