LGBTQ+ people living with disabilities are often overlooked. The Movement Advancement Project reports that an estimated 3 – 5 million LGBTQIA+ people have a disability, and that LGBTQIA+ people are more likely to have a disability than the general population.
As with other intersections of identity, people with disabilities who identify as LGBTQIA+ are a diverse group. One commonality is that they are likely to be marginalized both within the LGBTQIA+ community as well as within the disability community. In fact, research shows that LGBTQIA+ people with disabilities are less likely to be able to find inclusive services, more likely to experience bullying as youth, be over represented in the juvenile and criminal justice system, face added barriers to employment, and to express feeling invisible.
At Salisbury PFLAG we celebrate the wonderful diversity of the LGBTQIA+ community inclusive of our members with disabilities, both visible and hidden. We recognize that it is important to have conversations about how we can better serve our differently abled brethren. This page was put together as a collection of resources to help further this effort.
As with other intersections of identity, people with disabilities who identify as LGBTQIA+ are a diverse group. One commonality is that they are likely to be marginalized both within the LGBTQIA+ community as well as within the disability community. In fact, research shows that LGBTQIA+ people with disabilities are less likely to be able to find inclusive services, more likely to experience bullying as youth, be over represented in the juvenile and criminal justice system, face added barriers to employment, and to express feeling invisible.
At Salisbury PFLAG we celebrate the wonderful diversity of the LGBTQIA+ community inclusive of our members with disabilities, both visible and hidden. We recognize that it is important to have conversations about how we can better serve our differently abled brethren. This page was put together as a collection of resources to help further this effort.
Queer and Disabled Dispelling Misconceptions Video This is part of a highly informative video series. |
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Intersectionality and Disability
"“The reality is, is that you have people like myself, who are black, disabled, and women, and so many other things. And when you live at the intersections of all three of those, then you can’t split your political and social dynamics between these different groups. It doesn’t produce real results of freedom and it doesn’t produce real results of access to employment and other opportunities that you’re looking for.” |
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Disability, Sex, Relationships and Dating A lively roundtable discussion about dating with disabilities. |
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Resources
5 Things to Know about being Disabled and LGBTQ+
"Disabled people are often desexualised by others, and expressing a sexuality or gender outside the ‘heteronormative’ framework becomes quite a statement – not only do you have desires, but they’re different from those of the people around you. In practice, there’s no contradiction between being disabled and being LGBTQ, and there’s lots of us out there." This site includes five things for you to know:
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/young-peoples-health/five-things-know-about-being-disabled-and-lgbtq
American Library Association’s Book List on Literature with LGBTQ+ Disabled People.
This page includes fiction, nonfiction, and scholarly articles, as well as television, websites, and other resources.
http://www.ala.org/rt/sites/ala.org.rt/files/content/professionaltools/QWDBibliography.pdf
APA Toolkit
Students with Disabilities https://www.apa.org/pi/disability/dart/toolkit-one
Legal Issues https://www.apa.org/pi/disability/dart/legal
Reasonable Accommodations https://www.apa.org/pi/disability/dart/legal
Blind LGBT Pride
The mission is “to promote the awareness, inclusion, and well-being of blind and vision impaired LGBT people through education, advocacy, and peer-support”. There are over 120 members who support each other through “email lists, virtual townhall conversations and an annual gathering at the American Council of the Blind convention” http://blindlgbtpride.org
Come As You Are
This website sells adult toys and is focused the adaption of adult toys to make them more accessible. https://www.comeasyouare.com/pages/sex-and-disability
Disabled World.
A useful fact sheet about LGBTQ+ People Living with Disabilities.
https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/sexuality/lgbt/
Human Rights Campaign’s Guide for Advocating for LGBTQ+ Students with Disabilities
This comprehensive guide provides important statistics on the experiences of LGBTQ+ people with disabilities in schools, and provides strong recommendations for supporting this vulnerable youth population.
Intersection of LGBTQ+ and Disability History.
Article from Philadelphia Gay News.
