Queer Crips
Interface Volume 26, Spring, 2004. Interface is the newsletter published by the ASCLA division of the ALA. Marilyn Irwin reviews Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories.
Volume 26, Number 1, Spring 2004
Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and Their Stories
Reviewed by Marilyn Irwin, Indiana Institute on Disablility and Community, Indiana University, Bloomington
Queer Crips: Disabled Gay Men and their Stories, ed. by Bob Guter and John R. Killacky. (New York: Harrington Park
Pr., 2004.)
Having a disability has been shown to be a stigma for most individuals. Add homosexuality to that mix, and you have
another whole set of issues to deal with. Queer Crips compiles more than twenty-five vignettes from men who are
homosexuals and have disabilities. At times graphic in the descriptions of sexual experiences and illustrations, the stories
and poems presented are from the soul and are often painful to read; however, each provides a snapshot for better
understanding of this diverse group of individuals. Experiences of loneliness, anger, and embarrassment as well as humor
and compassion help the reader walk in the teller’s shoes for a short period of time. Although this may not be a volume to
add to every library, it provides insights that may be valued by people with and without disabilities, those who are
straight and those who are gay.
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