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:
- PRI MONTH: 'BEG DISABLED AND GAY - I'VE FACED BARRIERS'
- DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
- SGLE MEMBERS INTERTED IN DISABLED GAY DATG
- GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
- SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS
- ALWAYS GAY, ALWAYS DISABLED - STOP DIVIDG MY INTI
PRI MONTH: 'BEG DISABLED AND GAY - I'VE FACED BARRIERS'
The first disabled Mr Gay Universe says young people need to be empowered their differenc. * gay disabled uk *
Image source, PAUL Image ptn, Former Mr Gay Universe says disabled and LGBTQ+ people need support to make sure they reach their full potential"I am gay, disabled and om the valleys - of urse I've faced barriers.
"Pl Davi was the first Mr Gay Universe who had a physilly disabily and was often told he uld not follow his said while he grew up wh support, other people were not as lucky and young people need to be empowered to ensure they are not chary said 40% of LGBTQ+ people the UK intified as most recent figur showed the amount of people Wal who did not intify as heterosexual was about 5.
DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
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Of the chary ParaPri, Daniele Lul, said "cultural barriers" had a real impact on source, PAULImage ptn, Pl wants to empower young LGBTQ+ and disabled people but says is down to others to help them alsoPl, om Treherbert, Rhondda Cynon Taf, was born whout a left hand and said before beg Mr Gay Wal and Mr Gay Universe he did not realise how severe sexual discrimatn said he always wanted to be a performer and is a former Red Coat at Butls, a drag artist and TV prenter, alongsi mpaigng for disabily and LGBTQ+ rights. "I am gay om the Welsh valleys, om a mg muny, and born the 80s amongst a group of people that were fightg for their right to work, but I was also a disabled young man as well, " he said. "He said there was an "obv need" for a chary like ParaPri as even physilly clive spac there were still "cultural barriers" that meant people were treated differently, such as people talkg down or assumg they need said bee gay muni general uld often be que image-foced, he particular found difficult to adjt after his amputatn and fdg his ptn, "People assume I n't be gay bee I am disabled""It is very tertg bee sex is a favoure topic among the LGBTQ+ society but disabili are often left out of the nversatns and nsired patible to sex-related topics, " he said.
Media ptn, "I am a gay!
SGLE MEMBERS INTERTED IN DISABLED GAY DATG
Regard is a natnal anisatn of lbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgenr and queer people (LGBTQ) who self-intify as disabled. * gay disabled uk *
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. "But I'm also gay but they don't accept me. "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'. 2 ln his vios, he sarsm and humour to raise awarens and addrs some of the misnceptns he experienc as a disabled gay person.
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GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
U.K. Prime Mister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U.K. ary was “an appallg failure of the Brish state.” * gay disabled uk *
Rosie Jon is likely the most well-known disabled gay person the UK.
He posts vios about life as a gay, disabled man.
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SUNAK APOLOGIZ FOR HISTORIC TREATMENT OF UK GAY VETERANS
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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. One young person explaed how beg gay was “blamed” on their disabily.
Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologized Wednday for the treatment of gay veterans, sayg that a prev ban on LGBTQ+ people servg the U.
ALWAYS GAY, ALWAYS DISABLED - STOP DIVIDG MY INTI
Prime Mister Rishi Sunak apologized for the UK’s historic treatment of gay veterans followg a damng report tailg electric shock nversn therapy, sexual asslts and blackmail suffered by personnel over s. * gay disabled uk *
”The apology me after an pennt review published Wednday timated that hundreds, if not thoands, of veterans were dismissed or suffered unr an official ban on homosexualy the U. “As today’s report mak clear, that perd many endured the most horrific sexual abe and vlence, homophobic bullyg and harassment, all while bravely servg this untry, ” Sunak told Parliament. It documented the effects of what lled “an prehensible policy of homophobic bigotry our armed forc.
Veterans’ ttimoni “give shockg evince of a culture of homophobia, and of bullyg, blackmail and sexual asslts, abive vtigatns to sexual orientatn and sexual preference, disgraceful medil examatns, cludg nversn therapy, ” the report said. Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holm, who had served the Brish army and who me out as gay last year, said meant “a huge amount” to hear the ernment apology.
“From a personal pot of view, the ban affected me terms of who I was and what I uldn’t be for 34 years, ” Holm ban on homosexualy was abandoned 2000, when the European Court of Human Rights led favor of four service personnel who were vtigated and then discharged bee of their sexualy. 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.