[NABS-L] Blind and Non-Binary

[Jordan Richardson]

Hey, 
I'm glad there's a group now.  Unfortunately I won't be at convention this year.  Hopefully I'll be able to go next year.  
Is there an email list?  I actually don't h a ve FaceBook.  

Happy Pride!

Jordan Richardson 
"Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of man, that state is obsolete."
          Rod Serling 
Sent from my iPad

> On Jun 22, 2019, at 09:28, Caitlin Best via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jordan,
> I’m also non-binary. We do have an LGBT community in the NFB. Will you be attending national convention? 
> Cheers,
> Caitlin
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Jun 22, 2019, at 09:10, Brianna Rigsbee via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello, Jordan.
>> 
>> I don’t know if you already know this, but there’s an LGBTQIA group that is affiliated with the NFB. They have a Facebook group. I hope this helped.
>> 
>> Brianna Rigsbee
>> Vice President | Connecticut Association of Blind Students
>> http://www.nfbct.org/ct-chapters/connecticut-association-of-blind-students
>> bri.rigsbee96 at gmail.com
>> (203) 751-0199
>> "You can't fly unless you let yourself fall."
>> "You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back."
>> 
>>> On Jun 22, 2019, at 8:38 AM, Jordan Richardson via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi, 
>>> 
>>> I am a non-binary trans feminine person.  Though, for most of my life, my blindness has somewhat overshadowed my queerness.  I have always been more feminine than centre but because I carry a cane, the world sees me as a blind person first.  
>>> I’ve really been thinking a lot about community lately so I was wondering if anyone else feels the pull of these two identities.  I am wondering, where is my blind/trans/queer family?  
>>> 
>>> Love always, 
>>> Jordan 
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