Credit: Contributed
Credit: Contributed
At first, I was hesitant about getting vaccinated – the politics involved; the history and mistrust of the healthcare system in America for people of color; the fast turnaround to produce the vaccine; and the list of other excuses I had.
Then I said I might get vaccinated after I saw how other people reacted.
Still no action.
But as the pandemic continued to take over communities, I realized that inaction was an action.
I was making a choice not to get vaccinated. I was taking a risk with my health. I was choosing to keep myself and my community in this pandemic.
For all the excuses I had not to get vaccinated, I had more reasons to get vaccinated.
Quinton Reynolds is currently the lead organizer for Trans(forming) – an inter-generational, metro Atlanta-based organization led by and for trans men, intersex, gender non-conforming and non-binary persons. He was born and raised in East St. Louis, Ill., and now lives in South Atlanta.
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