Eddie Ndopu explas why the next UN High Commissner for Human Rights should be a young, Black, gay wheelchair er.
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. 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.
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 *
“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.
GAY RIGHT-WG TROLL ANDY NGO TARGETED WHEELCHAIR ER, RULTG ATTACKS & ATH THREATS
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?