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Top 6 Resources for the Gay and Disabled

By Ramon Johnson, About.com

The gay blind, deaf, hard of hearing, stutter or physically disabled too often register under the radar of gay culture and face multiple discrimination based on their sexuality and physical condition.

Karen Shook, co-chair of Regard, a UK-based advocacy organization, says disabled people are often ostracized due to the gay community's obsession with the "body beautiful." She told The Pink News, "Disabled people are more often seen as an object of pity rather than on an equal basis." Do the gay disabled have a place in the community?

Here are a few of the top gay disabled resource sites.

1. Regard

A UK-based national organization founded in 1989 to address the absence of information and lack of understanding about the reality of disabled lesbians and gay men working within the disability movement.

2. DeafQueer

Site sponsored by The Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC), a national nonprofit resource and information center for, by and about the Deaf Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Intersex and Questioning communities.

3. BFLAG

BFLAG (Blind Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Transgender and Bisexual People), an affiliate of the American Council of the Blind, provides for the betterment of the lives of those who are visually impaired and who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.

4. Passing Twice

An informal network of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender stutterers and their friends.

5. Deaf AIDS

Dedicated to the memory of the deaf lost to AIDS.

6. Disability Now

Print publication for everyone with an interest in disability. Includes content for the LGBT disabled.
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