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Andrea Gibson and their partner Megan Falley. Andrea is holding a face mask and they are standing in the snow

First Person

Andrea Gibson’s Work Lives in the Realities of Chronic Pain

5 days ago 3 Comments

An abandoned wheelchair on a street facing destruction from a wildfire.

Politics + Activism

Disability Justice Needs To Be a Part of Climate Justice

5 months ago 1 Comment

A test tube with blood labeled BRCA (1, 2) - Test

Health

Getting BRCA Test Results Wasn’t What I Expected

12 months ago 4 Comments

Health

What to Expect While Awaiting the Results of a Life Changing Test

1 year ago 1 Comment

Accessible gatherings: Black and white images of four queer appearing people looking joyous. Three of the four use wheelchairs. The background is olive green.

Community

15 Tips for Creating Accessible Gatherings and Anti-Ableist Spaces

1 year ago 5 Comments

A collage that features a gloved hand of a medical professional with a BRCA test vial, more gloved medical hands, and a torn up insurance card.

Health

What to Expect When You Feel a Lump

1 year ago 1 Comment

Health

What to Expect When You’re Expecting a BRCA Test

1 year ago 8 Comments

a black and white locker room with repeating crutches is background to a single cleated foot coming down on a soccer ball. all is in black and white except for a red sock

AF+

Not Grateful Enough

2 years ago 1 Comment

A collage of six images of queer disabled people of various races and genders, all dressed fashionably

Queer Fashion

19 Disabled LGBT Fashion Icons Defying Stereotypes

2 years ago 6 Comments

a photo of a setup of crafting supplies with overexposure rainbows layered on top of it

AF+

The Price of Perfectionism: Chronic Illness, Unemployment, and Starting Over

2 years ago 5 Comments

A beach at sunset with an instagram filter over it to look like a vintage postcard.

First Person
Health

Sad in a Prettier Place

2 years ago 10 Comments

A woman wears glasses and a mask as well as a beanie and winter coat and is outside in the cold

Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving, I’m Moving to Warmer Weather in an Attempt To Survive

3 years ago 10 Comments

A Getaway House cabin, which looks like a small room with a bed, kitchen, and wood panel walls. It also has lots of windows.

Travel

Consider Cabin Rental Company Getaway for a Lowkey, Short-Term Queer Vacation

3 years ago 14 Comments

The Future is Disabled by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

LGBT Book Reviews

Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s “The Future Is Disabled” Should Be Required Reading

3 years ago 15 Comments

a plate of red sauced ravioli. a pair of legs are emerging from one of the ravioli with a pair of crutches. there's also a mobility cane and a set of legs with a leg brace and crutches.

First Person

Scenes From a Jersey Diner

3 years ago 26 Comments

The Golden Season by Madeline Kay Sneed features a sweeping landscape of West Texas and a blue sky with clouds.

LGBT Book Reviews

“The Golden Season” Is a Queer Love Letter to West Texas

3 years ago 2 Comments

A watercolor of a turquoise blue sky with dark blue clouds and a white textured page. In front of it are the words "Disability Pride Month Roundtable" in all caps and "care, celebrate, collective, fight" in stamped black lettering.

Community

Disability Pride Month 2022 Roundtable: Care, Celebrate, Collective, Fight

3 years ago 7 Comments

A pattered collage in yellow and blue that has four book covers layered over it: Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare (which is swirled in black and white), More Than Organs by Kay Ulanday Barrett (which has orange bold type over a navy blue background), The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me by Keah Brown (which has pink and yellow lettering a photo of the author Keah Brown, who is a black woman), and Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (which has the words Care Work in olive green stamped font and beige and orange watercolor coloring in the background)

Book Lists

12 Books to Read to Be a Better Ally to Disabled People This Disability Pride Month

3 years ago 13 Comments

A group of friends of varying genders taking group selfie.

Society + Culture

According to GLAAD, Social Media Companies Are Failing LGBTQ+ People

3 years ago 10 Comments

Two pills with diagonals across are rolling against an orange and pink background (the orange and pink lighting is also making the pills look pink)

Health

Medication Abortion 101

3 years ago 13 Comments

a white person's legs are seen walking down a set of old stairs, and she is wearing sneakers and holding a pink cane and wearing black leggings. there are two red flower stickers on the image

First Person
LGBT Pride

I Have To Choose Between Being Disabled and Queer

3 years ago 21 Comments

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