<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><br><br><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> National Federation of the Blind <webmaster@nfb.org><br><b>Date:</b> October 21, 2020 at 10:01:14 AM EDT<br><b>To:</b> Riley Seif <jayneseif@att.net><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Reminder: Twitter chat today at 2 p.m. ET on lived experiences with blindness, sexual orientation, & gender identity</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> National Federation of the Blind <webmaster@nfb.org><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><!--[if gte mso 9]>
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<h1><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:29.3333px">Today! Share Lived Experiences with Blindness, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity</span></span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Join the conversation in our weekly <a href="https://www.nfb.org/libraries/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=18821&qid=4371029" rel="nofollow">Twitter</a> chats for Meet the Blind Month. We will be discussing lived experiences with intersectionality, which refers to overlapping characteristics that are also subject to misconceptions and inequalities. The chats will be each Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET and our hashtag is #MeetTheBlind. Today, </span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">October 21, we are discussing our lived experiences with blindness, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
Below are the questions to answer during the Twitter chat:</span></span></p>
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<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Q1: Please introduce yourself and list some characteristics you are comfortable sharing as it relates to blindness, sexual orientation, and gender identity. #MeetTheBlind</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Q2: Can blind people be part of the LGBTQ+ community? And in what ways are we a part of it? #MeetTheBlind</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Q3: What are some misconceptions around blind people and our sexual orientation and gender identity? #MeetTheBlind</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Q4: What are some ways that the LGBTQ+ community embraces blind LGBTQ+ people? #MeetTheBlind</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Q5: How do you feel that your LGBTQ+ identity has been received in the blindness community, particularly at training centers and advocacy events? #MeetTheBlind</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Q6: What can we do better to be more affirming to our blind LGBTQ+ family? #MeetTheBlind</span></span></span></li>
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<p><a href="https://www.nfb.org/libraries/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=18822&qid=4371029" rel="nofollow" style="font-size:14pt; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif; color:blue">Learn more about Twitter chats.</a><span style="font-size:14pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> We look forward to your participation.</span></span></p>
<h2><span style="font-size:18pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">What’s a Twitter chat?</span></span></h2>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">A Twitter chat is a scheduled, organized topical conversation on the Twitter platform centralized around a specific hashtag. In every response during the Twitter chat, a designated hashtag is included. The chat isn’t only for answering the set questions but also to encourage, support, and assist others who are part of the chat. Tweet, reply, retweet. You can find the chat by searching for the hashtag at the scheduled time. <a href="https://www.nfb.org/libraries/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=18822&qid=4371029" rel="nofollow" style="color:blue; text-decoration:underline">Along with tips for the chat check out details on joining
Twitter</a>.</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">For more details on all Meet the Blind Month activities visit <a href="https://www.nfb.org/libraries/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=18823&qid=4371029" rel="nofollow">nfb.org/mtbm</a>.</span></span></p>
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