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The Survival of an LGBTQ+ Community in the Bible Belt During the Age of Covid-19

Title (Dublin Core)

The Survival of an LGBTQ+ Community in the Bible Belt During the Age of Covid-19

Disclaimer (Dublin Core)

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Description (Dublin Core)

Deep in the Ozark Mountains lies the small resort town of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. This community relies heavily on tourism, shopping, and the many natural spas erupting from within the Ozarks. This community is also home to a thriving LGBTQ+ community in the heart of the Conservative Bible Belt. As Covid quickly enveloped Arkansas and restrictions were placed on activity, Eureka Springs and the LGBTQ+ crowd suffered. While there is a strong Queer population in Eureka Springs, the area is home to a strong evangelical crowd. This article details how the LGBTQ+ community took greeter precautions to protect against Covid, while the Evangelical crowd largely disregarded the pandemic entirely. Covid truly resurfaced a tremendous divide amongst the population of Eureka Springs which had, for the most part, been stable. The nature of pandemic regulations and the adherence or neglect of these regulations spilled over into the greater conflict between Evangelicals and the LGBTQ+ community, an occurrence that would otherwise be non-existent without the presence of Covid-19. This article highlights that while Covid seems to have the primary grip over our lives at the moment, we must be conscious of the impact Covid can have on other areas of life, deep-seeded conflict, and the general safety of vulnerable groups.

Date (Dublin Core)

June 3, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Nico Lang

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Brett Reinert

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text Story

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/eureka-springs-is-an-lgbtq-haven-will-it-pay-the-price-of-covid-19
https://web.archive.org/web/20220330051831/https://www.thedailybeast.com/eureka-springs-is-an-lgbtq-haven-will-it-pay-the-price-of-covid-19

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Gender & Sexuality

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

LGBTQ
Arkansas
survival
religion
rural

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

LGBTQ+
Evangelicalism
Ozarks

Collection (Dublin Core)

LGBTQ+

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/27/2022

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

3/29/2022
04/21/2022
08/02/2022
05/23/2023

Date Created (Dublin Core)

06/03/2020

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on March 27, 2022 by Brett Reinert (He/Him) using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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