A moment that changed me: I was gay, disabled, alienated. With seven kind words, my life began
Richard_Scope
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At my first Pride, aged 18, I felt it was just another place I didn’t belong. Then I saw a lesbian, topless and proud. Her warmth transformed me in an instant.
I have cerebral palsy and, as a disabled person, I felt my sexuality would always be theoretical. What did it matter, really, what I called myself?
Read the full article by Emmett de Monterey in The Guardian
[Emmett is standing with crutches in front of a wrought iron fence wearing dark jeans and a blue shirt wearing glasses.] Photo by Linda Nylind/The Guardian
I have cerebral palsy and, as a disabled person, I felt my sexuality would always be theoretical. What did it matter, really, what I called myself?
Read the full article by Emmett de Monterey in The Guardian
[Emmett is standing with crutches in front of a wrought iron fence wearing dark jeans and a blue shirt wearing glasses.] Photo by Linda Nylind/The Guardian
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