This! I think it's because disabled people already operate outside of society's "norms" and therefore it frees us up from a lot of the mainstream population's expectations and attitudes around sexuality. Though I'm guessing a bit as I became disabled AFTER I realised I was queer :P
*bangs on table* YES! I genuinely believe the experience of realising you are queer and realising you are disabled are so similar that yeah, it makes a lot of sense that from one it becomes easier to notice the other.
This! I think it's because disabled people already operate outside of society's "norms" and therefore it frees us up from a lot of the mainstream population's expectations and attitudes around sexuality. Though I'm guessing a bit as I became disabled AFTER I realised I was queer :P
*bangs on table* YES! I genuinely believe the experience of realising you are queer and realising you are disabled are so similar that yeah, it makes a lot of sense that from one it becomes easier to notice the other.