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Contents:
- DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
- IF YOU’RE A DISABLED, GAY TWENTYSOMETHG, GRDR IS A GODSEND
- I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
- THISABILY #39: GAY AND DISABLED CANADA? BACK THE CLOSET FOR YOU
- 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 *
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.
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.
IF YOU’RE A DISABLED, GAY TWENTYSOMETHG, GRDR IS A GODSEND
Geni Pictur has optned Emmett Monterey’s memoir about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London for TV adaptatn. * disabled and gay *
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.
I’M 43 – BUT I’M MA TO FEEL LIKE A DOSR BY YOUNGER GAY MEN
I recently sat down wh Andrew Morrison-Gurza, a 28 year old gay male who liv Richmond Hill, Ontar, Canada. Andrew is a grad stunt who is fishg his MA Legal Studi wh a ncentratn on Disabily and currently lookg for work. * disabled and gay *
"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.
THISABILY #39: GAY AND DISABLED CANADA? BACK THE CLOSET FOR YOU
Charlie Willis was dancg a gay club wh a man he had jt met when the man tried to put his hands down Willis's troers. "I me out first as bisexual and thought, No I'm probably, fely gay, and then later thought, Hang on, no, the bisexual label fs.
GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
"Personally, the experienc I've had g out have been very posive, " he prenceptns around bisexualy and disabily perva, and, says Willis, the gay scene is no ls full of unhelpful attus. A prev partner, he says, once told him, "I reckon you're probably gay or bisexual bee of your disabily.
" He scrib a recent night out at Legends, the Brighton gay club, when a circle of men formed around him and a iend, cisg them. 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.