https://epgn.com/2020/10/20/the-intersection-of-lgbtq-history-and-disability/
Movement Advancement Project LGBTQ People with Disabilities page
Provides access to important research data on LGBTQ+ people living with disabilities. https://www.lgbtmap.org/lgbt-people-disabilities
Also, a great summative report can be found at https://www.lgbtmap.org/file/LGBT-People-With-Disabilities.pdf
The Queer Disability Project
A group bringing queer disabled people together through storytelling, compiling and expanding resources, and empowering activists and leaders. https://www.queerdisabilityproject.org/
Queer Café Disabilities Project
A wonderful collection of information and resources for the LGBTQ+ disabled community. https://queercafe.net/disabilities.htm
Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf
The purpose of this alliance is to establish and maintain a society of Deaf Gays and Lesbians to encourage and promote the educational, economical, and social welfare of members. https://www.deafrad.org/
Respect Ability
According to their website “RespectAbility is a nonprofit organization that works collaboratively with employers, entertainment leaders, governors, policy makers, educators, self-advocates, non-profits, faith-based organizations, philanthropists and the media to fight stigmas and advance opportunities. Led by diverse people with disabilities and allies, RespectAbility knows that people with disabilities and their families have the same hopes and dreams as everyone else.” https://www.respectability.org/
Sexuality and Disabilities
A site that believes that women with disabilities are sexual beings – just like anyone else. https://sexualityanddisability.org/
Transgender Law Center Disabilities Project
Housed at Transgender Law Center through a 2019 Soros Justice Fellowship, the Disability Project magnifies the leadership, collective power, and visibility of LGBTQ disabled/Deaf/ill constituents. https://transgenderlawcenter.org/programs/disability-project
"Disabled people are often desexualised by others, and expressing a sexuality or gender outside the ‘heteronormative’ framework becomes quite a statement – not only do you have desires, but they’re different from those of the people around you. In practice, there’s no contradiction between being disabled and being LGBTQ, and there’s lots of us out there." This site includes five things for you to know:
https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/young-peoples-health/five-things-know-about-being-disabled-and-lgbtq
American Library Association’s Book List on Literature with LGBTQ+ Disabled People.
This page includes fiction, nonfiction, and scholarly articles, as well as television, websites, and other resources.
http://www.ala.org/rt/sites/ala.org.rt/files/content/professionaltools/QWDBibliography.pdf
APA Toolkit
Students with Disabilities https://www.apa.org/pi/disability/dart/toolkit-one
Legal Issues https://www.apa.org/pi/disability/dart/legal
Reasonable Accommodations https://www.apa.org/pi/disability/dart/legal
Blind LGBT Pride
The mission is “to promote the awareness, inclusion, and well-being of blind and vision impaired LGBT people through education, advocacy, and peer-support”. There are over 120 members who support each other through “email lists, virtual townhall conversations and an annual gathering at the American Council of the Blind convention” http://blindlgbtpride.org
Come As You Are
This website sells adult toys and is focused the adaption of adult toys to make them more accessible. https://www.comeasyouare.com/pages/sex-and-disability
Disabled World.
A useful fact sheet about LGBTQ+ People Living with Disabilities.
https://www.disabled-world.com/disability/sexuality/lgbt/
Human Rights Campaign’s Guide for Advocating for LGBTQ+ Students with Disabilities
This comprehensive guide provides important statistics on the experiences of LGBTQ+ people with disabilities in schools, and provides strong recommendations for supporting this vulnerable youth population.
Intersection of LGBTQ+ and Disability History.
Article from Philadelphia Gay News.
https://epgn.com/2020/10/20/the-intersection-of-lgbtq-history-and-disability/
Movement Advancement Project LGBTQ People with Disabilities page
Provides access to important research data on LGBTQ+ people living with disabilities. https://www.lgbtmap.org/lgbt-people-disabilities
Also, a great summative report can be found at https://www.lgbtmap.org/file/LGBT-People-With-Disabilities.pdf
The Queer Disability Project
A group bringing queer disabled people together through storytelling, compiling and expanding resources, and empowering activists and leaders. https://www.queerdisabilityproject.org/
Queer Café Disabilities Project
A wonderful collection of information and resources for the LGBTQ+ disabled community. https://queercafe.net/disabilities.htm
Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf
The purpose of this alliance is to establish and maintain a society of Deaf Gays and Lesbians to encourage and promote the educational, economical, and social welfare of members. https://www.deafrad.org/
Respect Ability
According to their website “RespectAbility is a nonprofit organization that works collaboratively with employers, entertainment leaders, governors, policy makers, educators, self-advocates, non-profits, faith-based organizations, philanthropists and the media to fight stigmas and advance opportunities. Led by diverse people with disabilities and allies, RespectAbility knows that people with disabilities and their families have the same hopes and dreams as everyone else.” https://www.respectability.org/
Sexuality and Disabilities
A site that believes that women with disabilities are sexual beings – just like anyone else. https://sexualityanddisability.org/
Transgender Law Center Disabilities Project
Housed at Transgender Law Center through a 2019 Soros Justice Fellowship, the Disability Project magnifies the leadership, collective power, and visibility of LGBTQ disabled/Deaf/ill constituents. https://transgenderlawcenter.org/programs/disability-project
Finding Queer Disability Culture David and Jen find themselves in a quiet world that is loud in culture as they learn to communicate with queer individuals in the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. Along the way, they meet an Autistic non-binary individual who challenges neurotypical ways of understanding culture. |
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State of Pride A wonderful YouTube Original film celebrating the diversity of Pride in 2020. Fifty years after the Stonewall uprising, Oscar®-winning filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and host Raymond Braun travel to three diverse communities – Salt Lake City, San Francisco, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama – for an unflinching look at LGBTQ Pride, from the perspective of a younger generation for whom it still has personal urgency. |
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