Are there gay people with down syndrome
LGBTQ People with Disabilities
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A Large Intersection
The LGBTQ people and the disability community intersect in significant ways. According to research published in 2012, fully 36% of women in the LGBTQ community and 30% of men in the community also self-identify as people with disabilities. Twenty-six percent of queer men and 40% of bisexual men disclosed having a disability, as did 36% of lesbians and 36% of bisexual women. Study from the Movement Advancement Project estimated that 3 to 5 million LGBTQ people live with one or more disabilities.
One in four lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the U.S. has a disability, and two in five transgender adults possess a disability.
Further analyze done by UCLA via the California Health Interview Survey shows that transsexual people “are significantly more likely to report having a disability due to a physical, mental or emotional condition.”
Just as LGBTQ status cuts across every demographic — gender, age, race, sexual orientation, etc. — so does disability. – Too often, people with disabilities are represented by straight, whit
Gay man with Down's Syndrome is hailed as an 'icon' as he declares 'I like men with beards' in new Channel 4 documentary Home Free
Viewers celebrated a gay man with Down's Syndrome after he opened up about his struggles with his sexuality on Channel 4's Abode Free last night.
Curtis, 27, from London, who has Down's syndrome, appeared on the documentary, which followed a group of adolescent people with learning disabilities exiting home for the first age and moving into supported living apartments.
But while his mother Dale said he was 'definitely gay' and became 'very excited' when he was around 'large bearded men', she also suggested he struggled to cope with female attention, and could often close up 'confused' about his feelings.
Viewers were quick to fall in love with Curtis, with one dubbing him a 'gay icon' online.
Viewers fell in love with Curtis, 27, from London after he admitted he was struggling to navigate his sexuality on Channel 4's Home Free last night
One wrote: 'Curtis on Place Free is a gay legend. His pics for his tinder profile are class.'
Another commented: 'Curtis is amazing and so is his mum supporting him, thank them both! Curtis some gentleman would make you
Issues of sexuality in Down syndrome
Don Van Dyke, Dianne McBrien, and Andrea Sherbondy
As human beings, individuals with Down syndrome contain the right to emotionally satisfying and culturally appropriate sexual expression. As patients, they have the right to routine reproductive health care provided to the general population. Cognitive and language disabilities may predispose this population to unwanted pregnancy, sexually transmitted disease, and sexual exploitation. Sex education tailored to cognitive level, learning style, and living arrangements is crucial to the education of children and young adults with Down syndrome.
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Van Dyke, D, McBrien, D, and Sherbondy, A. (1995) Issues of sexuality in Down syndrome. Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 3(2), 65-69. doi:10.3104/reviews.53
Introduction
Issues of sexuality accompany each stage of human development. Sexual tasks for infants and pre-school aged children include the development of physical and emotional attachment to parents and other family members; issues for school aged children are the emergence of modesty and privacy as well as the beginning of masturbation [Table 1] (Haka- Ikse and Mian, 1
'Drag Syndrome': Performers with Down syndrome discover outlet for their creativity
It’s a Saturday night, and the crowd is buzzing in the compact but gilded room of London’s most iconic gay venue, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, a place where stars are born and guest lists are forbidden.
The stage, one that has played host to alternative cabaret since the 1960s, when homosexuality still meant a jail sentence in the U.K., is aglow with anticipation, everyone turned to its red velvet curtains, waiting for the evening’s drag execute to arrive.
Then, without warning, the steady electronic overcome of the harmony shifts to a more familiar Superhuman track, and out pops a flamboyant queen dressed to the nines in a skin-tight catsuit, draped with purple sequins, and a blond wig to top it all off.
“Good evening bitches,” says the actor, Horrora Shebang, whip at the ready, as she launches into her three-part act, which has the audience engulfed in applause by the time she reaches her risquéfinale.
It’s Horrora’s first appearance under this holy spotlight, and, if anything is for certain, it’s that she’s a sure-fire hit.
“I don’t accomplish nervous,” Otto Baxter, the man behind the feisty Horrora Sheba