The openly gay and disabled actor and playwright always knew he was meant to be a star.
Contents:
- DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
- GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
- DISABLED AND GAY: WHERE DO I GO?
- IF YOU’RE A DISABLED, GAY TWENTYSOMETHG, GRDR IS A GODSEND
- RYAN J. HADDAD IS MAKG THEATER MORE GAY AND DISABLED, AND WE LOVE HIM FOR
- GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
- I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
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 and disabled *
Gay and on the Autism Spectm: My Experience Growg Up the Closet.
Deaf Gay Trailblazer Hollywood Discs the Importance of Reprentatn. Human Rights Campaign – “Through rearch, tnal efforts and outreach, HRC enurag lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer Amerins to live their liv openly and seeks to change the hearts and mds of Amerins to the si of equaly.
GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
Geni Pictur has optned Emmett Monterey’s memoir about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London for TV adaptatn. * gay and disabled *
The Trevor Project – “Found 1998 by the creators of the Amy Award®-wng short film TREVOR, The Trevor Project is the leadg natnal anizatn providg crisis terventn and suici preventn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer & qutng (LGBTQ) young people unr 25. In addn, schools n create more clive environments by implementg school wi polici to prevent disproportnate rat of disciple among those livg wh disabili, providg profsnal velopment and trag to staff and tors around LGBTQ+ and disabily cln, creatg curriculum that are clive of sexual orientatn, genr inty, and disabily (among other characteristics), and by supportg the creatn of safe spac for youth, cludg gay-straight allianc or genr and sexualy allianc (GSAs).
Unrlyg this dispary are the many ways that homophobia and transphobia are woven to our enomic stutns and workplac. Stephen, who has cerebral palsy, is a disabily and gay rights mpaigner and Tik Tok as a way to raise awarens on the he adms sometim he don't feel like he's part of the LGBT muny bee he often up agast "ableism" - discrimatn agast people wh disabili.
DISABLED AND GAY: WHERE DO I GO?
I was born wh cerebral palsy. Like most kids who grow up gay, I felt different on the si; my particular se, I was different on the outsi too. * gay and disabled *
"Image source, HandoutImage ptn, Stephen says he's been nied accs to clubs due to his disabilyWhen Stephen he told his fay he was gay, he says wasn't really a big thg as he has two olr sisters who are lbians. "I don't thk people ually thk, 'Oh this disabled person is gay or straight or they want to teract or they have sir'.
IF YOU’RE A DISABLED, GAY TWENTYSOMETHG, GRDR IS A GODSEND
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2 ln his vios, he sarsm and humour to raise awarens and addrs some of the misnceptns he experienc as a disabled gay person.
RYAN J. HADDAD IS MAKG THEATER MORE GAY AND DISABLED, AND WE LOVE HIM FOR
I recently sat down wh Andrew Morrison-Gurza, a 28 year old gay male who liv Richmond Hill, Ontar, Canada. Andrew is a grad stunt who is fishg his MA Legal Studi wh a ncentratn on Disabily and currently lookg for work. * gay and disabled *
Twenty-six percent of gay men and 40% of bisexual men disclosed havg a disabily, as did 36% of lbians and 36% of bisexual women. Rearch om the Movement Advancement Project timated that 3 to 5 ln LGBTQ people live wh one or more four lbian, gay, and bisexual adults the U.
Twenty-six percent of gay men and 37% of bisexual men experience rape, physil vlence, or stalkg by an timate partner, pared to 29% of straight men.
GAY MEN UNR THE NAZI REGIME
Unverg Hans Herich Ftersen—Gay, Disabled, and Murred by the Nazis. * gay and disabled *
Charlie Willis was dancg a gay club wh a man he had jt met when the man tried to put his hands down Willis's troers. "I me out first as bisexual and thought, No I'm probably, fely gay, and then later thought, Hang on, no, the bisexual label fs. "Personally, the experienc I've had g out have been very posive, " he prenceptns around bisexualy and disabily perva, and, says Willis, the gay scene is no ls full of unhelpful attus.
A prev partner, he says, once told him, "I reckon you're probably gay or bisexual bee of your disabily. " He scrib a recent night out at Legends, the Brighton gay club, when a circle of men formed around him and a iend, cisg them. Rosie Jon is likely the most well-known disabled gay person the UK.
I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
The Nazi regime rried out a mpaign agast male homosexualy and persecuted gay men between 1933 and 1945. * gay and disabled *
He posts vios about life as a gay, disabled man. @spencer2thewt##stch wh @sooklyn I’m a homo ?️? ##somethgyoulearned ##gay ##lgbtq♬ origal sound – spencer2thewt. In 2013, he me out as gay and also jured his spal rd an accint that broke his neck, paralysg him om the cht down.
Shortly after his spal rd jury, Carson began sharg his experienc as a gay disabled man, cludg his journey wh grief, loss and worth. 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.