before we start posting that july is gay wrath month let’s consider that july is disability pride month first and foremost. the “be gay do crimes” memes can wait
before this post breaches containment and people start going “why not both hehehe” i want you to seriously consider the very long history of disabled people’s existence being pushed aside and/or seen as secondary. i promise you it’s not going to hurt to hold onto the memes and give disabled people space for visibility and celebration.
i say this as a disabled trans person whose trans identity is made front-and-center to the (mainly cis) people who know i’m trans but my identity as a disabled person is brushed off by the very same people.
#I have too many feelings about this topic to go ham in Tumblr tags whilst on my break at work#but yes#I'm gonna be real in that a lot of disability discourse online is superficial and stupid#and unfortunately a lot of it is due to ignorance while people attempt to be thoughtful but they don't actually know disabled people#or only understand one or two kinds of ways people can be disabled#and the people with the most severe disabilities are simply unable to advocate for themselves most of the time#I'm an invert pride month is important etc etc#but disability awareness is so fucking limited and I cannot understate how important it is to try to learn more about this topic#there are so many people who are totally invisible to the world because they're shut away from it and not by choice
