I’m no stranger to discrimination or the laws that make it so regarding gender and disability. I know that trans people and disabled people are made of small minorities, putting me in an even smaller one. Which to some people means that people in my situation don’t exist, completely removing my sense of belonging. Like the two labels don’t belong together, which is false, and I’m proof of that. Below is my answer to the question: Do you feel that LGBT+DISABILITY should be mentioned more in today’s society?
In 2000, when the law equality for all was introduced, I was only four. Yet my family and I had already had a taste of discrimination regarding my disability, both in the medical and education sectors. This kept happening for years, even after the law was in place. In 2016, Malta established the first set of Gender and LGBT+ laws.
I came out in 2017, and even though the rules were already in place, it was everything but plain sailing. I had to fight battles left, right and centre, both legally and medically. I have to say, it wasn’t the easiest on my mental health, and not everyone could have dealt with it. The pain that people went through can’t be put under a rug because otherwise, we would be going backwards, not forward and aiming for better.
Alex
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Well said 👏
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Thannk you
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I am trans since puberty and mentally disabled for 10 years. Now they say I am not ill. Or that I just imagine being trans because I am ill. I am tired of that stupid prejudice and the feeling of being invisible.
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I can tell you that in reality, gender issues look a lot mental health issues and you can on one hand the doctors who can unmask the two
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That’s my experience too.
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In fact, I developed white coat hypertension because I never know what the doctor is coming up with next
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Yes, my trust in white coats is also faded away. I have had my share of destructive diagnosis.
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No joke 🙂
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Human’s change is a very slow development.
I experienced discrimination until I learned to stand on my own, laws were conveniently “slow” in the past, these days even the robots have rights.
We got Dylan Alcot, a proof to stand up tall. (Can’t post link)
Don’t give up, people need to see to accept and create change.
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I won’t I went to the pride March today
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I am also Disabled and a part of the LGBT+ community. It definitely needs to be talked about more, we exist!
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We sure do
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Hi from Finland 🖖🏼
As a non-disabled member of the LGBTQ spectrum, and as a nurse, I think it is so, so important to make our disabled brothers and sisters to be heard as well.
That’s why I think that you are important and it is fantastic that you are out there to make noise and make yourself heard 🙂
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