Healthcare Access Source List

ABC News

"As COVID-19 bears down, doctors confront difficult choices on elective surgeries" https://abcnews.go.com/Health/covid-19-bears-doctors-confront-difficult-choices-elective/story?id=69693791

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association

"State Guidance on Elective Surgeries"

https://www.ascassociation.org/asca/resourcecenter/latestnewsresourcecenter/covid-19/covid-19-state

CBS News

"Coronavirus pandemic highlights barriers to health care for transgender community"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/coronavirus-transgender-lgbtq-health-care-in-covid-19-pandemic/

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

"Non-Emergent, Elective Medical Services, and Treatment Recommendations" https://www.cms.gov/files/document/cms-non-emergent-elective-medical-recommendations.pdf

Dr. Charles Garramone's Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/drgarramone

Fruity

"What 'The New York Times' Isn't Telling You"

https://fruity.substack.com/p/what-the-new-york-times-isnt-telling?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo1OTA0MzYxLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNzg2NzAsIl8iOiJ5ckhiMSIsImlhdCI6MTU4NzA0NTczNiwiZXhwIjoxNTg3MDQ5MzM2LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItMjgzNDciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.4uMnUr_cDp_6I47GtsI6x0uBa7LtmspUu-jDICijixI&fbclid=IwAR2aE50wUM5cr4QGN1ZCy8b1_5qBL4ePCPp_b14squ7q6XOathijHnXpOgk

Human Rights Campaign

"An Update on Gender Affirming Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic"

https://www.hrc.org/blog/an-update-on-gender-affirming-care-during-the-covid-19-pandemic

Johns Hopkins Medicine

"For LGBTQ Patients, the Coronavirus Brings New Challenges"

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/for-lgbtq-patients-the-coronavirus-brings-new-challenges

JHU Center for Transgender Health Announcement

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/center-transgender-health/

Medium

"How COVID19 is causing particular pain for LGBTQ communities"

https://medium.com/@klandman/how-covid19-is-causing-particular-pain-for-lgbtq-communities-5bb7694fc99

Movement Advancement Project

Healthcare Laws and Policies Map

https://www.lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/healthcare_laws_and_policies

National Center for Transgender Equality

"The Coronavirus (COVID-19) Guide"

https://transequality.org/covid19

NBC News

"Trans surgeries postponed indefinitely amid coronavirus pandemic"

https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trans-surgeries-postponed-indefinitely-amid-coronavirus-pandemic-n1167756

"Trans Surgeries Put On Hold During Coronavirus Outbreak"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuhkSFbrsV4

The New York Times

"A Shadow Medical Safety Net, Stretched to the Limit"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/magazine/community-health-centers-covid.html?referringSource=articleShare&fbclid=IwAR1M_Kble_qwZbLTJ97pZRPWFSjeO5mmh1tfJ7BBXqEZyx5wNBTW5g8SrNA

"Treating Coronavirus in a Central Park ‘Hot Zone’"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/nyregion/coronavirus-central-park-hospital-tent.html

UCLA School of Law Williams Institute

"Impact of the CARES Act on LGBT People"

https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/impact-cares-act-lgbt/

"Homelessness Among LGBT Adults in the US"

https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/lgbt-homelessness-us/

"Vulnerabilities to COVIDS-19 Among Older LGBT Adults in California"

https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/older-lgbt-covid-ca/

"Vulnerabilities to COVID-19 Among Transgender Adults in the U.S."

https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/publications/transgender-covid-19-risk/

U.S. Surgeon General

Tweet: "Please consider stopping elective procedures"

https://twitter.com/surgeon_general/status/1238798972501852160?lang=en

Vice

"As Hospitals Prepare for COVID-19, Life-Saving Trans Surgeries Are Delayed"

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxekyz/transgender-surgeries-delayed-coronavirus-hospitals

Vox News

"Coronavirus isn’t transphobic. But America’s economic and health systems are. Here’s how the pandemic could further devastate trans people."

https://www.vox.com/identities/2020/4/3/21204305/coronavirus-transgender-economy-health-care

