have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a rare connective tissue disorder.  I’m a triple-double on replacements:  both shoulders, both hips, both knees.  I’ve had a cervical fusion, too.  I had my right hip replaced on January 16, 2017, so I’m down for a while.  Even if it weren’t for the surgery, I simply can’t walk too far.  I…

I am marching because even before I got sick I believed that health care is a basic human right. Like millions of others, I am terrified that I will be left without proper health care because I am too sick to work and earn employment benefits. I may be bedridden right now, but I still…

I am not disabled….. but, I teach adaptive sports at Achieve Tahoe and I won’t let Trump make me miss a day of that. I will be on the mountain granting access to the magic of skiing to different athletes instead of marching with friends. I was promoted to captain and have my own crew….I have…

I am joining this March in this form, because I am a disabled women and strongly believe that that we need to stand up and let our voices be heard when we know something is not right. Know that while I may not be able to physically be there on the day of the March,…

I march today to defend the dignity and civil rights of all persons no matter their color, religion, country of birth, sexual oreintation, or physical ability. As a woman who has lived all her life with disabling chronic illnesses, I march so that no young person has to grow up like I did believing that…

I’m a disabled woman. I have epilepsy, PTSD, severe general anxiety disorder, asthma, borderline personality disorder, and food and drug allergies. I can’t work a “real job”; believe me, I tried for many years. Spent many years trying to get disability assistance because trying to work was killing me. Now that I’m covered by Medicare…

It’s a scary time to be an American and I cannot just sit idly by and do nothing while this vile man becomes President of my country. This is simply a unifying first step, a peaceful but pointed way to raise our voices in solidarity. We will not be ignored, we will be heard. We…

My disability makes marches difficult, but as a disabled queer woman, I want to do everything I can in the fight against hate.

As a mentally ill autistic lesbian, I am personally affected by the hate and bigotry that Trump spreads. I also want to take a stand for my transgender sisters, people of color, poor people, immigrants, Jewish and Muslim people, and all those who Trump despises.