Anti- Asian Racism in the 1817 Cholera Pandemic. In the British Empire in the nineteenth century, cholera was used to drive a wedge between cultures, even as British doctors improved their understanding of disease transmission and moved to a new era of medical science. Between fear of cholera and ignorance of pilgrimage practices, the British medical establishment characterized a whole culture as filthy and insensible.
Read on JStor Daily.
Marching at the End of a Very Long Parade: On Being A Queer Alcoholic. To me, when queer folks struggling with multiple marginalizations gather, speaking to the complex dynamics of substance abuse along with the dynamics of race, gender, and sexuality, there’s something in the room that recognizes and accepts us in all of it, apart and together.
Read on Autostraddle.
For Imbalu Surgeons and All Others, HIV Tests Should Be Voluntary. In truth, it is this stigma that is dangerous. If people associate fear, confusion and discrimination with HIV, they are less likely to seek effective care, protect against HIV transmission, and treat people living with HIV with dignity. People living with HIV are members of our community, and Ugandans everywhere should have the tools to protect against HIV transmission without demonizing people who live with it.
Read on CEHURD's Blog.
Brown, Queer, Sad and Strange, and a Skilled Practitioner of Each. Living with my identities hovering over me like angels and demons challenges and sharpens me. To wear them loudly is a badge of shared pain, an invitation to commiserate — a reminder that, voluntarily or not, you remake yourself all the time.
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#AbolishICE: Family Detention Poses Severe Threats to Health Equity. All movements for social justice are also movements for health justice: demands that all people be considered equal, worthy of human rights, and worthy of the utmost standard of care.
Read on Medium.
An Open Letter to Aunties: End Family Detention. This is a request, auntie, as the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) works to divide and traumatize immigrant communities of color, including South Asian immigrant communities. This is a request to help those fighting against the truly evil work of ICE under the Trump administration.
Read on The Aerogram.
The Turmeric Project: Queer South Asian Art and Healing. For us at the Turmeric Project, creating art, creating a shared language, creating community, are the same thing, and all of them heal our souls the way that turmeric heals our bodies. We hope that this art, language, and community are a gift to other queer South Asian Americans, as comforting as the turmeric that our grandmother used to put in our kichdi.
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Rupi Kaur Doesn’t Care About Your Critique of Identity Politics. This is a request, auntie, as the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) works to divide and traumatize immigrant communities of color, including South Asian immigrant communities. This is a request to help those fighting against the truly evil work of ICE under the Trump administration.