I was born wh cerebral palsy. Like most kids who grow up gay, I felt different on the si; my particular se, I was different on the outsi too.
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 GAY, OLD, AND NOW DISABLED
- I AM CELEBRATG MY EXISTENCE AS A GAY, BLACK, DISABLED MAN 25 YEARS AFTER I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE
- WHO AM I? I’M BENJAM, I’M GAY AND I’M DISABLED
- DISABLED AND GAY: WHERE DO I GO?
DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
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 * i'm gay and disabled *
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'.
GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
Geni Pictur has optned Emmett Monterey’s memoir about growg up gay and disabled 1980s London for TV adaptatn. * i'm gay and disabled *
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’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.
I’M GAY, OLD, AND NOW DISABLED
A Pevian high urt has orred same-sex unns to be legally registered public rerds, markg a victory for the LGBTQ muny a untry that has been reluctant to regnize gay upl. * i'm gay and disabled *
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.
Homophobic slurs and discrimatn were also proment my high school, but the difference was that whilst I was stgglg wh my sexualy, I was aware of support webs and gay pri events.
I knew that there were gay people lovg relatnships, and that away om the high school environment, beg gay was somethg that uld be celebrated.
I AM CELEBRATG MY EXISTENCE AS A GAY, BLACK, DISABLED MAN 25 YEARS AFTER I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO SURVIVE
A unsellor shar their story of what 's like to be a gay, disabled therapist. * i'm gay and disabled *
I want to be able to celebrate beg part of the disabled muny wh as much openns and fun as I am now able to celebrate beg part of the gay muny. Only to tell her that I was gay a few weeks later – and I agreed to meet at the town center, though, I had not mentned a word about havg Cerebral Palsy. The show is a scripted semi-tobgraphy and offers sight to O’Connell’s life – who has Cerebral Palsy and is gay.
I add the tobgraphy to my ever-growg list, but more importantly, I was spired by a disabled gay man tryg to survive the shallow pths of Los Angel. Or specifilly our se, those who intify as disabled AND gayIn one scene, O’Connell spots a guy who “tapped” his Grdr profile to show his tert.
WHO AM I? I’M BENJAM, I’M GAY AND I’M DISABLED
I lghed at the crique of hyper-masculy, and how gay men tend to prent themselv as “masc” orr to navigate a heteronormative society. This leads to anti-fem sentiments among the gay muny and forc to obta impossible standards prented by the media.
DISABLED AND GAY: WHERE DO I GO?
” For the gays, was ol to transcend and go agast genr norms. Seemgly, though, he accepts his gayns more as he is lookg for someone to love.
O’Connell is jt as gay as he is disabled.