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
Contents:
- ABLE TOGETHER AND THE ARCHIVE: GAY MEN WH DISABILI, INTIMACY, AND COMMUNY BUILDG
- GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
- DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
- DISABLED AND GAY: WHERE DO I GO?
ABLE TOGETHER AND THE ARCHIVE: GAY MEN WH DISABILI, INTIMACY, AND COMMUNY BUILDG
Gay sex isn't accsible to everyone, so I had to break all the l. * gay with handicap *
Gay and on the Autism Spectm: My Experience Growg Up the Closet. Deaf Gay Trailblazer Hollywood Discs the Importance of Reprentatn. Havg a Visible Disabily While Comg Out as Gay.
GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
Among lbian, gay and bisexual adults, 30 percent of men and 36 percent of women also intify as havg a disabily. RpectAbily will be celebratg Pri Month by highlightg the tersectn of disabily and LGBTQ daily on s social media channels. * gay with handicap *
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. 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. The personals sectn of Able Together yields sight about what gay men wh disabili looked for potential partners.
DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
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While not sex tn, per se, sourc such as Able Together show that gay men wh disabili had the same sir as their able-bodied unterparts when much of society believed that disabily preclud timacy. Gay men wh disabili and able-bodied men created a muny through the e of technologi such as prt and the ter and attempted to make nnectns. When I thk about sex as a gay male wh disabili--a wheelchair-er, a man livg wh spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy that my mcl to twist, turn, and ntort on themselv--the fantasy only lasts a send before realy hs.
The standards, l, and regulatns we have wrten for gay sex are accsible. In the LGBT muny, Andrew works to nstct our homo-normative, body-betiful ials, and show that queers wh disabili serve reprentatn. Among lbian, gay and bisexual adults, 30 percent of men and 36 percent of women also intify as havg a disabily.
Others like televisn pneer Jonathan Murray and philanthropist Darren Walker who do not have a disabily themselv but know what is like to be stigmatized as people who are openly gay have ed their fluence to ensure more cln of people wh disabili as well. Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official California, implored gay people to “Come out, e out, wherever you are.
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 with handicap *
Amerins realized that tsted muny lears, iends, and fay members among them were gay. Like the early gay pri movement, disabily pri is a radil shift om the typil way of thkg.
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.