Tag: Andrew Gurza

Andrew Gurza, a disabled queer activist who hosts the sex-focused Disability After Dark podcast and is a 2019 “Pride 50” honoree at our sister site Queerty, has alleged abuse by a caregiver assisting him in his Toronto apartment. Gurza has Cerebral Palsy. It limits the use of his limbs and requires him to use a wheelchair with assistance from a caregiver. As such, he lives in a March of Dimes building which is staffed by individuals who are paid by...

Andrew Gurza Queer disability activist A longtime champion of disability rights, Gurza is the creator of #DisabledPeopleAreHot, a viral hashtag that took the Twittersphere by storm beginning in February 2019. In creating the hashtag, Gurza (who is queer and has Cerebral Palsy) said he wanted to give people with disabilities a space to feel sexy, including himself. “I know I am hot AF,” he told Queerty, back when the hashtag was at its most popular. “I want to be...