Julia Blackwell, who is disabled and gay, talks about people's reactns to her beg gay and disabled, and how disabily is often seen more negatively
Contents:
- GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
- DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
- I AM CELEBRATG MY EXISTENCE AS A GAY, BLACK, DISABLED MAN 25 YEARS AFTER I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE
- THISABILY #39: GAY AND DISABLED CANADA? BACK THE CLOSET FOR YOU
GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
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Gay and on the Autism Spectm: My Experience Growg Up the Closet.
Deaf Gay Trailblazer Hollywood Discs the Importance of Reprentatn.
DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
I recently sat down wh Andrew Morrison-Gurza, a 28 year old gay male who liv Richmond Hill, Ontar, Canada. Andrew is a grad stunt who is fishg his MA Legal Studi wh a ncentratn on Disabily and currently lookg for work. * disabled gay *
Havg a Visible Disabily While Comg Out as Gay. Human Rights Campaign – “Through rearch, tnal efforts and outreach, HRC enurag lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Amerins to live their liv openly and seeks to change the hearts and mds of Amerins to the si of equaly.
I AM CELEBRATG MY EXISTENCE AS A GAY, BLACK, DISABLED MAN 25 YEARS AFTER I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE
The Trevor Project – “Found 1998 by the creators of the Amy Award®-wng short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leadg natnal anizatn providg crisis terventn and suici preventn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer & qutng (LGBTQ) young people unr 25.
They were the subject of the 2017 Natnal Film Board of Canada Documentary Picture This and have been featured many media outlets cludg BBC, CBC, Gay Tim UK, Huffgton Post, Everyday Femism, Savage Love, and more. Spencer his many platforms to discs the tersectn of queerns and disabily, often answerg dience qutns and providg sight to his life as a disabled gay man wh humor and grace. In addn, schools n create more clive environments by implementg school wi polici to prevent disproportnate rat of disciple among those livg wh disabili, providg profsnal velopment and trag to staff and tors around LGBTQ+ and disabily cln, creatg curriculum that are clive of sexual orientatn, genr inty, and disabily (among other characteristics), and by supportg the creatn of safe spac for youth, cludg gay-straight allianc or genr and sexualy allianc (GSAs).
Unrlyg this dispary are the many ways that homophobia and transphobia are woven to our enomic stutns and workplac.
THISABILY #39: GAY AND DISABLED CANADA? BACK THE CLOSET FOR YOU
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