on Victor I. Cazares
a request for your help
This morning, Vulture reported on the HIV medication strike of playwright Victor I. Cazares, who has not taken their Dovato in almost three months. Cazares will continue to deprive themself of this life-saving medication until the New York Theatre Workshop—with which they have been affiliated since 2020—calls for a ceasefire in Gaza.
I urge you to take a few minutes to email anyone and everyone on staff at the NYTW (you can find their contact info here) and urge them to do the right thing. As well as being profoundly moral, Cazares' selflessness is, in my humble opinion, the praxis of art. What an honor to have an artist of this caliber associated with one’s institution!
I hope that our combined emails may contribute to the public pressure that will cause the NYTW to end this strike and the harm it is causing to Cazares, who for the first time since they seroconverted a decade ago is no longer undetectable. Phone calls, boycotting, and other means of applying pressure to the NYTW are of course a great idea as well!
Thank you so much, everyone.
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This stupidity is depressing. The arrogance and narcissism it takes to think a dangerous stunt like this will have any effect on Gaza is staggering. In all reality, this is probably UN-helpful. Folks on the fence will see this dumbass horseshit and just write off the whole movement. Like dude fuck off, no one gives a shit that you aren't taking your AIDs meds, least of which the Israeli's. Take your god damn AIDs meds and grow up. No one in the world cares that you're intentionally hurting yourself for attention, and that's what its for. Its not because you think it'll help anyone in the world, its so you can feel self righteous and get attention. Like dude I'm fully in support of Palestinian independence and a ceasefire, I'm not even on the other side of history, this shit is just so stupid. I'm sorry no one in your life has the balls to tell it to you like it is. So I will. Best of luck I hope you don't get seriously sick from this.