Contents:
- "AS A GAY TISTIC MAN, IS ALMOST AS IF I HAVE TWO INTI."
- I, A GAY AUTISTIC MAN, AM SHARG 5 THGS ABOUT MY INTERSECTNAL INTY
"AS A GAY TISTIC MAN, IS ALMOST AS IF I HAVE TWO INTI."
Anyone else thk the tism pri symbol remds you too much of a gay pri flag? Like I don’t have anythg agast gay people, but I don’t want somethg wh all those lors reprentg me. (I’m gay.
Intellectually, I unrstood beg gay and tistic were thgs outsi of my ntrol, and I shouldn’t feel bad about myself bee of them. As a whe gay man, people believe that I’m the pnacle of what the gay muny is bee of my race. I apply this same skill as a gay man.
I tch myself lettg gay culture referenc and stereotyp spire me for my teractns wh gay men. I enjoy gay culture, but my tism leads me to believe I have to dulge orr to f . Sometim this is terpreted by some as ternalized homophobia and ableism when I don’t relate to aspects of beg tistic.
I, A GAY AUTISTIC MAN, AM SHARG 5 THGS ABOUT MY INTERSECTNAL INTY
As a gay man, I do not intify this way. As a gay man, I’ve stggled wh formg iendships wh other gay men bee I don’t feel nnected wh some of the cultural aspects of the gay muny. In my se, people have rejected me for beg gay, and others have treated me differently once I open up to them about my tism.
AFF molled the celebratn on the gay pri movement. The origal pri flag was created the 1970s by gay activist Gilbert Baker, iend of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office California. The origal rabow pri flag was signed by Gilbert Baker 1978 at the requt of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official California.