Submission Proposal

LGBTQ Realities in the Disability Community

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  Christian McMahon

  Communications Specialist
  The Arc California
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  Renee Fannin

  President/CEO/Owner
  Lynn & Darla Supported Living
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  Madison Needham

  Law Student
  Yale Law School

In this session, you will hear from a panel of LGBTQ experts, both self-advocates and service providers from the disability community. Panelists will focus on the barriers to fulfilling expressions of queer sexualities and gender identities that people with disabilities are facing today. Through sharing stories from their own lives, they will guide us towards forging a future with an inclusive, nuanced understanding of how best to meet the needs of LGBTQ people with disabilities.

Presenters for this session include:
• Renee Fannin, a lesbian, wife, mother and Supported Living Services provider.
• Madison Needham, a feminist, autistic undergraduate student at UC Berkeley, studying and researching the asexualization of individuals with autism.
• Christian McMahon, a queer trans man, writer, and Communications Specialist at The Arc of California.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the barriers LGBTQ people with disabilities are currently facing when they attempt to honestly express their sexualities and gender identities.
• Deepen your thinking about how you can best support LGBTQ people with disabilities in your communities.
• Transform these new insights into strategies to make society more inclusive of LGBTQ people with disabilities.