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  <Title>Celebrating National LGBTQ+ Pride with Disability Awareness</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><div><span><img src="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/sss/posts/150576/attachments/57449" 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></div><div><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://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/ef1d68395075ae7779cdd3ac61fea8cd/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov%2Fpmc%2Farticles%2FPMC3490559%2F%23%3A%7E%3Atext%3DResults.%2Cthan%2520heterosexual%2520adults%2520with%2520disabilities." rel="nofollow external" class="bo">study published in 2012</a>, 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://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/19c44fe2b609648cb3992ec9989f6345/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.respectability.org%2F2021%2F06%2Fpride-month-2021%2F" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"> Learn more about the intersection via RespectAbility here</a>, especially with <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/caea090a59832ad6e6aa6919f7b9880e/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.respectability.org%2F2022%2F06%2Fleah-craig-pride%2F%23more-32592" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Leah Ilana's essay on the need for safe refuge</a>.  More <span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/1f8e4ee27d70b57ce11cf04c3f6b22d9/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.respectability.org%2Fresources%2Flgbtq%2F" 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/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/3215bd2a278d6d76dcb7f063d02afb65/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fmy3.my.umbc.edu%2Fgroups%2Flgbtqstudentunion" 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://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/c2c246c2c8cc189ce043a70a7aafae26/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Flgbtqfsa.umbc.edu%2F" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">LGBTQ+ FSA</a> - Faculty and Staff group</span></div><div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/57594eef363dfe16f47cf7a82c07f130/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fi3b.umbc.edu%2Fspaces%2Fthe-pride-center%2F" 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://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/a0a33ea85017bd95b8d85be7c40be7aa/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Foei.umbc.edu%2Flgbtq-resources%2F" 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="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/8d8cc520111b614f14e317fdaf3fadc0/web/link?link=http%3A%2F%2Fsds.umbc.edu%2F" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Student Disability Services online (link)</a> or via <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/d2c8b83833d07b1df11cb9f99500ded4/web/link?link=mailto%3Adisability%40umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">disability@umbc.edu</a>.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/93e3bfa09eecc96f6ae4a7207155e70c/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Faccessibility.umbc.edu%2F" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Accessibility &amp; Disability Services (link)</a> administers <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/ede4af5ef8abcd55de14a2a3b9c4a8f7/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Faccessibility.umbc.edu%2Femployee-accommodations%2Frequesting-work-related-accommodations-at-umbc-procedures%2F" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">employee (faculty, staff, graduate assistant and student worker) accommodations</a>.  </span></div><div><span><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/6745e14c6699982fb17ec5e62b9fea30/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fabout.umbc.edu%2Ffiles%2F2021%2F09%2F2021-UMBC-accessible-routes-map.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><br></a></span></div><div><a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/a345d17742c064803f9320f1e472fd36/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Fumbc.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F08%2F2023-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://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/accessibility/posts/142141/762bf/f651d0a053ad7b1198caf1c44226ea06/web/link?link=https%3A%2F%2Faccessibility.umbc.edu%2Freport-campus-accessibility-concern%2F" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Accessibility Concerns may be reported via this online form</a><span>.</span></div></div></div>
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    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><br></div><div>Mid-Atlantic ADA is also offering a webinar on Elevating Inclusion through Intersectionality on <a href="https://www.adainfo.org/trainings/webinar-elevating-inclusion-through-intersectionality-making-programs-and-places-accessible-for-disabled-lgbtqia-folks/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">June 28: Making Programs and Places Accessible for Disabled LGBTQ+ Folks, with registration linked here</a>.</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>
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    Pride Week during April while the academic year is underway.</span></div><div><span><a href="https://health.umbc.edu/counseling-services/counseling/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Retriever Integrated Health has an LGBTQ Group</a>, and additional mental health supports.</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><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" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">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><br><br></span></div></div>
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        												<div><div><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> via i3b is centrally located on the second floor of the UC and has <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/themosaic/posts/133630" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">upcoming SafeZone training</a>.</span></div><div><span><a href="https://health.umbc.edu/counseling-services/counseling/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Retriever Integrated Health has an LGBTQ Group</a>, and additional mental health supports.</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 Inclusion</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" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">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><span><a href="https://umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-ACCESSIBLE-ROUTES-MAP.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC's most recent Accessible Route map is linked here</a></span><span><a href="https://umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/2022-ACCESSIBLE-ROUTES-MAP.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">.</a> </span></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></div>
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  <Title>Celebrating National LGBTQ+ Pride with Disability Awareness</Title>
  <Tagline>~5 million disabled people under the LGBTQ+ umbrella</Tagline>
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     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>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) <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/lgbtqstudentunion/events/106060" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Join them for the DC Pride Parade on June 11</a></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> via i3b </span></div><div><span><a href="https://health.umbc.edu/counseling-services/counseling/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Retriever Integrated Health has an LGBTQ Group</a>, and additional mental health supports.</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 Inclusion</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span>We
     celebrate with you! You matter!  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" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">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><span><a href="https://about.umbc.edu/files/2021/09/2021-UMBC-accessible-routes-map.pdf" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC's most recent Accessible Route map is linked here</a></span><span>. </span></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><br></span></div></div></div>
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