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:
- DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
- WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GAY MEN’S PRI FLAG, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?
- THE GAY FLAG: MEANG, HISTORY AND IMAG
- GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
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WHAT EXACTLY IS THE GAY MEN’S PRI FLAG, AND WHAT DO IT MEAN?
Wonrg about the Gay Men’s Pri Flag, ’s origs, and meangs? We have you vered wh this gui! * gay disabled flag *
Havg a Visible Disabily While Comg Out as Gay.
THE GAY FLAG: MEANG, HISTORY AND IMAG
The gay or LGBT flag is the ma symbol of gay pri ternatnally. Here we expla the meang of s lors and s history. * gay disabled flag *
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. Media ptn, "I am a gay! 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.
GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
"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.
It go back to 1978, when the artist Gilbert Baker, an openly gay man and a drag queen, signed the first rabow flag. Baker later revealed that he was urged by Harvey Milk, one of the first openly gay elected officials the U. S., to create a symbol of pri for the gay muny.
As he later said an terview, “Our job as gay people was to e out, to be visible, to live the tth, as I say, to get out of the lie. The first versns of the rabow flag were flown on June 25, 1978, for the San Francis Gay Freedom Day para.