Advocacy Archives - Real Talk

Real Talk Classic Zoom Hangout – September 23rd, 2021

Written by real.talk on September 23, 2021.

Folks with cognitive disabilities (or folks with cognitive disabilities who are questioning or curious about their gender and / or orientation) meet using the Zoom app, watch some Real...

Advocacy, dating, disability, education, love, loving, Marriage, masturbation, pleasure, Relationships, rights, Sex, sexuality

Andrew Gurza on Going Without Sex For a Year During COVID

Written by real.talk on February 8, 2021. Posted in News.

Writer and disability activist Andrew Gurza realized last week that because of COVID, its’ been a year since he’s had sex.

activism, Advocacy, covid, handi, pleasure, Sex, sex workers, sexuality, support, surrogates

Aaron Philip and ‘Beauty Isn’t Binary’

Written by real.talk on May 25, 2020. Posted in News.

Aaron Philip is the first black, transgender and disabled model to sign for a leading agency.

Advocacy, disability, LGBTQ, rights, sexuality

Satire Videos From Edmonton’s Self Advocacy Federation

Written by real.talk on November 20, 2019. Posted in News.

Edmonton’s Self-Advocacy Federation is an advocacy and support organization for adults with cognitive disabilities and their allies. Among many other activities, the Self-Advocacy...

Advocacy, advocate, dating, disability, Edmonton, federation, LGBTQ, love, loving, Relationships, self, Sex, sexuality, support

Guardian Article About Disability and the Right to Love

Written by real.talk on November 5, 2019. Posted in News.

The Guardian UK edition does a great piece about people with cognitive disabilities and sexuality. You can read it here.

Advocacy, dating, disability, Guardian, love, newspaper, Sex, sexuality, support, UK

“Queer enough to know what I want; disabled enough to be ignored”

Written by real.talk on July 11, 2019. Posted in News.

Yolanda Vargas is a proud Latinx disabled woman who is Queer/Bi/Pansexual. In this article, she discusses the ways she feels her queer sexuality is erased by those in her life...

Advocacy, dating, disability, LGBTQ, queer, Sex, sexuality

Romance, Relationships & Rights

Written by real.talk on April 25, 2019. Posted in News.

Join us for this theatre performance created by and with self-advocates supported by the Community Living Society and based on research from the UBC Centre for Inclusion and Citizenship. The...

Advocacy, boundaries, consent, dating, development, disability, loving, pleasure, Relationships, rights, Sex, sexuality, support

Catalogue of Adaptive Sex Toys & Technologies From Australia

Written by real.talk on February 20, 2019. Posted in News.

Many people use sexual devices to enhance sexual pleasure – either when masturbating by themselves or when having partnered sex. Many people do not experience orgasm (alone or during...

adaptive, Advocacy, Australia, catalog, catalogue, disability, orgasm, pleasure, Sex, technologies, technology, toys

Introducing the Supported Loving Network

Written by real.talk on January 18, 2019. Posted in News.

Supported Loving Network, a sexual health & sexual citizenship support organization out of the UK, has now come out with a webpage with podcasts, blogs, and resources. A quote taken...

Advocacy, dating, england, loving, network, Relationships, supported, UK, website

Articles on Disability and Sexuality from Feminism in India Magazine

Written by real.talk on January 7, 2019. Posted in News.

Abha Khetarpal is a writer, a counsellor, a teacher, a social worker, a motivational speaker, an activist, a National Awardee, and one of the 100 Women Achievers in India. On her website...

Advocacy, dating, disability, education, feminism, India, Relationships, Sex, sexuality

In a Relationship, But Only Allowed to Meet Once a Week in Public Places

Written by real.talk on June 7, 2018. Posted in News.

Does this sound familiar? Two people receiving support have been in a romantic relationship for many years. The relationship consists of weekly daytime meetings to go bowling or have...

Advocacy, blog, dating, disability, loving, network, parents, Relationships, staff, supported