Come along for a panel of queer and disabled sex education experts to answer all the questions you could never ask with a social afterwards!
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Line up:
Lucy Webster (she/her): activist, journalist & author
Roxy Murray (she/her): advocate for disability rights, adaptive fashion, patient empowerment, and radical inclusivity
CJ de Barra (they/them), journalist and author
Ellen Jones (she/her): campaigner, author and strategist
Full bios below
The event is being hosted by Kim Malone Crossley, queer events organiser and founder of the Fruit Salad Events Collective, and Lucy Webster, journalist, disability activist and author of The View From Down Here.
Anyone who is disabled and/or queer is welcome, as are allies with a connection to either community!
Access:
- The venue is step free with one accessible toilet
- The panel will be live-streamed for anyone who cannot attend in person
- Free PA tickets available
- No flashing or moving lights
- BSL Interpreter
- Quieter room available
Lucy (she/her) is a journalist, disability advocate and author. Her work focuses on demystifying disability and challenging ableist assumptions, and has appeared in major outlets like the Guardian, the FT and the Times. As an advocate, she speaks on a broad range of disability issues, aiming to highlight how disability intersects with other marginalisations. Her book, The View From Down Here, is a memoir of life lived at the intersection of ableism and sexism, and is out now!
Roxy Murray is an internationally recognised advocate for disability rights, adaptive fashion, patient empowerment, and radical inclusivity, living boldly as a pansexual individual with Multiple Sclerosis. A proud member of the BBC 100 Women 2024 and the Disability Power 100 list, Roxy’s impactful work has earned her a place among the world’s leading voices for change.
As an established host and podcaster, she founded The Sick and Sickening Podcast, a platform where she shares raw, unfiltered stories about navigating disability and chronic illness.
Leveraging her background as a stylist, Roxy empowers disabled and chronically ill individuals to embrace accessible, adaptive fashion with style and confidence. She consults on art direction and styling, while occasionally stepping in front of the camera as a model.
Roxy’s voice has resonated across media platforms, with features in Vogue UK, Refinery29, and other major outlets, where she contributes to critical discussions on diversity and inclusion. A familiar face on TV, she advocates for visibility for ethnically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Her work unapologetically calls out the lack of diversity in the fashion industry, medical communities, charities, and corporate sectors, driving forward meaningful, systemic change.
A sought-after speaker, Roxy shines on topics like neurodiversity, body positivity, sexual health, workplace allyship, and self-empowerment. Her work champions intersectionality, wellbeing, adaptive fashion, and a future where radical inclusivity is the norm.
Cj de Barra (they/them) is a queer, non binary, neurodivergent journalist and author based in Nottingham. They are the author of Neuroqueer: a neurodivergent guide to love, sex and everything in between. They also founded the Notts Queer History Archive in 2022- an oral history project which aims to document LGBT+ stories in the Midlands. Their next two history books are due in June 2025.
Ellen Jones is an award-winning speaker, writer, strategist & campaigner who works with the world's foremost organisations and brands to instigate and sustain transformative shifts towards inclusion, particularly for LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent communities. Ellen’s debut book, Outrage: Why the Fight for LGBTQ+ Equality Is Not Won, and What You Can Do About It was published by Bluebird Pan Macmillan in January 2025, and explores the practical actions people can take to support the LGBTQ+ community.
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This event is for people who are Queer & Disabled and/or Neurodivergent to socialise, find friendship, love & community in person.