When I’ve dated guys and it’s progressed to seeing each other, 9/10 times they mention something along the lines of ‘Aww you’re so cute, I just wanna pick you up and cuddle you and look after you and aww omg your cute lil hearing aids!!’ THAT'S the moment when I get the ick

I’m a grown ass gay man. Not a toddler that needs ‘looking after’ and my deafness/disability is NOT something that needs to be taken care of thank you very much. - @MrLukeChristian

Please don’t look at peoples deafness or disability as a way of feeling like you can be our saviour. We can look after ourselves and we do a chuffin’ cracking job of it too! - @MrLukeChristian

PS. This phrase I created for @deafidentity is a whole vibe and sums up my feelings perfectly.

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