Andrew Gurza
@andrewgurza.ca
Disability Awareness Consultant, author of NOTES FROM A QUEER CRIPPLE (2025), podcaster, talking about disability, queerness and all that.
Website: www.andrewgurza.com
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Website: www.andrewgurza.com
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Andrew Gurza
@andrewgurza.ca
· Nov 6
let me re-introduce myself
* severely disabled, power wheelchair user
* former canadian tv celeb (rip 1G5G)
* author / public speaker / podcaster
* queer / non-binary
* fights for sexuality and disability
* nerdy as fuck
* disability justice for all
* hot
* severely disabled, power wheelchair user
* former canadian tv celeb (rip 1G5G)
* author / public speaker / podcaster
* queer / non-binary
* fights for sexuality and disability
* nerdy as fuck
* disability justice for all
* hot
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So CNN is telling us the socioeconomic demographic known as the "working class" is defined by just two factors—and one of them is that you have to be white? And the other has to do with educational attainment, not salary?
So there are no Black working-class people?
And Bill Gates is working class?
So there are no Black working-class people?
And Bill Gates is working class?
January 19, 2026 at 5:04 AM
So CNN is telling us the socioeconomic demographic known as the "working class" is defined by just two factors—and one of them is that you have to be white? And the other has to do with educational attainment, not salary?
So there are no Black working-class people?
And Bill Gates is working class?
So there are no Black working-class people?
And Bill Gates is working class?
disabled people who cannot work deserve good things too.
January 18, 2026 at 11:38 PM
disabled people who cannot work deserve good things too.
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Mamdani’s whole thing is “what if a political leader gave a single shit about you?” and it’s utterly disorienting 😮💚
January 18, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Mamdani’s whole thing is “what if a political leader gave a single shit about you?” and it’s utterly disorienting 😮💚
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So you're saying America should have a secret police. Is that what you're saying?
BRENNAN: Tell me about the officer, Jonathan Ross
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
KRISTI NOEM: Don't say his name! I mean, for heaven's sake, we shouldn't have people continue to dox law enforcement
BRENNAN: His name is public
NOEM: I know, but that doesn't mean it should continue to be said
January 18, 2026 at 8:49 PM
So you're saying America should have a secret police. Is that what you're saying?
I wanna write a book about being severely disabled after 40. There are so few books/info about disabled life after childhood, and that sucks. disabled people grow up
January 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
I wanna write a book about being severely disabled after 40. There are so few books/info about disabled life after childhood, and that sucks. disabled people grow up
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i can't stand the rise of journofluencers
January 18, 2026 at 11:41 AM
i can't stand the rise of journofluencers
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Here's how my sister is advertising my niece's Girl Scout cookie sales on Instagram (yes, she's proud of herself)
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Here's how my sister is advertising my niece's Girl Scout cookie sales on Instagram (yes, she's proud of herself)
if you are disabled, and all you do in 2026 is survive it, I want you to know, that’s enough.
January 18, 2026 at 1:08 AM
if you are disabled, and all you do in 2026 is survive it, I want you to know, that’s enough.
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If you fall anywhere on the LGBTQ spectrum and are not fully in opposition to Trump and his Republican party, you have lost the civil rights narrative entirely.
January 17, 2026 at 7:42 PM
If you fall anywhere on the LGBTQ spectrum and are not fully in opposition to Trump and his Republican party, you have lost the civil rights narrative entirely.
there is so much emotionality to being disabled that just gets overlooked. disabled people have so many feelings about the experience that rarely get expressed, and I wish we had more avenues to talk about that.
January 17, 2026 at 2:48 AM
there is so much emotionality to being disabled that just gets overlooked. disabled people have so many feelings about the experience that rarely get expressed, and I wish we had more avenues to talk about that.
If you are disabled and use a mobility aid, think about this:
if you are unhappy with where you are in your disabled journey, you can change it. You can wheel, walk with a cane or guide dog away and change your perspective.
if you are unhappy with where you are in your disabled journey, you can change it. You can wheel, walk with a cane or guide dog away and change your perspective.
January 16, 2026 at 9:44 PM
If you are disabled and use a mobility aid, think about this:
if you are unhappy with where you are in your disabled journey, you can change it. You can wheel, walk with a cane or guide dog away and change your perspective.
if you are unhappy with where you are in your disabled journey, you can change it. You can wheel, walk with a cane or guide dog away and change your perspective.
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Really interested in Baran Al-Hashimi's character in the ER of the Pitt bc like. She's someone who likes to go slow and considered in her approach to medicine, and obviously a lot of people's frustration with her is that she's striking them as naive when she's procedure-focused
January 16, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Really interested in Baran Al-Hashimi's character in the ER of the Pitt bc like. She's someone who likes to go slow and considered in her approach to medicine, and obviously a lot of people's frustration with her is that she's striking them as naive when she's procedure-focused
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So you're not where you want to be. You don't love how you're feeling or functioning. I believe you. But it's real important, even as we work to manage & change our reflexes & baseline, to acknowledge how far we've come-- what HAS worked for us, what we did (& do!) right & well.
