I’m a 47-year-old female with Rheumatoid disease, fibromyalgia, and diabetes with peripheral neuralgia. I am still recovering from my second knee replacement done a month ago. (My first total knee replacement was done in August.) Even if I was fully healed from the total knee replacement, I would not be able to march because of…

I want to march because my life matters. Repealing the Affordable Care Act would mean I can’t get the life-altering treatments I need because of my pre-existing conditions. Repealing the ACA tells the US that disabled lives don’t matter. I want to march because my life matters, even with my disability.

My name is Laura Denney. I am an amputee with a very rare vascular condition called Servelle Martorell Syndrome. I am currently unable to use my prosthetic. I also have five children, including 13-month-old twins who are still exclusively breastfed/no bottles. Thus, I am unable to attend the March. This March is important to me…

Marching for affordable Medicare/Healthcare for my American sisters dying from Metastatic Breast Cancer (MBC – the only breast cancer that kills). In America 40,000 people/year die from MBC.  The Canadian death rate is population proportionate. Without affordable medical coverage my friends in the USA will die.  30% diagnosed with lower stage breast cancer will progress…

1. My name is Helen Martinicca. 2. Equality is the right of everyone. I’m sick of politics that exclude and threaten what should be basic rights. Unless the future is inclusive everyone is the poorer for it. 3. I’m a disabled Scientist and Engineer in full-time work and I’m angry. I have EDDS Joint Hypermobility…

I am not disabled but I have to work on the day of the March and welcome an opportunity to still participate. I am a home hospice nurse and I feel deeply that people should have access to healthcare and should be treated with dignity and respect. The latest shift in social mores against feminism…

My name is Jennifer Robinson, and I am a lifelong feminist and activist. By the age of 20, I was disabled by painful chronic illnesses. Eventually, I was diagnosed with two autoimmune diseases, Fibromyalgia, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and POTS: Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome. Simultaneously, I was dealt the blow of a disease of the brain: Schizoaffective…