Alaska Woods and Ashton Haslam
Recorded
June 17, 2023
Archived
June 17, 2023
31:55 minutes
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Id:
mby022810
Description
Significant others Alaska Woods (20) and Ashton Haslam (21) discuss how their disabilities impact their experiences in queer spaces. They emphasize the need to better accommodate intersectional identities in queer spaces and reflect upon how, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic, they have not felt as welcome within the queer community.Subject Log / Time Code
[Take One] Ashton Haslam (AH) asks Alaska Woods (AW) how the intersectionality of their disability impacts their experience in queer spaces.
AW reflects on not feeling welcomed in queer spaces.
AH discusses how being disabled is an integral part of being queer and queer history.
AH and AW share their frustrations about abled queer people prioritizing their pleasure over the well-being of disabled folk.
AW talks about feeling like they are losing their community.
[Take Two] AH and AW talk about the discrimination they face within their own community.
AW and AH reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on people feeling "too tired" to accommodate people with disabilities.
AH and AW talk about how their moral compasses are guided by love, not social pressure.
Participants
- Alaska Woods
- Ashton Haslam