Gay man with down syndrome
'Drag Syndrome': Performers with Down syndrome find outlet for their creativity
It’s a Saturday night, and the crowd is buzzing in the small but gilded space 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 act to arrive.
Then, without warning, the steady electronic beat of the music shifts to a more familiar Divine track, and out pops a drag 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 performer, 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 sacred spotlight, and, if anything is for certain, it’s tha
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 gay man with Down's Syndrome after he opened up about his struggles with his sexuality on Channel 4's Residence Free last night.
Curtis, 27, from London, who has Down's syndrome, appeared on the documentary, which followed a group of adj people with learning disabilities leaving 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 cease 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 Residence Free is a gay icon. His pics for his tinder profile are class.'
Another commented: '
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 immature 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 cease 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: ‘Curt
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 community 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 bisexual women. Research from the Movement Advancement Project estimated that 3 to 5 million LGBTQ people live with one or more disabilities.
One in four lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the U.S. has a disability, and two in five transgender adults have a disability.
Further analyze done by UCLA via the California Health Interview Survey shows that trans 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