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. Havg a Visible Disabily While Comg Out as Gay.
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 *
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. 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. Gay – men who like men.
I AM CELEBRATG MY EXISTENCE AS A GAY, BLACK, DISABLED MAN 25 YEARS AFTER I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE
Rosie Jon is likely the most well-known disabled gay person the UK. He posts vios about life as a gay, disabled man.
@spencer2thewt##stch wh @sooklyn I’m a homo ?️? ##somethgyoulearned ##gay ##lgbtq♬ origal sound – spencer2thewt. In 2013, he me out as gay and also jured his spal rd an accint that broke his neck, paralysg him om the cht down. Shortly after his spal rd jury, Carson began sharg his experienc as a gay disabled man, cludg his journey wh grief, loss and worth.
Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official California, implored gay people to “Come out, e out, wherever you are. Amerins realized that tsted muny lears, iends, and fay members among them were gay.
THISABILY #39: GAY AND DISABLED CANADA? BACK THE CLOSET FOR YOU
Like the early gay pri movement, disabily pri is a radil shift om the typil way of thkg. Charlie Willis was dancg a gay club wh a man he had jt met when the man tried to put his hands down Willis's troers. "I me out first as bisexual and thought, No I'm probably, fely gay, and then later thought, Hang on, no, the bisexual label fs.
"Personally, the experienc I've had g out have been very posive, " he prenceptns around bisexualy and disabily perva, and, says Willis, the gay scene is no ls full of unhelpful attus. A prev partner, he says, once told him, "I reckon you're probably gay or bisexual bee of your disabily. " He scrib a recent night out at Legends, the Brighton gay club, when a circle of men formed around him and a iend, cisg them.
It’s jt unr one week until one of the ma events myself and my iends always go to kicks off – Manchter’s Big Weekend, otherwise known as Gay Pri. When I e out as gay, a number of people said to me; “no you’re not, ” followed by tsive qutng. Beg h wh the unwanted quizzg is annoyg, but worse than that, I nsir a form of homophobia – suggts a lack of rpect for someone’s personal sexualy.