YouTube

"I was supposed to have top surgery today."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY1vJhcpf4U&t=238s

Activist Responses Source List

Advocate

"Trans Woman Johanna Metzger Murdered in Baltimore"

https://www.advocate.com/crime/2020/4/15/trans-woman-johanna-metzger-murdered-baltimore?fbclid=IwAR1VfH7QcRtNergnyJOZDsAW18x-QRL0lQhp2BYhoNofPB1Q23MI_g3IiV8

AP News

"COVID-19 and AIDS crisis: NYC gays see parallels, contrasts"

https://apnews.com/031ff4340ebff7ff6b9178a780d9bc1e

GLAAD

Important and relevant news about the LGBTQ community

https://www.facebook.com/GLAAD

Virtual Dance Party

https://www.glaad.org/blog/sing-dance-lift-yourself-virtual-dance-party-every-saturday?fbclid=IwAR1DzpeGrCzPAY7a2MA2j5I7QebqUpngW5wpOM0x9OmL8yfeRepaQlSHdEY

"How anti-LGBTQ fear, not science, is keeping the blood ban in place"

https://www.glaad.org/amp/how-anti-lgbtq-fear-is-keeping-blood-ban-in-place?fbclid=IwAR3tlWSWFdEnJE2aTrJqcchZSewBx44K55xnLVGAaePAvcpmKNuwC6lVxlg

"Prop 8 mastermind exploits COVID-19 to attack LGBTQ families"

https://www.glaad.org/blog/prop-8-mastermind-exploits-covid-19-attack-lgbtq-families

"Kesha, Adam Lambert and More Set for GLAAD Event Highlighting LGBTQ Response to COVID-19 Crisis"

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/glaad-sets-livestream-event-highlight-lgbtq-response-efforts-covid-19-crisis-1290445?fbclid=IwAR1R88FM4nKMkC48lVu2ZbCevSOFHCHnpz99VNGH0q41fq-S-lF9LAneRNs

"Two queer millennials with COVID-19 speak out on their experiences"

https://www.glaad.org/amp/two-millennials-covid19-experiences-body-politic-support-group?fbclid=IwAR1DzpeGrCzPAY7a2MA2j5I7QebqUpngW5wpOM0x9OmL8yfeRepaQlSHdEY

"The importance of found families for LGBTQ youth, especially in a crisis"

https://www.glaad.org/amp/importance-of-found-families-lgbtq-youth?fbclid=IwAR2EwRD09GaarJt0FpxnfCxkRQxPgN323NLafcPZ1ddH_V4cS2VPHM5H5qc

Good Morning America

"GLAAD president and CEO speaks out on revised FDA blood deferral policy"

https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/living/video/glaad-president-ceo-speaks-revised-fda-blood-deferral-70008400?fbclid=IwAR39oECVO67MVLrAFI5KrX6ZvP_JI8go5kYX1k7t4Wwa-LgfADNYVxiJIvQ

Human Rights Campaign

"HRC puts pressure on administration to speed up production of medical equipment with DPA"

https://www.hrc.org/blog/hrc-calls-on-president-trump-to-invoke-defense-production-act-amid-covid-19

"The Lives and Livelihoods of Many in the LGBTQ Community are at Risk Amidst COVID-19 Crisis"

https://assets2.hrc.org/files/assets/resources/COVID19-IssueBrief-032020-FINAL.pdf?_ga=2.268121038.1593075177.1588825613-897009800.1586316957

The Laura Flanders Show

"Kenyon Farrow discussing COVID-19, racial justice and what we can learn from the AIDS movement"

https://twitter.com/kenyonfarrow/status/1238550098877054976?s=20

Medscape

"Lessons From the HIV Epidemic for the COVID-19 Pandemic"

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/928300

The New York Times

"Doctors Press F.D.A. to Let More Gay Men Donate Blood"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/16/health/us-blood-donation-rules-gay-men.html

"What Lorena Borjas Did for the Trans Girls of Queens"

