tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post8560623911274536897..comments2023-09-27T14:36:37.909+01:00Comments on Crippled, Queer, Anglo-European Ranter: Sexual Eunuchs?Criquaerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-32651275955283836562013-04-24T10:39:59.095+01:002013-04-24T10:39:59.095+01:00Took me a while to find this again. I sent you a m...Took me a while to find this again. I sent you a message on FB last Friday to take you up on this but maybe you did not connect that message with this one. I'd like a yea or nay if possible so I can move ahead on accommodation, advance booking of train, etc,Nick Jewitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01043313281144049218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-18858384418283004742013-03-19T17:29:58.095+00:002013-03-19T17:29:58.095+00:00Having tweeted on this, M/cr's LGBTI group jus...Having tweeted on this, M/cr's LGBTI group just tells me to write for them and they'll blog it. Not really willing to champion those of us who are chronically sick/disabled unless HIV-related. If I was not house-bound for the vast majority of the time and actually had strength and energy I would start a grouping... %SCriquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-1005145591563853022013-03-19T17:27:49.117+00:002013-03-19T17:27:49.117+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-81407591555376950132013-02-28T20:22:15.113+00:002013-02-28T20:22:15.113+00:00LOL.
You haven't had much luck with LGBT grou...LOL. <br />You haven't had much luck with LGBT groups either then?<br /><br />Yes, I think we have one and just the one dedicated to deaf LGBT people here in the West Midlands. I thought I'd put that to rights, especially since they were opening a new, state of the art LGBT drop-in centre here in Birmingham. I contacted them and proposed the possibility of a disabled LGBT drop-in session but hey ho, I never bothered to get a reply either. Thanks for your support there Birmingham LGBT!!Mr. Lexiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06375466374073657348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-8210512176593501332012-12-18T19:53:42.084+00:002012-12-18T19:53:42.084+00:00Ha, no problem, easily done. Thanks for the sugges...Ha, no problem, easily done. Thanks for the suggestion, I'll bear it in mind!Nick Jewitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01043313281144049218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-82247265564738225272012-12-17T14:16:01.111+00:002012-12-17T14:16:01.111+00:00And I was going to say, that if you are over M/cr ...And I was going to say, that if you are over M/cr way again (not Winter) and fancy meeting up for a chat over a beverage, let me know - that's if my deletion has not offended you!!!<br />%DCriquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-578686758102411432012-12-17T14:14:30.581+00:002012-12-17T14:14:30.581+00:00So sorry Nick - I did not mean to delete your comm...So sorry Nick - I did not mean to delete your comment; I was trying to reply!!!!<br /><br />"Nick Jewitt has left a new comment on your post "Sexual Eunuchs?": <br /><br />Hi, interesting article. As another M.E./CFS sufferer, clearly not as bad as you, I have been seen in Manchester's gay village with my two sticks, twice (I don't live in Manchester, across the way in North Wales).<br />The cartoons are indeed wonderful!<br />Take care"Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-8424163345438931132012-12-17T14:09:20.451+00:002012-12-17T14:09:20.451+00:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Nick Jewitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01043313281144049218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-3465721221870926692012-08-27T13:25:15.050+01:002012-08-27T13:25:15.050+01:00Icon added 27th August 2012.Icon added 27th August 2012.Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-23921522683363462972012-07-28T12:06:17.018+01:002012-07-28T12:06:17.018+01:00Thanks for your comments, Kristi; they are appreci...Thanks for your comments, Kristi; they are appreciated. %)<br />I have just Youtubed the video of "Beautiful" as I had never seen it. Think the video adds to the songs lyrics, in that neither deeds nor words can influence our amour-propre unless we individually allow them to. I think I have plenty of self-confidence, just no outlets to use it! %SCriquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-52260962481088440352012-07-27T18:22:06.047+01:002012-07-27T18:22:06.047+01:00Not offensive at all! Heartfelt and candid. Made m...Not offensive at all! Heartfelt and candid. Made me sad for you and others dealing with invisibility. It make me think of all the marginalized of society that must feel the same way, gay, transgender, the elderly, disabled, chronically ill, disfigured, obese people, etc, etc. But, you're right, when you combine 2 or more of these categories (like gay and disabled) the invisibility factor increases. This makes me think of the music video "Beautiful", by Christina Aguillera, although, if I made the video I would add even more types of people to represent the "shunned" people of society.blueskyartisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14367981163008471026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-22077572246499988562012-05-15T13:57:04.411+01:002012-05-15T13:57:04.411+01:00Glad you liked it!Glad you liked it!Lounahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11031075401203936622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-38342781547270167352012-05-14T17:43:34.855+01:002012-05-14T17:43:34.855+01:00Louna,
Thanks for that. It really did make me lau...Louna,<br /><br />Thanks for that. It really did make me laugh out loud! %D<br /><br />I am reposting the link as it is worth folks taking a peek: http://www.crippencartoons.co.uk/cartoons/gay/gay01.shtmlCriquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-31890617496318701032012-05-14T14:08:01.925+01:002012-05-14T14:08:01.925+01:00Hi! Good you're raising the subject, it's ...Hi! Good you're raising the subject, it's important that you do. A few days ago, I ran across this: http://www.crippencartoons.co.uk/cartoons/gay/gay01.shtml It's not what you're looking for, but you might like it.Lounahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11031075401203936622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-39363564514497389932012-05-03T20:02:44.424+01:002012-05-03T20:02:44.424+01:00Ettina - is that what that is called. Drives me ma...Ettina - is that what that is called. Drives me mad! Cannot find a setting that was titled as such; but did turn word verification to 'No'. Hope that changes things for the better!!!<br /><br />Cheers! %)Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-42291382141275137432012-05-03T17:53:17.024+01:002012-05-03T17:53:17.024+01:00CAPTCHA is those 'prove you're not a robot...CAPTCHA is those 'prove you're not a robot' things where you type in a phrase from a picture. Inaccessible to blind people or people with visual problems, though in some cases they have auditory versions as well. (Still inaccessible to deafblind, of course.)Ettinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08230821659466586897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-87467481578189548272012-05-02T17:49:14.552+01:002012-05-02T17:49:14.552+01:00Thanks jesse-the-k for the link to the archive. A ...Thanks jesse-the-k for the link to the archive. A fab resource! That's going to keep me busy for weeks on top of the BADD 2012 blogs. %)Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-58694346698385665762012-05-02T15:14:36.958+01:002012-05-02T15:14:36.958+01:00Thanks for your contribution!
