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    <div class="html-content"><div><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/attachments/57450" alt="An illustration of a diverse group of people celebrating Pride Month under a rainbow-colored banner. Individuals represent a range of disabilities, races, gender identities, and sexual orientations." style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><span>June marks National LGBTQ+ Pride Month and offers the nation the opportunity to reflect on the incredible contributions of the LGBTQ+ community. Our nation is at its best when it welcomes, represents and includes people of all backgrounds. This includes people with disabilities and the intersections shared with the LGBTQ+ community. According to a </span><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3490559/#:~:text=Results.,than%20heterosexual%20adults%20with%20disabilities." rel="nofollow external" class="bo">study published in 2012</a><span>, fully 36 percent of women in the LGBTQ+ community and 30 percent of men in the community also self-identify as people with disabilities.<a href="https://www.respectability.org/2021/06/pride-month-2021/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> Learn more about the intersection via RespectAbility here</a>, especially with <a href="https://www.respectability.org/2022/06/leah-craig-pride/#more-32592" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Leah Ilana's essay on the need for safe refuge</a>.  More </span><span><a href="https://www.respectability.org/resources/lgbtq/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> Disabled LBGTQ+ Profiles, in their own voices, are profiled here.</a></span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>We celebrate with you! You matter! </span><span>UMBC Resources include:</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/lgbtqstudentunion" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">LGBTQ Student Union</a> - for all students (undergrad, grad, part-time, full-time)</span></div><div><span><a href="https://lgbtqfsa.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">LGBTQ+ FSA</a> - Faculty and Staff group</span></div><div><span><a href="https://i3b.umbc.edu/spaces/the-pride-center/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">The Pride Center</a> is centrally located on the first floor of the UC.</span></div><div><span><a href="https://oei.umbc.edu/lgbtq-resources/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">LGBTQIA+ Resource Page</a> via the Office of Equity and Civil Rights</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span>For question about disability or accessibility at UMBC, undergraduate and graduate students with disabilities connect with <a href="http://sds.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Student Disability Services online (link)</a> or via <a href="mailto:disability@umbc.edu">disability@umbc.edu</a>.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><a href="https://accessibility.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Accessibility &amp; Disability Services (link)</a> administers <a href="https://accessibility.umbc.edu/employee-accommodations/requesting-work-related-accommodations-at-umbc-procedures/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">employee (faculty, staff, graduate assistant and student worker) accommodations</a>.  </span></div><div><span><a href="https://about.umbc.edu/files/2021/09/2021-UMBC-accessible-routes-map.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><br></a></span></div><div><a href="https://umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-ACCESSIBLE-ROUTES-MAP.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>UMBC's most recent Accessible Route map is linked here</span><span>. </span></a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://accessibility.umbc.edu/report-campus-accessibility-concern/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Accessibility Concerns may be reported via this online form</a><span>.</span></div><div><span>Thumbnail Photo Credit: Erik Mclean via Unsplash.com.</span></div></div></div>
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<Title>Celebrating National LGBTQ+ Pride with Disability Awareness</Title>
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<Title>Celebrating National LGBTQ+ Pride with Disability Awareness</Title>
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<Title>Celebrating National LGBTQ+ Pride with Disability Awareness</Title>
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<Title>Perspectives on Black, Queer &amp; Disability Identity: College+</Title>
<Tagline>Join us! Keah Brown Online April 1st #DisabledAndCute</Tagline>
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