Ray smirking and crinkling one eye in the mirror. They’re gonna put on some fierce makeup!

I’m not even performing but getting into drag to shake my little masked tushy on the dance floor is gonna feel soooo good.

I’ll be at Mask4Mask at Newport Theater which is a mask-required social tonight from 8-10 u should comeeee

disease is a tool the fascist to weaken both internal and external dissent.

no babe you should totally post that comparing two public health crises is unwoke on main!!

make sure to tag act up ny/chicago when you do it :D

(this is me being sarcastic bc it’s so clear it wasn’t about HIV for some of y’all as much as getting social equity)

The idea that people who take significant Covid precautions must be introverts is offensive as hell.
It’s ableist as hell. Performers, Organizers, the biggest extroverts in the world were forced to give up careers because other people wouldn’t mask. We do it because we still can’t afford COVID.

going on a date with a very funny/smart/cool woman who masks up life is so beautiful 😭😭

indeed my own beef with the council for national policy runs deep: i have lupus for which i take the medication hydroxychloroquine; when the CNP coalesced around ending covid mitigation & reopening in early 2020, HCQ played an essential role as snake oil in assuaging a rightfully concerned public.

More info on who I am/the work I do/resources like Save the Night/Chicago Mask Bloc!!!

I also highly recommend Clean Air Club for purifiers but can supply you with some from my own library!

Tfw you tag every venue/show producer you could think of to let them know that ACTUP Chicago is BACK to fight the ongoing HIV/COVID crisis!!!!

LET’S FUCKING ACT UP

DM ME FOR FREE MASKS/AIR PURIFIERS/ON-SITE VACCINATIONS and let’s show fascism that we keep each other safe.

It’s National Library Week, so support your fucking libraries people. Use them, fight for their funding, fight for your librarians. Don’t let your most reliable third space go to waste.

Those "fringe" activists some of you clearly despise are usually right on the substance.

thank god I’m off stimulants bc scrumptious food is so integral to life my god

those of us at @maskblocla.bsky.social were so grateful for their camaraderie in getting hundreds of thousands of masks out to our community during the fires in jan 2025. this space has been a truly special node in community’s ability to come together in a big city.
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This excellent article "The Science of How COVID Spreads" expands on how institutions have resisted knowledge of airborne disease transmission for more than 100 years, basically because it's inconvenient to deal with.
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And being skinny is not enough to be cunt btw.

Instead of invoking our dead elders to dismiss C19 you could acknowledge that the HIV crisis is still happening and that HIV pos folks are at higher risk of LC!

nightlife is an esp vulnerable pop.

we CAN mask your shows. But you’ll just say I’m revolting and do jack shit.

Powerful stuff.

Yes it is very insidious to me that people in my community did NOT learn from our history and are more comfortable defending fascists in gov than masking up their shows to protect the disabled who are being targeted by said fascists

calling myself “clean air pilled” instead of covid cautious to my gen z cousin bc im hip to the lingo

The fact that this is a self-portrait is so-

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TRAUMA CLUB RETURNS

TUESDAY MAY 26TH 7PM AT COLOR CLUB

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NEW MASK-REQUIRED SHOW DROPPING *looks at watch* oh-!

RIGHT TF NOW BABYYYY

like girl he’s sucking your energy out vampire style his goofiness doesn’t make up for the fact that he definitely said slurs in HS RUNNNNNN!!

“Looking for a third” and it’s the ugliest man I could have possibly born witness to

And he’s standing next to ✨Her✨

Getting to potentially interview an ACTUP activist who has spoken out against the US COVID response bc he was reminded of how they responded to AIDS…oh I better not hear it from some of y’all again. This shit is bigger than you thinking I’m a cunt.

And stop telling disabled people to “get a life” or fall into the trap of telling us our lives are worthless bc they’re not what YOU envision a full life being.

Being in my friends’ care networks reminded me how beautiful of a life we can lead with each other.

I was put on this earth to take my LSAT fight for labor organizing and die screaming about the importance of public health and community mutual aid networks.

Anyways never kill yourself. The state tries hard enough to do that. walking in the sun is something I wasn’t grateful enough for.

Getting out of the psych ward and making my evil boss cry on the same day oh we are so back

Happy TDOV we’ll send you emails about how fucked up it is that CPH is cutting HIV funding to our organization and then pull your closest access to HIV care/hormones.

We’re the reason you have to be resilient. You’re so resilient, babe!

Happy TDOV I know you were on suicide watch but now you’ll have to find a new PCP and we cancelled your appointment for tomorrow. You’re so brave 🥰

Happy TDOV my workplace just took my healthcare away and then sent a stupid ass email congratulating me on how “resilient” I am :)