Gay and disabled: I'm proud of who I am

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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

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GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM

* gay wheelchair user *

And a young gay artist wh cerebral palsy pats his way to self-acceptance.

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 *

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.

GAY RIGHT-WG TROLL ANDY NGO TARGETED WHEELCHAIR ER, RULTG ATTACKS & ATH THREATS

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. 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.

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