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"For the past two years, I have wanted a megaphone to drown out the voices of those who didn’t seem to mind if their policies landed me in a body bag."
"While I had noticed my weight gain when working from home, I wasn’t aware of it on a minute-by-minute basis, and I certainly didn’t have to worry about what anyone else thought about it."
“It’s the small things — like being told that I’m ‘making things out to be worse than they are’ or that I’m ‘not being positive enough’ — that can hurt more than my illness.”
"I’ve come out as gay, as trans, as a sex worker. But halfway through 2021, I was diagnosed with HIV — and suddenly, I was back in the closet."
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"Friends have warned me that if this story receives national attention, the church will see it and I may face excommunication."
"Hesitantly, I undressed, knowing this was the first time in decades a man other than my husband was seeing my body."
"The past few weeks, timelines have been littered with takes and discourses so atrocious that I find myself wondering if social media can possibly get worse."
"I knew I was in for long hours, endless responsibilities and a lot of uncertainty, but I also knew it would all be worth it if I was working for myself."
Italy's Piacenza Hospital is dedicated to returning personal items from deceased COVID patients to their relatives — no matter how logistically or emotionally difficult it may be.
"He was my high school math teacher. ... I owe this man a big thank-you, because even as he was dying, I never stopped learning from him."
