There is a correlation between having a mental disability and being queer, but a lot of homophobes use this narrative to push the idea that queer people are mentally ill. The truth is that people with disabilities are more often ostracized by society, leading them to more often go after alternative lifestyles. I am a great example of this. Because of my solitude, it made me realize that I like men a little bit. On late nights, alone I viewed web comics of guys in cute outfits. I tried to justify it by saying that “I’m not gay, this guy just looks like a girl” over time I had a hyper fixation over my sexuality, and enabled me to critically assess who I am. One day I said “forget it, I’m Bi now” and watched gay porn. My mental disability didn’t make me queer, but it led me to that discovery faster than a neurotypical person would. I would love some dialogue about this phenomenon, and I would like to be proven wrong.
Unruly Bodies 
Hi, thank you for sharing your experience with disability and sexuality. I also am queer and mentally ill, and I really liked your emphasis that we are not mentally ill because we are queer, or queer because we are mentally ill, but rather they are just both two intersections of our identity. Sure, bullying sustained and internalized from not being straight may have added to our mental issues, but neither issue caused the other. The overlap between queerness and disability is large and is actually very interesting to study being two marginalized identities. Thank you again for sharing.