Queer and Disabled: Exploring the Experiences of People Who Identify as LGBT and Live with Disabilities
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. LGBT
1.2. Disabilities
1.3. Disability and LGBT Rights across Different Contexts
1.4. A Minority within a Minority
1.5. Intersectionality and Multiple Stigmatisation
1.6. Acceptance of Disabilities among LGBT Communities
1.7. Acceptance of LGBT amongst the Disability Community
1.8. Self-Acceptance and Identity
2. Methods
3. Attitudes and Discrimination
Experiences of Discrimination
4. Education, Employment, and Finances
4.1. Education
4.2. Employment
4.3. Finances
5. Health and Well-Being
5.1. Mental and Physical Health Outcomes
5.2. Health Service Use
5.3. Use of Health Services
5.4. Barriers and Facilitators to Health Service Use
5.5. Experiences of Health Service Use
6. Support
6.1. Formal Support
6.2. Social Support
7. Intimate Relationships
8. Limitations
9. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Kempapidis, T.; Heinze, N.; Green, A.K.; Gomes, R.S.M. Queer and Disabled: Exploring the Experiences of People Who Identify as LGBT and Live with Disabilities. Disabilities 2024, 4, 41-63. https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities4010004
Kempapidis T, Heinze N, Green AK, Gomes RSM. Queer and Disabled: Exploring the Experiences of People Who Identify as LGBT and Live with Disabilities. Disabilities. 2024; 4(1):41-63. https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities4010004
Chicago/Turabian StyleKempapidis, Theofilos, Nikki Heinze, Asharee K. Green, and Renata S. M. Gomes. 2024. "Queer and Disabled: Exploring the Experiences of People Who Identify as LGBT and Live with Disabilities" Disabilities 4, no. 1: 41-63. https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities4010004
APA StyleKempapidis, T., Heinze, N., Green, A. K., & Gomes, R. S. M. (2024). Queer and Disabled: Exploring the Experiences of People Who Identify as LGBT and Live with Disabilities. Disabilities, 4(1), 41-63. https://doi.org/10.3390/disabilities4010004