Here's your weekly reminder that the #LGBTQIAonTwitter includes many disabled people like moi. 💋💅🏼 ♿️🌈🏳️🌈#GaybourhoodBaddies 
Alt text just in case Twitter's Alt-text doesn't work.
Image 1: Karl, a white man with glasses, short brown hair and red lipstick, doing a toothy smile directly into the camera. A cane is hanging off his shoulder, and he's wearing a vest which says 'Venice.'
Image 1: Karl, a white man with glasses, short brown hair and red lipstick, doing a toothy smile directly into the camera. A cane is hanging off his shoulder, and he's wearing a vest which says 'Venice.'
Image 2: Karl looking directly into the camera with a plain expression. He's wearing glasses, has short brown hair and red lipstick. He's wearing a beige jumper with a red collar poking out of the neck.
I do cringe a little when I plaster my own face on Twitter, but you know what? A younger queer me could have really benefitted from seeing another queer disabled person on Twitter. I can try to be that face for someone else out there. ❤️
The worst thing is disabled LGBT+ folks can often feel isolated within the LGBT+ community itself, as so many queer spaces are inaccessible, or just plain ableist. To all the other disabled #LGBTQIAOnTwitter, I see you. ❤️
Also I'm pretty sure the first image is the only picture I have of myself with my cane.
The first image is also one of the few examples where I have a big, toothy smile. My instinct is to always smile but only a little, as I was always told my teeth were 'bad.' But screw that, they're MY teeth, and that's what I've got.
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