January 16, 2026 at 4:59 AM
So you're not where you want to be. You don't love how you're feeling or functioning. I believe you. But it's real important, even as we work to manage & change our reflexes & baseline, to acknowledge how far we've come-- what HAS worked for us, what we did (& do!) right & well.
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Whenever I start to feel sorry for the US from my home in Canada I think… they elected this… voted for this… twice. Then I don’t feel so sorry. 🤷🏻♂️😆
Grinning like a 5-year old getting his participation trophy at the post-season T-ball pizza party.
January 16, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Whenever I start to feel sorry for the US from my home in Canada I think… they elected this… voted for this… twice. Then I don’t feel so sorry. 🤷🏻♂️😆
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Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
Pay Kurt Kopatich using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/kpattonleather and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
www.paypal.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Twin Cities Leather (and adult toy store Smitten Kitten) have stopped regular operations to become a staging and delivery space for food and supply donations- they are requesting monetary donations to keep them afloat without any income
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
www.paypal.com/paypalme/kpa...
disabled people are not allowed to be "messy". disabled people are asked to hold the line when the ship is fucking sinking, and do it with a smile on our faces; lest we be seen as inconvenient.
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 AM
disabled people are not allowed to be "messy". disabled people are asked to hold the line when the ship is fucking sinking, and do it with a smile on our faces; lest we be seen as inconvenient.
disabled joy is the other side of disabled grief, and it is totally ok to feel those things at the same time.
January 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
disabled joy is the other side of disabled grief, and it is totally ok to feel those things at the same time.
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If you could all do me a big favour and buy my book "Notes From a Queer Cripple: How to Cultivate Queer Disabled Joy (and be hot while doing it!)" wherever you get books, that would mean a lot to me. If you ever wanted a book that talked about queer disabled sex, this is it.
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
If you could all do me a big favour and buy my book "Notes From a Queer Cripple: How to Cultivate Queer Disabled Joy (and be hot while doing it!)" wherever you get books, that would mean a lot to me. If you ever wanted a book that talked about queer disabled sex, this is it.
If you could all do me a big favour and buy my book "Notes From a Queer Cripple: How to Cultivate Queer Disabled Joy (and be hot while doing it!)" wherever you get books, that would mean a lot to me. If you ever wanted a book that talked about queer disabled sex, this is it.
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
If you could all do me a big favour and buy my book "Notes From a Queer Cripple: How to Cultivate Queer Disabled Joy (and be hot while doing it!)" wherever you get books, that would mean a lot to me. If you ever wanted a book that talked about queer disabled sex, this is it.
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Renee Nicole Good was murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Renee Nicole Good was murdered. Marimar Martinez was shot. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested and jailed.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
The next could be you.
What’s at stake isn’t just American democracy. It’s also your safety and security and that of your loved ones.
This is personal — to every one of us.
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let me re-introduce myself
* severely disabled, power wheelchair user
* former canadian tv celeb (rip 1G5G)
* author / public speaker / podcaster
* queer / non-binary
* fights for sexuality and disability
* nerdy as fuck
* disability justice for all
* hot
* severely disabled, power wheelchair user
* former canadian tv celeb (rip 1G5G)
* author / public speaker / podcaster
* queer / non-binary
* fights for sexuality and disability
* nerdy as fuck
* disability justice for all
* hot
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 PM
let me re-introduce myself
* severely disabled, power wheelchair user
* former canadian tv celeb (rip 1G5G)
* author / public speaker / podcaster
* queer / non-binary
* fights for sexuality and disability
* nerdy as fuck
* disability justice for all
* hot
* severely disabled, power wheelchair user
* former canadian tv celeb (rip 1G5G)
* author / public speaker / podcaster
* queer / non-binary
* fights for sexuality and disability
* nerdy as fuck
* disability justice for all
* hot
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For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote about the simultaneous mainstream media erasure of Renee Good's queerness and the right wing amplification of it as a post hoc justification for her murder. xtramagazine.com/power/activi...
Renee Nicole Good’s queerness isn’t an aside—it’s a key part of her story | Xtra Magazine
We can’t ignore the misogyny and homophobia baked into Good’s killing—and erasing her wife does just that
xtramagazine.com
January 14, 2026 at 12:42 AM
For my @xtramagazine.com column this month, I wrote about the simultaneous mainstream media erasure of Renee Good's queerness and the right wing amplification of it as a post hoc justification for her murder. xtramagazine.com/power/activi...
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Y'all, delete Tiktok. I got a strike for saying Renee Good was murdered. Yesterday, I reported an account whose bio literally says trans people should all kill themselves, and they auto generated a reply saying that didn't violate their policy against hate or encouraging self harm and suicide.
January 12, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Y'all, delete Tiktok. I got a strike for saying Renee Good was murdered. Yesterday, I reported an account whose bio literally says trans people should all kill themselves, and they auto generated a reply saying that didn't violate their policy against hate or encouraging self harm and suicide.