Gay man in wheelchair

This can lead to feelings of invisibility and the need to constantly prove their right to love and be loved, and to express their gender identity or sexual orientation freely.

Moreover, disability and LGBTQ identities are often shaped by different forms of oppression. She coached Team USA to gold at the Rio Paralympics in 2016.

By embracing their LGBTQ+ Disabled identity, people describe feeling free – or at least, freer – from rigid expectations or social norms. Further, deaf gay men are happier in their relationships and have more positive self-images than hearing gay men. it’s our words and our experiences. Stevie also advocates for people who use mobility devices, are chronically ill, immunocompromised, or neurodivergent.

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TikTok: @stevieboebi
Twitter: @stevieboebi

Celebrating LGBTQIA+ disabled leaders

The incredible people listed above are leaders in advocacy for disabled LGBTQIA+ individuals.

And I hope people see that. There is so much gray, and it requires discernment when you deal with people.

 

According to Recio, the three colors also represent the different forms of disability. It will inspire people to try for the national team, or that they can be a woman and disabled and queer. Just as I identify as curious, stubborn, determined – it is impossible to separate the quantity of how these characteristics show up in my work.

LGBTQ pride events, social gatherings, and support groups may not always accommodate the physical or sensory needs of people with disabilities, leading to exclusion or isolation. Often, LGBTQ+ Disabled people do not feel included within the wider LGBTQ+ community, due in part to a lack of accessible Queer spaces.

This Pride Month, we want to amplify some of the brilliant LGBTQ+ Disabled artists and activists who are using their platforms to create a conversation about what it means to be LGBTQ+ and Disabled.

We have had insightful conversations with artist Chella Man, writer, actor, and director Ryan O’Connell as well as comedian Rosie Jones, and we continue to learn from many other LGBTQ+ Disabled activists as well.

You won’t regret it!

 

Out Gay Rowing Champion Lauren Rowles Celebrates New World Best Time at Paralympics
Matthew and Paul

Black, Gay, Autistic and Beautiful

Films and Shows With Messy, Amazing, Real LGBTQ Disabled Characters
Dark Disabled Stories: Hard Truths About Queer People With Disabilities

Deaf Queer Resource Center

Being Blind and Gay

Alex Mitchell on BGT: Gay and Autistic

Meet the Same-Sex Parents Advocating for LGBTQ and Disability Rights

Queer and Trans Creators with Disabilities Fighting for an Accessible World

Jessica: Disabled and Gay

Embracing My Queer Disabled Identity

MAP Report: LGBTQ People With Disabilities

Author Lucy Webster: Similarities Between Experiences of Being Queer and Being Disabled

Try Smiling
 

 

 

Books

 

Notes From a Queer Cripple by Andrew Gurza
Eyes of Desire: Deaf Gay and Lesbian Reader by Raymond Luczak

Do You Dream in Color by Laurie Rubin

Mean Little Deaf Queer by Terry Galloway

Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories by B.

Guter and JR Killacky

My Life as a Deaf Gay Man by Peter Beach Morier

Captive Genders: Trans Embodiment and the Prison Industrial Complex by Eric A. Stanley and Nat Smith

Crip Theory: Cultural Signs of Queerness and Disability by Robert McRuer

Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer

Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics and The Limits of Law by Dean Spade

Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C.

Riley Snorton

 

 

Films/Shows

 

T11 - Written and directed by Suzanne Guacci
Special - Written by Ryan O'Connel, Executive Producer Jim Parsons
Margarita with a Straw - By Shonali Bose
Euphoria - Starring Zendaya

Concerto for Abigail - Starring Andrea Bogart, Monica Young
 

LGBTQ and Disabled Communities: Social Struggles We Share

LGBTQ Disability Activists Who are Changing the World One Fight at a Time

Gay Autistic Comedian

Disabled LGBTQ Characters From TV Shows We Love

Queer and Disabled: Misconceptions

Alex Mitchell on BGT: Gay and Autistic

Autistic LGBTQ Public Figures Providing Essential Representation

Italian Sprinter Valentina Petrillo: First Out Transgender Paralympian

Meet the Triathlete Who Just Happens to be Transgender and Deaf

Deaf YouTuber and Her Wife Go Viral Sharing Their Remarkable Family Journey

Dickie Hearts: Paving the Way for a Rainbow of Deaf Stories

 

 

Terminology of the Disabled Community

 

Respectful Language

 

PWD - Person With a Disability - The correct term is a matter of preference, but "person with a disability" (people-first language) is widely accepted and recommended.

We experience the full range of emotions of humanity. She described how most of the time, “[LGBTQ+ Disabled people] won’t be seen, we won’t be heard, our stories won’t be heard, and we won’t be in community with people…” Her message was emphatic: “We are here and we contribute.”

Finding pride in LGBTQ+ Disabled identity

So how does the LGBTQ+ Disabled community find pride, when Queer spaces are still so often inaccessible?

Accepting, kind, funny. I love who I am!’, the audience can see that I am more than a disability, or a sexuality. She is a prominent speaker on disability and LGBTQIA+ advocacy in filmmaking, having been featured at Disney’s The Power of Inclusion Summit, TED, NASA Women in Action, and many others.

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Twitter: @DirectorContent
Website: allmediastorytelling.com

Olu Niyi-Awosusi (they/them)

Olu Niyi-Awosusi describes themselves as an ethical technologist and accessibility advocate and identifies as “mad/disabled.” They advocate for an online world that is relevant, useful, and inclusive of people with disabilities, access and functional needs, and/or those with limited access to technology.

Examples: "A student with dyslexia" or "a person who uses a wheelchair" or "a student with a learning difference"
 

 

Identity-first language (IFL)

Use: "Disabled person," "disabled people"
Why: Some people prefer this because they view disability as an integral part of their identity and a shared cultural experience.

We have a long history of greatness with USA Wheelchair Basketball. In the decade since that dinner party, fortunately, there has been advances in awareness of the challenges facing deaf people, in large part due to efforts to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the United States and similar laws elsewhere.

We think of Aaron Rose Phillip, an Antiguan-American model who in 2018 became the first Black, Transgender and Disabled person to be signed by a major modeling agency. It’s just two souls who cling to each other in their mutual suffering.