MakePrideAccessible - Blog Posts

Its the first day of Pride month and I want to remind my LGBT+ fam that Pride is often not accessible and excludes our disabled LGBT+ siblings ♿🏳️‍🌈⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ What if you were no longer allowed entry into your favorite gay bar, or safe space/shelter, or queer coffee shop, or queer concert, gallery, show?⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ These spaces are denied to disabled LGBT+ people all the time due to inaccessibility and ableism. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ Whether it’s a step at the entrance, a staircase and no elevator, no sign language interpreters, no sensory-friendly spaces, no allergy-friendly food options, or a bouncer not allowing someone with a service dog inside because they ask for documentation that doesn’t exist (yes, really happened), this ignorance and discrimination is unacceptable.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ It starts with hiring us as organizers, it starts with integrating us into the spaces where we belonged all along. It takes the work to unlearn ableism and misconceptions about disability, it takes effort and care to make our spaces accessible. Pride is for all of us, not some of us.⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ #AccessIsLove #MakePrideAccessible #TheFutureIsAccessible⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ https://www.instagram.com/p/ByK6KfsgqGC/?igshid=qqbzrr0c9u6g