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:
- THISABILY #39: GAY AND DISABLED CANADA? BACK THE CLOSET FOR YOU
- GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
THISABILY #39: GAY AND DISABLED CANADA? BACK THE CLOSET FOR YOU
Gay sex isn't accsible to everyone, so I had to break all the l. * why can't you be gay and in a wheelchair *
Only to tell her that I was gay a few weeks later – and I agreed to meet at the town center, though, I had not mentned a word about havg Cerebral Palsy.
The show is a scripted semi-tobgraphy and offers sight to O’Connell’s life – who has Cerebral Palsy and is gay. I add the tobgraphy to my ever-growg list, but more importantly, I was spired by a disabled gay man tryg to survive the shallow pths of Los Angel.
Or specifilly our se, those who intify as disabled AND gayIn one scene, O’Connell spots a guy who “tapped” his Grdr profile to show his tert. I lghed at the crique of hyper-masculy, and how gay men tend to prent themselv as “masc” orr to navigate a heteronormative society. This leads to anti-fem sentiments among the gay muny and forc to obta impossible standards prented by the media.
GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
” For the gays, was ol to transcend and go agast genr norms. Seemgly, though, he accepts his gayns more as he is lookg for someone to love.
O’Connell is jt as gay as he is disabled. I am jt as gay as I am disabled as I am a first generatn Latx. )My “g out” procs, both my disabled and gay inti, was gradual.