{"id":11864,"date":"2022-07-14T14:29:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.real-talk.org\/?p=11864"},"modified":"2022-07-14T14:46:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T21:46:47","slug":"is-pride-accessible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.real-talk.org\/is-pride-accessible\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Pride Accessible?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many LGBTQ folks with disabilities face barriers in participating in the annual celebration. It&#8217;s a symptom of a larger problem.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/nowornever\/accessibility-in-action-meet-people-fighting-for-access-to-a-full-life-1.6491088\/i-m-queer-and-disabled-pride-isn-t-accessible-for-me-1.6497282?fbclid=IwAR0rtucItuw-BPLA0ACoK3syELSHGvYGXYnEZbE6Eh1pIlg1qiiUP9C5H8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CBC article<\/strong><\/a>, activist Karli Drew discusses the barriers she faces accessing Pride events, and the frustrations she faces as a disabled person in the LGBTQ community. Her main suggestions to Pride organizers?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Actively recruit queer, disabled consultants as Pride event organizers.<\/li>\n<li>Follow a variety of queer, disabled activists to learn what&#8217;s being done right, and what&#8217;s being done wrong.<\/li>\n<li>Amplify queer, disabled voices.<\/li>\n<li>Acknowledge queer, disabled existence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/nowornever\/accessibility-in-action-meet-people-fighting-for-access-to-a-full-life-1.6491088\/i-m-queer-and-disabled-pride-isn-t-accessible-for-me-1.6497282?fbclid=IwAR0rtucItuw-BPLA0ACoK3syELSHGvYGXYnEZbE6Eh1pIlg1qiiUP9C5H8o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/nowornever\/accessibility-in-action-meet-people-fighting-for-access-to-a-full-life-1.6491088\/i-m-queer-and-disabled-pride-isn-t-accessible-for-me-1.6497282?fbclid=IwAR0rtucItuw-BPLA0ACoK3syELSHGvYGXYnEZbE6Eh1pIlg1qiiUP9C5H8o<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many LGBTQ folks have cognitive disabilities face barriers in participating in the annual celebration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"topics":[85,88],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Is Pride Accessible? - Real Talk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Many LGBTQ folks with disabilities face barriers in participating in the annual celebration. 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