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'
- RYAN J. HADDAD IS GAY, DISABLED, AND LOOKG FOR LOVE HI, ARE YOU SGLE?
- IF YOU’RE A DISABLED, GAY TWENTYSOMETHG, GRDR IS A GODSEND
- GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
- RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- RYAN J. HADDAD ON BEG GAY + DISABLED “HI, ARE YOU SGLE?”
DISABILY: 'PEOPLE ASSUME I N'T BE GAY BEE I'M DISABLED'
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RYAN J. HADDAD IS GAY, DISABLED, AND LOOKG FOR LOVE HI, ARE YOU SGLE?
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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. "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. Haddad, who appeared both seasons of Ryan Murphy’s Netflix seri The Polician, wrote and performs the hourlong show, which follows his qut for romance and acceptance om fellow gay men. Is a ank, lively, and entertag assertn of Haddad’s full humany as a sgle gay man who also happens to be disabled.
IF YOU’RE A DISABLED, GAY TWENTYSOMETHG, GRDR IS A GODSEND
The show monstrat, vivid and eye-openg tail, the double standard he’s faced wh the gay male muny, which n be vic toward s own ranks even while seekg broar social acceptance.
“I n walk to a disabily space and no one r that I’m gay.
” On the other hand, Haddad says he n walk to a gay bar and the msage he often gets is: “I don't know if you belong this space that is not even built to acmodate you. ” A set of stairs awaed Hadd on his very first entrance to a gay bar, a metaphor almost too apt for the many enunters he’d have wh them over the was the guy who asked if was Haddad’s birthday, implyg that he looked too dnk to walk. ”In the show, Haddad rells how much meant for him to see Special, the Netflix seri created by another attractive gay Ryan ( his words) who also has CP, Ryan O'Connell.
GAY AND DISABLED: I’M PROUD OF WHO I AM
Moten IIIHaddad is humbled to be a posn of rryg the torch forward; he rells another gay man wh CP who drove 45 mut om a neighborg town to see him on a prev tour of Hi, Are You Sgle?.
RISHI SUNAK APOLOGIS TO LGBT VETERANS FOR PAST ARMED FORC GAY BAN
I’m a gay man and have a fairly stereotypil liftyle for someone his mid-20s central is, however, one big difference between me and my fellow gay men. 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.
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
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 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.
People wh disabili who are gay or bisexual often face social and emotnal challeng om both sis of the fence, and may need to look to each other for rmatn and support.
RYAN J. HADDAD ON BEG GAY + DISABLED “HI, ARE YOU SGLE?”
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