diasporic & disabled Diasporic & Disabled: Interview with a Queer Black USian Woman on the "Strong Black Woman" Stereotype, Misogynoir, & Mental Illness Stigma in the Black Community Diasporic & Disabled is an interview series on what it's like to be a disabled/mentally ill, especially trans and/or queer, person of colour in the diaspora. Our first interview is with a queer Black USian woman.
abolish the police Don't Call The Cops: Equality for Flatbush's Suggestions & Tactics as Alternatives to Calling 911 Police officers are not trained to handle mental health or medical crises, and statistically close to 50% of all police murders in the US involve a person living with a physical disability or mental health condition.<
disability justice VIDEO: People With Mental Health Disabilities Shut Down Dangerous Ideas About Gun Violence People without mental disabilities often talk about what should be done about "mentally ill" people and their rights without consulting those people themselves, or even seeing them as human beings who deserve equal rights in the first place.
