A Bumpy Ride

By: Leo Herrera
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  • Summary

  • How did we get here? Leo meditates on the Monkeypox virus in Berlin and around the globe. Drawing on personal experience, AIDS history, and his conversations with those affected. Leo proposes several calls to action from his fellow Queers. He shares from his past as an HIV activist and poses the theory diseases that have run through the gay community are symptoms of systemic failure and neglect.
    2022
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Hygiene & Healthy Living Political Science
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Episodes
  • Chapter 6: We've got a problem...

    Chapter 6: We've got a problem...
    Sep 12 2022

    In the series finale, Leo Herrera leaves Berlin for his home in Louisiana, facing the aftermath of Monkeypox outbreak in America and the questions it left behind.

    Words by Leo Herrera

    Produced by Jacob Roger Sperber
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    9 mins
  • Chapter 5: Word sick...

    Chapter 5: Word sick...
    Aug 4 2022

    Leo Herrera celebrates Pride and a birthday far from home and discusses how the language about Monkeypox can be as harmful as the virus.

    Words by Leo Herrera

    Produced by Jacob Roger Sperber
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    8 mins
  • Chapter 4: The topography of us...

    Chapter 4: The topography of us...
    Jul 18 2022

    Leo Herrera finally gets the MPX vaccine and in a fever, sees the outbreak as an allegory for how the Queer community maps itself.

    Words written and performed by Leo Herrera

    Episode produced by Jacob Roger Sperber
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    8 mins

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