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LGBTQ writers with disabilities

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Bella Thorne
American actress and singer (born 1997)
Oliver Sacks
British neurologist and writer (1933–2015)
Adrienne Rich
American poet, essayist and feminist (1929–2012)
Daniel Tammet
British writer, mathematician, essayist and autistic savant
Brandi Carlile
Brandi Marie Carlile is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Her music spans multiple genres, including folk rock, alternative country, Americana, and classic rock. During her career, she has received eleven Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards, in addition to being nominated for an Academy Award. In 2026, she was named one of Time's Women of the Year.
Lance Bass
American singer, dancer, actor, and film and television producer
Billy Porter
American singer and actor
Mara Wilson
American actress
Cornell Woolrich
American author and screenwriter (1903–1968)
Ann Bancroft
American explorer
Nicola Griffith
British-American writer (b. 1960)
Laurie Penny
English journalist, columnist and author
Patti Harrison
American actress and comedian
Claude Vivier
Canadian composer (1948–1983)
Mary Lambert
American singer-songwriter and poet
Casey McQuiston
American romance novelist
Josh Thomas
Australian comedian
Jim Sinclair
autism rights activist
Bisi Alimi
Nigerian LGBTQ+ activist and executive director of Wikimedia LGBT+
TJ Klune
American writer of queer romantic fiction and fantasy
Maia Kobabe
American cartoonist
Chella Man
American YouTuber, actor, model, artist, and LGBTQ activist
Alanah Pearce
Australian video game writer and journalist
Chuck Tingle
anonymous American erotic writer
Didier Lestrade
French writer and AIDS activist, cofounder of ACT UP Paris
Max Bemis
American singer
Jean Le Bitoux
French journalist (1948-2010)
Marieke Nijkamp
Dutch author
Naoise Dolan
Irish Novelist
Dawn Prince-Hughes
American anthropologist, primatologist, demonology
Bethany Black
British stand up comedian
Ryan O'Connell
American writer, LGBTQ and disibility activist
Ortésia Cabrera Fuster
Catalan politician
Sophia Mendonça
Brazilian writer
Danielle Perez
Gibraltarian model
Rivers Solomon
American science fiction author (born 1989)
Lydia X. Z. Brown
autistic disability rights activist
Andrew Joseph White
American writer
Arjan Ederveen
Dutch actor (born 1956)
Sonora Reyes
American writer
Tee Franklin
writer