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disabled and gay

‘In gay years, you’re rather past your sell-by date, aren’t you?’ the person ont of me said, raisg an eyebrow. 

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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.

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 *

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.

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 *

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.

THISABILY #39: GAY AND DISABLED CANADA? BACK THE CLOSET FOR YOU

"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. 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.

"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.

GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM

" 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.

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