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LGBTQ Comedian Mimi Gonzalez in Recovery, High spirits Over a Month After Life-Threatening Crash

Around dawn on Wednesday, March 13, Comedian Mimi Gonzalez was taking a familiar drive near her Michigan home. Under normal circumstances on this road, her speed of 60 mph would have been a safe traveling pace, but when she hit a patch of black ice, she immediately lost control of her vehicle; before she knew it, she was flung from the road.
"When I replay the moment of hitting the ice and suddenly the car losing contact with the road and not being able to steer an airborne car across the road, [I remember] it started to turn and I was going into an area into a ditch and thank God no one was coming and the school buses weren't there," Gonzalez said. "[There was] a clump of four oaks, one caught the car and stopped me and flipped the car up into the other one, which completely took out the roof the back seat and the trunk — my four-door is a two-door."
And yet, despite the gravity of the accident, Gonzalez said she's thankful and surprised that she was able to walk away with relatively good health, suffering some fractures in her spine and pelvis and some soreness. Beyond even that, however, she said she's thrilled at the support she's received on her behalf via love-filled messages from friends, family and a GoFundMe page set up in her name by her friend Sarah Bozinowski to aid with Gonzalez's medical costs that was active for a month following the accident and surpassed its $12,000 goals.

"I feel so held and protected and provided for by my tribe of homo-core queer amazon nation beautiful rainbow people," she said with a laugh. "I tell ya, I know a lot of people are praying and I know it's working, my recovery is fast. People look at that car, that picture with the tires behind it when it was brought into the local garage, and it's very clear what happened. And, I mean, just by different inches we wouldn't be having this conversation."

"I feel so held and protected and provided for by my tribe of homo-core queer amazon nation beautiful rainbow people," she said with a laugh. "I tell ya, I know a lot of people are praying and I know it's working, my recovery is fast. People look at that car, that picture with the tires behind it when it was brought into the local garage, and it's very clear what happened. And, I mean, just by different inches we wouldn't be having this conversation."
Gonzalez said that every cent of the $2,876 that surpassed the originally requested amount of funding will be "given back to the community." One of the ways in which she plans to do that is through the fourth annual Go Girl Saugatuck! LGBTQ-affirming women's weekend event that she hosts yearly.
"Go Girl Saugatuck!, my event, it's happening, but I'll have to adapt the wrecking ball bouncy house that's going to be there because I'd be too tempted to jump around and fall because that's too much fun. I'm like, 'Switch that for the Velcro body toss!" she said with a laugh. "But Go Girl Saugatuck! is happening and I'm returning to my life and my community put back together by their love. … I love my community, my community is a beloved community and they showed me how much love they have for me and I just feel lucky they're here when I need them. Thank God my friend did it for me, I couldn't do it."
To find out more about Gonzalez's event visit the Go Girl Saugatuck! Facebook page. To find out more about her comedy, visit mimigonzalez.com.

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