Surprise! In this Bonus Episode of "When I Was A Disabled Kid", I sit down with writer Wendy Lu to talk about her experiences as a disabled kid with a trach; what it was like having a nurse with you 24/7, trying to make friends and be independent and so, so much more about her disabled childhood.
In this episode, I sit down with author, producer and soon to be TV personality, Ryan O'Connell. We talk about his experience of Cerebral Palsy and gay identity, and trying to bring that into the public sphere with his up and coming TV show, "Special". We also chat about wanting boys to ask us out on weekend dates as disabled guys, disability activism and queerness, his experience of sex work and so much more.
This episode I sit down with my friend, sex worker and porn star, Raj. We have a chat about what it was like for him to have sex with a disabled lover - me. We talk about our experiences having sex together, and I ask him what that must have felt like for him; was he nervous? Was he scared he'd hurt me because I was disabled? Am I a good disabled lover? All this and more will be revealed in this episode. You can contact Raj on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Iamrajxxx
In this episode, I come out about my experiences working with sex workers as a queer disabled man. I share why I made the decision, some good and not-so-good experiences working with sex workers when disabled, and I offer tips and tricks to disabled clients on how to make the sessions about your agency and your pleasure. I share how sex work helped me gain self-confidence as a disabled man and so much more. Enjoy!
Hey, Disability After Dark Listeners, I wanted to do something special today. You may have heard on the show that I'd be releasing When I Was A Disabled Ki episodes exclusively on Patreon. BUT - I wanted to gift you with the first episode of When I Was A Disabled Kid - as a thank you for supporting DisabilityAfterDark. This first episode is with my friend; author, disabled activist Carrie Wade. We talk about her childhood growing up with Cerebral Palsy, no snow, coming out as Queer and Disabled and so many more things that make her who she is.
In this episode, I talk with disabled, queer photographer, Robert Andy Coombs. We talk about how he became disabled and how he felt about that, his amazing photography work centering disabled, male sexuality and why he is a badass in the bedroom. This one is funny, raw, sexy, and I definitely spent half the episode flirting with Robert! Enjoy.
In this episode, I sit down with award winning author and journalist, Belo Cipriani as we talk about navigating the world as a blind gay man; everything from how he became blind to the accessibility of gay hook up culture is openly explored. Of course, we have some laughs too. Enjoy!
In this episode, I talk with Jewish sex educator and behavior specialist, Galia Godel. She works as a sex educator around sexual health and intellectual disabilities. We talk about how to talk about sex and sexuality with intellectually disabled people. She shares some experiences working with intellectually disabled clients, we talk consent and so much more.
In this episode, we sit down with writer, activist and disability badass, Ace Ratcliff. We talk about things dislocating during sex, revealing your identity as an ambulatory wheelchair user on dates, and we talk to Ace about how their use of pronoun they/them is directly related to their disabled identity.
In this episode, we look at tips and tricks for a sexy, disabled sleepover, and how a lot of the tips in popular culture around sleepovers aren't accessible to disabled people.