"Queer Family Is Real Family"

BROOKLYN —

More than 55,000 people have died of COVID-19 in the state of New York. For the queer community, this time of death and mourning has highlighted how complicated things can get at the end of someone’s life.

In the AudioFiles feature, Yessenia Moreno details the story of one woman’s fight for the right to exercise her best friend’s healthcare proxy after he was hospitalized.

Music Aaron Tremper

Memorial speech audio Barry Marino, via YouTube

Bushwig speech audio Sickening DRAG Performances, via YouTube