There was an intrig...Thanks for your contribution!<br /><br />There was an intriguing web magazine called BENT: A Journal of CripGay Voices. It was edited by Bob Guter from 1999 until 2007 as the only comprehensive webzine devoted to the lives of gay men with disabilities. <a href="http://www.bentvoices.org/Archives/archiveblank.htm" rel="nofollow">You'll find BENT's archive here.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-85737411422380895112012-05-02T14:14:58.205+01:002012-05-02T14:14:58.205+01:00You had better enlighten me re Captcha as I don...You had better enlighten me re Captcha as I don't know what that is - I have only been blogging just under a week! Can you suggest what I could use instead/additionally?<br /><br />I am currently doing research for an article on dating via the internet for disabled folk. So, may be come back some time.<br /><br />Thanks for managing via tenacity to add a comment. %)Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-91750083399661680792012-05-02T14:09:38.350+01:002012-05-02T14:09:38.350+01:00Thank you so, so much for the link to that image. ...Thank you so, so much for the link to that image. It made me cry. I know it is not sex; but at least it is intimacy.<br /><br />I am actually a very optimistic and happy chappy most of the time. I just get randy from time to time. And then frustrated. %S<br /><br />Thanks for BADD 2012 and for letting me join in.<br /><br />%)Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-4343132399003938272012-05-02T01:13:37.345+01:002012-05-02T01:13:37.345+01:00It isn't much better on this side of the pond ...It isn't much better on this side of the pond as a disabled lesbian, sadly. Lesbians like to talk about inclusivity and all that, but that doesn't mean they actually want to date or have sex with someone who is disabled or chronically ill. On the rare occasions I try to do any online dating or anything, the responses just leave me feeling unfuckable. It sucks.<br /><br />I don't know if this comment will come through. I'm having issues posting it. Also, I don't know if you know you have Captcha for comments, which will prevent many people with disabilities from commenting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-54777482511677784392012-05-02T00:32:29.163+01:002012-05-02T00:32:29.163+01:00A comment about the article has appeared on MetaFi...A comment about the article has appeared on MetaFilter (http://www.metafilter.com/115495/Blogging-Against-Disablism-Day-2012):<br /><br />The Sexual Eunichs (sic) post is interesting. I used to tend bar in a rust-belt city's only gay bar much smaller than Manchester. On Friday or Saturday the pretty, pretty boys would hold court. But on a Sunday I would serve everyone else: an older crowd, the alcoholics and a few individuals who were visibly disabled. Nice chaps, most of them. It is unfortunate how we self-segregate. <br /><br />Though, I do have fond memories of dancing with a boy in a wheelchair. He grabbed my hand and pulled me on to the floor. I suppose that is how you survive: you compensate for what the group views as a negative by having massive balls and pursuing what you want.<br /><br />posted by munchingzombie at 12:45 PM on May 1<br /><br />Thank you munchingzombie! %)Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-17511849999646838972012-05-02T00:01:31.130+01:002012-05-02T00:01:31.130+01:00Kev, thanks for your comment. Glad you appreciated...Kev, thanks for your comment. Glad you appreciated the blog article.<br /><br />The book sounds right-up-my-street, but at £80.00 is rather unaffordable (even second-hand at £40.00). Sad to see that the tome was published almost ten years ago and, it would seem, there has been little tangible progress. %(Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-86440918482342372272012-05-02T00:00:10.795+01:002012-05-02T00:00:10.795+01:00Ruth, thanks for your positive response.
I was wo...Ruth, thanks for your positive response.<br /><br />I was worried I might be upsetting or offending lots of folk. My own internalised censor advising me not to discuss 'sex' I suppose!<br /><br />Cheers! %)Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2070327583782057963.post-11284620986286897772012-05-01T23:09:39.757+01:002012-05-01T23:09:39.757+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Criquaerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674014458662056474noreply@blogger.com