Gay down syndrome person
Gay man with Down's Syndrome is hailed as an 'icon' as he declares 'I like men with beards' in new Channel 4 documentary Home Free
Viewers praised a same-sex attracted man with Down's Syndrome after he opened up about his struggles with his sexuality on Channel 4's Dwelling Free last night.
Curtis, 27, from London, who has Down's syndrome, appeared on the documentary, which followed a organization of young people with learning disabilities leaving home for the first moment and moving into supported living apartments.
But while his mother Dale said he was 'definitely gay' and became 'very excited' when he was around 'large bearded men', she also suggested he struggled to cope with female attention, and could often end up 'confused' about his feelings.
Viewers were quick to fall in adore with Curtis, with one dubbing him a 'gay icon' online.
Viewers fell in love with Curtis, 27, from London after he admitted he was struggling to navigate his sexuality on Channel 4's Home Free last night
One wrote: 'Curtis on House Free is a gay icon. His pics for his tinder profile are class.'
Another commented: 'Curtis is amazing and so is his mum supporting him, bless them both! Curtis some bloke would make you
HOME FREE REVIEW: Gay Man with Down’s Syndrome is Hailed as an ‘Icon’ as He Declares ‘I like men with beards’
Viewers praised a gay man with Down’s Syndrome after he opened up about his struggles with his sexuality on Channel 4’s Home Free last night.
Curtis, 27, from London, who has Down’s syndrome, appeared on the documentary, which followed a group of juvenile people with learning disabilities exiting home for the first period and moving into supported living apartments.
But while his mother Dale said he was ‘definitely gay’ and became ‘very excited’ when he was around ‘large bearded men’, she also suggested he struggled to cope with female attention, and could often close up ‘confused’ about his feelings.
Viewers were quick to fall in love with Curtis, with one dubbing him a ‘gay icon’ online.
Viewers fell in love with Curtis, 27, from London after he admitted he was struggling to navigate his sexuality on Channel 4’s Home Free last night
One wrote: ‘Curtis on Place Free is a gay star. His pics for his tinder profile are class.’
Another commented:
LGBTQ People with Disabilities
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A Large Intersection
The LGBTQ community and the disability community intersect in significant ways. According to research published in 2012, fully 36% of women in the LGBTQ collective and 30% of men in the community also self-identify as people with disabilities. Twenty-six percent of gay men and 40% of bisexual men disclosed having a disability, as did 36% of lesbians and 36% of multi-attracted women. Research from the Movement Advancement Project estimated that 3 to 5 million LGBTQ people dwell with one or more disabilities.
One in four woman loving woman, gay, and bisexual adults in the U.S. has a disability, and two in five transgender adults have a disability.
Further investigate done by UCLA via the California Health Interview Survey shows that gender non-conforming people “are significantly more likely to report having a disability due to a physical, mental or emotional condition.”
Just as LGBTQ status cuts across every demographic — gender, age, race, sexual orientation, etc. — so does disability. – Too often, people with disabilities are represented by straight, whit
'Drag Syndrome': Performers with Down syndrome detect outlet for their creativity
It’s a Saturday night, and the crowd is buzzing in the petty but gilded territory of London’s most iconic gay venue, the Royal Vauxhall Tavern, a place where stars are born and guest lists are forbidden.
The stage, one that has played host to alternative cabaret since the 1960s, when homosexuality still meant a jail sentence in the U.K., is aglow with anticipation, everyone turned to its red velvet curtains, waiting for the evening’s drag perform to arrive.
Then, without warning, the steady electronic overcome of the tune shifts to a more familiar Superhuman track, and out pops a flamboyant queen dressed to the nines in a skin-tight catsuit, draped with purple sequins, and a blond wig to top it all off.
“Good evening bitches,” says the actor, Horrora Shebang, whip at the ready, as she launches into her three-part act, which has the audience engulfed in applause by the time she reaches her risquéfinale.
It’s Horrora’s first appearance under this revered spotlight, and, if anything is for certain, it’s that she’s a sure-fire hit.
“I don’t execute nervous,” Otto Baxter, the man behind the feisty Horrora Sheba