Went to two of my city's pride events this weekend.
Neither of them were accessible for me or most of my friends.
Kinda sucks when things made to be welcoming and accepting of all cannot welcome people because we physically cannot be in that space.
Went to the Mardi Gras fair day, most of it was on grass and inaccessible by wheelchair. Also had loud music in a lot of areas which made it so I could not be in them, even with my earbuds in.
Went to the Minus18 queer formal, the disability toilets were not accessible to my friends in wheelchairs. Also the amount of loud noise and flashing lights made it a health hazard for my friends with neurological conditions and almost physically painful for me to be in any of the space due to sensory issues.
We were told these places would be accessible.
We were told these places would be for us.
They weren't.
When a space meant to be accepting cannot accept you it fucking hurts.
I am making this post to ask one question: Why is pride inaccessible to disabled people?
(Abled people can reblog, but don't fucking clown on this, okay?)
