Surviving A Plague
When the AIDS crisis began in the early 1980’s it was coldly referred to as “The Gay Plague”, “The Gay Cancer”, “The Gay Flu,” OR as politician Pat Buchanan infamously stated An “Awful Retribution Against Homosexuality.” Aside from this being an inhumane viewpoint AND never mind the fact as the 80’s wore on more and more cases of HIV/AIDS were detected thus seemingly “sky rocketed” among Children, Women, Men who were not apart of LGTBQ circles etc. IE Ryan White who passed away at age 18. The HIV AIDS issue especially during this era of COVID can be spoken of for hours but the present statistics have shown there is a great deal of work and awareness to be done towards a cure, two quality healthcare for the majority of those who are have been infected which are minority that make up the majority of the patients. In this era of COVID it is disconcerting how next to no ne have spoken up for marginalized communities such as those with HIV and or AIDS, Indigenous peoples by and large have been left out of the vast conversation, Roma people have been mentioned some but not regularly to grant a few examples. These circles need to be magnified more within the narrative of COVID otherwise the people it affects most will be left out completely and therefore silenced once again.
