“God, when I said I wanted to be a little boy, I didn’t mean it like this.” That’s how Cy, a 23-year-old trans man, described how he feels living with the severe physical pain and neurological deterioration caused by Long Covid. “I feel simultaneously like I’ve become both an infant and geriatric,” he said in […]
Author Archives: Mary Steffenhagen
Mary Steffenhagen is a journalist and audio producer. She has produced hundreds of daily news segments for the WNYC's daily show, The Takeaway, and her work can be found in outlets including Chalkbeat, City Limits, and Teen Vogue. She covers healthcare for ClearHealthCosts and has reported on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health counseling in public schools, immunocompromised families, working conditions in grocery stores, food insecurity and health misinformation.
She earned her master’s in investigative, audio and urban journalism from the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY. You can reach her on Twitter: @marynotmerry_
