That weird queer cripple you were warned about

This blog is to give insight about what it’s really like to live with chronic illnesses, with no filter.

• please listen – a poem
  what can i say that hasnt already been said?what can i say that will finally make them listen? what will capture the fear? the vulture waiting over your shoulder. the fight against inevitable statistics. the unrelenting empty platitudes of help. talking at me, never listening. what if… what if my brain is broken,my body isContinue reading “please listen – a poem”
• Being queer and disabled: thoughts on TDOV
  If you live in the UK and you’ve been paying any attention to the news cycles, you’ll know that the last year has been hellish for both trans people and disabled people. “Gender critical feminists” are trying to roll back trans rights under the guise of safety and harassing us for existing. Politicians are lettingContinue reading “Being queer and disabled: thoughts on TDOV”
• I don’t want to be another DWP death
  This article will discuss death, suicide and similar themes. My friend recently got his full benefits awarded to him just two days after his DWP assessment phone call. And I’m happy for him. Of course I’m happy for him. But I won’t lie, while I stare down the barrel of 14 months of fighting theContinue reading “I don’t want to be another DWP death”
• A skint disabled queer’s guide to eating
  Okay, so let’s make this clear first: I am no Bootstrap Cook. Jack is a huge inspiration to me but I am not a chef. I am not a nutritionist. I do not have any kind of expertise on food or health. What I do have, however, is the lived experience of being multiply disabledContinue reading “A skint disabled queer’s guide to eating”
• Being disabled and being abused.
  Being disabled, being a queer disabled person especially, means you face higher rates of abuse. I am one of those people, more than a statistic, but a victim who is powering through the lasting damage of trauma.