A Last Ditch Effort: The Lesbian Bar Mask Mandate Backlash

A queer community venue in Western Massachusetts opened as a mask-required, Disability Justice–centered space. When the Last Ditch loosened its mask policy one day a week to stay afloat, a Boston Globe article fueled a viral backlash.

Pop Culture Besties, Shannon Perez-Darby and Tashmica Torok talk about what the reaction says about our communities: access and abandonment, the money it takes to keep a space open, who gets left holding the loan, and why “participation is the key to harmony.”

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