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Contents:
- GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
- DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
- GAY RIGHT-WG TROLL ANDY NGO TARGETED WHEELCHAIR ER, RULTG ATTACKS & ATH THREATS
GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
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 * gay wheelchair user *
And a young gay artist wh cerebral palsy pats his way to self-acceptance. Nor is stayg out of both closets — livg proudly as gay and disabled, all the time — as easy as you might thk.
Beg openly gay hasn’t been a cure of lonels, though at least now I’m lookg for love the right plac.
There is also homophobia to al wh among people wh disabili, as well as ableism among LGBTQIA. When I’m around gay people I’ve met sce g out,. David Wul pats to brg some posivy to an otherwise dreary year and procs his feelgs around beg a gay person wh cerebral palsy.
DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
Gay sex isn't accsible to everyone, so I had to break all the l. * gay wheelchair user *
Also, patg giv him an pe om the more right-wg rints wh disabili his buildg who ll him homophobic slurs like “fairy” when they see him the halls. “It’s this subtle gay pri abstract patg, and both Prton and I have been tryg to embrace that si of ourselv, ” says Johnson.
“Both of are whe cis-genr men so we tend to pass a lot society, but we’ve been tryg to dig eper to our gay history, culture and stori and jt be a ltle more tentnal about our home. We don’t really have anythg that’s overtly gay and we’ve been tryg to reapproach that by reamg our stori a posive way and own our queerns.
Go to askgaybros. r/askgaybros. What's like beg gay and a wheelchair er?
GAY RIGHT-WG TROLL ANDY NGO TARGETED WHEELCHAIR ER, RULTG ATTACKS & ATH THREATS
I was wonrg what ’s like to be a wheelchair and gay the gay scene and beyond.
I’m also a wrer so I’d like to know so I n file this rmatn away if I ever approach wrg a gay wheelchair er.
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.