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