“COVID-19 and AIDS: NYC Gays See Parallels, Contrasts” was the headline that ran on U.S. News on April, 11 2020. Reading this, researcher Jaime García-Iglesias’ immediate reaction was to wonder: was it  only gays who remembered AIDS? How could the population at large not remember a crisis that was so devastating? In his first article for The Order, Jamie will try to answer the questions: who remembers, and equally important, who gets to be remembered? 

April 26, 2021 | Blog

Starting April 12, 2021 the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) will be providing funds to cover the funeral expenses of families who’ve lost a loved one to COVID-19 in the U.S. Here’s your guide to who qualifies, what documents you’ll need, how to apply, and more. 

April 12, 2021 | Blog

This article is part of our series The Death Gap: End-Of-Life Inequality, a collaboration between The Order Of The Good Death and The Collective For Radical Death Studies . The series examines the various ways in which systemic racism impacts the way BIPOC communities experience death and access end-of-life care. (CW: suicide, sexual assault, descriptions of graphic violence)  

November 25, 2020 | Blog