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'
- GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
- I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
- GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
* disabled gay person *
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. Gay and on the Autism Spectm: My Experience Growg Up the Closet.
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GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
The crease the number of visible gay and trans people is sometim treated as a cursy or a e for ncern by crics, but ’s not a surprise. It’s normal. * disabled gay person *
Havg a Visible Disabily While Comg Out as Gay. 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.
Gay – men who like men. Rosie Jon is likely the most well-known disabled gay person the UK. 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.
I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
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. * disabled gay person *
Shortly after his spal rd jury, Carson began sharg his experienc as a gay disabled man, cludg his journey wh grief, loss and worth. 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. "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.
GAY WATER, A NEW NNED CKTAIL, WANTS TO BE THE ANTI-BUD LIGHT
‘In gay years, you’re rather past your sell-by date, aren’t you?’ the person ont of me said, raisg an eyebrow. * disabled gay person *
They were the subject of the 2017 Natnal Film Board of Canada Documentary Picture This and have been featured many media outlets cludg BBC, CBC, Gay Tim UK, Huffgton Post, Everyday Femism, Savage Love, and more. Spencer his many platforms to discs the tersectn of queerns and disabily, often answerg dience qutns and providg sight to his life as a disabled gay man wh humor and grace. One young person explaed how beg gay was “blamed” on their disabily.
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.
Beg h wh the unwanted quizzg is annoyg, but worse than that, I nsir a form of homophobia – suggts a lack of rpect for someone’s personal sexualy.