The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon in a trio of landmark cases that could guarantee federal protections to LGBTQ workers. The timing couldn’t be more urgent, advocates say.
'Worried I wasn't able to help everyone'
“People don’t come to the ER now unless they absolutely have to,” she said. “The community is scared. They don’t want to be ‘where the virus is.' ’’ “There was a point I just felt so low. I was worried I wasn’t able to help everyone, was worried about the community,” she said. ”You just don’t know what happens to these patients, so it leaves you with this big space where you continue to worry.”Supreme Court debates HIV/AIDS pandemic while sheltering from coronavirus pandemic
The hospital’s level-one trauma center was busy pre-pandemic. Now it’s “crazy busy” with a constant “looming stress” since COVID-19 erupted, Pham said. Pham relies on music and a supportive fiancee who is a mental health counselor to help unwind. The couple are planning their wedding and an eventual move to Los Angeles.Advocates were mobilizing LGBTQ people everywhere for the 2020 census. Then the coronavirus pandemic erupted.
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