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/11/opinion/lorena-borjas-coronavirus.html?fbclid=IwAR27-uh_4BaV1JTHJm6UwEp3Z3Ztt-7-m5r3XJ-lCvstw9X32cgXTWKmvyc

People Magazine

"Leftover Fabric from the AIDS Memorial Quilt Is Now Being Used to Make Coronavirus Masks"

https://people.com/human-interest/aids-memorial-quilt-scraps-coronavirus-masks/?fbclid=IwAR1WeR1-eUKEH8pnjGyZVwpCvv-JYLmpd_qUBCmyt_xuNb_8SaeMFzeqjQE

The Onion

"FDA Eases Restrictions On Blood Donations From Gay, Bisexual Men"

https://www.theonion.com/fda-eases-restrictions-on-blood-donations-from-gay-bis-1842669286

Transgender Law Center

"The Black Trans Femmes on the Frontlines of the Crisis"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFTxkorbjLc

TransLash

"Lives at Stake; The Trans Response to Coronavirus: Taking Action"

https://www.thegreenespace.org/event/the-future-of-trans-screening-and-discussion-on-international-transgender-day-of-visibility/

Video recording of "Lives at Stake"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eJt9JgTc9c

The Washington Post

"Coronavirus is different from AIDS"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/04/06/coronavirus-is-different-aids/

Personal Responses Source List

Baltimore Pride Center

News updates about how COVID-19 is affecting queer community organization, specifically the cancellation of pride events.

https://www.facebook.com/baltimoreSGMpride

Bloop

"A space for Grindr users to connect around sex, dating, and everything else happening on--and off--the app."

https://www.grindrbloop.com/about

Body Politic

"Alone with COVID"

https://www.wearebodypolitic.com/body-type/2020/3/30/alone-with-covid

Facebook

PJ Mclelland's journal of COVID-19

https://www.facebook.com/teampjmcclelland/posts/10158688968620864

"The Trans Response to Coronavirus: Taking Action; 'Lives at Stake: Imara Jones in Residence'" Live Event

https://thegreenespace.org/watch/the-trans-response-to-coronavirus-taking-action/

GLAAD

"The importance of found families for LGBTQ youth, especially in a crisis"

https://www.glaad.org/amp/importance-of-found-families-lgbtq-youth

Medium

"I Am a Gay Scientist. Here’s How I Think About Risk."

https://elemental.medium.com/i-am-a-gay-scientist-heres-how-i-think-about-risk-80da95fadb54

"How COVID19 is causing particular pain for LGBTQ communities"

https://medium.com/@klandman/how-covid19-is-causing-particular-pain-for-lgbtq-communities-5bb7694fc99

NowThis

"COVID-19 Hits LGBTQ+ Communities Harder Than Most"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Hiv6f1Ed8

Pink News

"This non-binary coronavirus victim kept a heartbreaking public journal of their illness until their death"

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/04/16/pj-mcclelland-non-binary-coronavirus-covid-19-journal/

PJ McClelland's Facebook Page

https://www.facebook.com/teampjmcclelland

Tampa Channel 8 News

"37-year-old Brandon COVID-19 victim chronicled disease on Facebook up until death"

https://www.wfla.com/community/health/coronavirus/37-year-old-brandon-covid-19-victim-chronicled-disease-on-facebook-up-until-death/

Them

"9 Strategies for Quarantining in a Non-LGBTQ+ Affirming Environment"

https://www.them.us/story/9-strategies-for-quarantining-in-a-non-lgbtq-accepting-environment#intcid=recommendations_default-similar2_37037333-7e50-4408-bd96-cbecfc2242e1_text2vec1_text2VecSimilarity

TransLash

"TransLash tells trans stories to save trans lives during this pivotal moment in history."

https://translash.org/

YouTube

Cody_Talks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkECZ5n3d_ZPaPHH-E75Kpg/videos

"How to Cope with Isolation | #StayHome"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wGorNUV6U0

"I was supposed to have top surgery today."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY1vJhcpf4U&t=3s

"An Honest Life Update"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPuvG3xJzCs