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Queer Nondisabled

Queer Nondisabled

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I love how I read this article from the perspective of Disability Studies, which is a perspective I did not have two months ago. But I think I would be interesting to think about this article from the perspective of somebody in Queer Studies who has no background in Disability Studies. In class we talk about the difference between Impairment and disability, and how an impairment does not have to be 'bad.' But without that backgroud, the connection between disability and sexuality may be taken badly.  What qualifies as an impairment? Is a non-heterosexual identity an impairment? That felt like a strange sentence to type. 

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