Catalogue Number
NMLH.2024.34.1
Object Name
booklet
Title
'LGBTQ+ An Easy Read Guide'
Place
UK
People
CHANGE (Disabled Peoples' Organisation)
Description
An A5 booklet with a blue and white cover. On it is an illustration of a Black person with long straight hair holding a rainbow flag behind their back like a cape, and a light skinned person in a yellow jacket holding a rainbow umbrella - both are smiling. Above them is the word 'Love' in rainbow colours. Below is the title of the book, and the logos of the funders of the booklet.
'LGBTQ+ An Easy Read Guide' was created to provide information about LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and associated) identities in an 'easy read' format. This guide is indended to provide information both for LGBTQ+ and straight cisgender people with learning disabilities including defining different identities, affirming information about coming out, how to manage discrimination, and how transition works. The booklet was created by CHANGE 'a national organisation led by disabled people that campaigns for equal rights for people with learning disabilities'. Providing accessible information about sex, sexuality and relationships for people with learning disabilities is important, as due to ableist discrimination about their abilities to live adult lives, many people with learning disabilities are not offered personal relationship and sex education in schools, or by parents. This leaves disabled people more vulnerable to abuse, coersive control and sexual violence.
Statistically, people with learning disabilities are one of the most impacted groups represented as victims of sexual violence. Empowering, accessible educational materials like this booklet help to prevent victimisation in the future.
Easy read information is typically created for people with learning disabilities, and disabled people with other information processing differences. To class as easy read, text should be in short sentences, images should sit alongside the text to provide contextual information, and complex terms should be simplified or explained.
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