DCL is a nonprofit disability media and narrative lab, by and for disabled folks. We exist to dismantle ableism and celebrate disabled community and culture. https://linktr.ee/disabilityculturelabhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3ml53zx4vzc2tFor National Women’s Health Month, we’re highlighting mav vega (they/them). In “Pooled Blood” for Disability Culture Currents, mav shows how patriarchy, domestic violence, and disability are deeply connected. Read at tinyurl.com/DCCurrents, and support mav’s survival at tinyurl.com/MavVegaGoFundMe.05 May 2026 21:12 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml53zx4vzc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mkqmyi6eqk2pThis May Day, support the fight for workers rights by joining @StandUpForScience.net’s virtual and accessible rally! If an in-person protest is difficult right now, this is a great way to participate. The rally is on Friday, May 1, from 12-1:30PM EST. Register now at tinyurl.com/VirtualMayDayRally.30 Apr 2026 22:10 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqmyi6eqk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mklexej2pc2tWe’d love submissions for Pride Month to be featured in Disability Culture Currents! We’re looking for pieces exploring disability and the LGBTQIA2S+ experience. We accept opinion, personal essay, and graphic storytelling. Pride submissions due May 15, 2026. Visit tinyurl.com/DCCurrents to submit!28 Apr 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklexej2pc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mk4evthjms2hFor Earth Day, we must recognize that environmental justice, disability justice, and climate justice are one fight! Climate change and environmental racism are disabling — from extreme heat to super storms, and from fossil fuel extraction to processing. Read more below. (1/4)22 Apr 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4evthjms2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mjni4o7nlc2cTransit is about more than just buses and trains — it’s about how we access work, school, community, and joy. Meier Galblum Haigh @mghaigh.bsky.social and Kenrya Rankin @kenrya.bsky.social in Next City argue free transit isn’t enough — we need accessible transit too. tinyurl.com/PublicTransitOpEd16 Apr 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjni4o7nlc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mjfon5lto22wOur latest piece for Disability Culture Currents is “In Search of Trans Identity and Community in Cairo,” by Amara Refaat (he/her), an anthropologist and writer in Egypt. Read now at tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.13 Apr 2026 20:15 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfon5lto22whttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mj3vuv6zl22gWe’re so excited to share that DCL's Kenrya Rankin @kenrya.bsky.social is part of the Proteus Fund Solidarity Collaborative’s 2025 cohort! It includes nine leaders from many social justice movements to facilitate cross-movement solidarity. Read more here: tinyurl.com/SolidarityCollabCohort.09 Apr 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3vuv6zl22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mijpqyuuek2zOur latest piece for Disability Culture Currents in recognition of Long COVID Awareness Month this past March is “How Long COVID Redefined My Creative Practice” by Gwendolyn Hill (she/they), a multi-media artist and disability justice activist. Read now at tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.02 Apr 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijpqyuuek2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mik53levnk2zOur latest piece for Disability Culture Currents is “Queer and Trans in Iowa, 2026” by Samuel Z. Shelton (they/them/theirs), a queer, Trans, nonbinary feminist scholar, educator, and activist. Read now at tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.02 Apr 2026 21:19 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mik53levnk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mijpqyuuek2zOur latest piece for Disability Culture Currents in recognition of Long COVID Awareness Month this past March is “How Long COVID Redefined My Creative Practice” by Gwendolyn Hill (she/they), a multi-media artist and disability justice activist. Read now at tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.02 Apr 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijpqyuuek2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mifftoikyc2hDisabled Trans people deserve joy and liberation. Here’s our Executive Director @mghaigh.bsky.social on finding joy amidst grief on #TDOV: “Disabled Trans people deserve to dream, support one another, and imagine a world where we are free, so I try to make as much space for joy as for grief.”01 Apr 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifftoikyc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3miffoverzc2hFor this #TDOV, disabled Trans folks need liberation and joy. Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown @lydiaxzbrown.com of Autistic People of Color Fund finds disabled Trans joy in food, because gathering to eat reflects abundance, care, and a future where nourishment fuels resisting, dreaming, and building.01 Apr 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3miffoverzc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3miffmqcco22hWe need more than visibility this #tdov, we need joy and liberation. Mani Vinson, a Black, Trans, neurodivergent narrative strategist and activist scholar, shares how community brings joy and solace: “Meeting this moment with authenticity, creativity, and love feels like freedom.”01 Apr 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3miffmqcco22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3miffkihcck2hDisabled Trans joy is revolutionary, but how do we find it? We asked six disabled Trans organizers for #tdov. For Trans Choctaw organizer and director of @fdmorg.bsky.social, @oglatimer.bsky.social, karaoke is an entry point for connection and joy as an Autistic person in unfamiliar spaces.01 Apr 2026 00:08 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3miffkihcck2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3miffii3cf22hDisabled Trans joy is revolutionary. Jaz Williams, a Trans disability rights organizer on where he finds that joy in this moment: “Our elders have overcome so much and still found the time to bask in the joys of life. For them, I always make time for joy.” #tdov01 Apr 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3miffii3cf22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3miffg54qi22hDisabled Trans joy is revolutionary. This #tdov Trans folks need more than visibility. Here’s Ericka Ayodele Dixon from the Transgender Law Center: “I find joy as a disabled Trans person difficult to access right now… but I find deep solace in moving with curiosity each day.”01 Apr 2026 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3miffg54qi22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mhtablz5is23Meier Galblum Haigh @mghaigh.bsky.social and Kenrya Rankin @kenrya.bsky.social “unpack the realities of AI, from access tools to authorship, labor, and institutional policy" on a new podcast episode from Grantmakers in the Arts. Listen now & read the transcript at linktr.ee/DisabilityCultureLab.24 Mar 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhtablz5is23https://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mgsuftqii22wDisability Rising Fellow and Black feminist scholar @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team recently wrote an op-ed for ESSENCE where they speak to the ways AI amplifies racist attacks against Black nonbinary, agender, and gender-variant people. Read now: linktr.ee/DisabilityCultureLab.11 Mar 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsuftqii22whttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mgfv3zy7es2jOur fifth featured piece for the Disability Culture Currents launch is “Pooled Blood” by mav vega. Read the full article now at the link in our bio at tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.06 Mar 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgfv3zy7es2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mge2hcatyk24Our fourth featured piece for the Disability Culture Currents launch is “Juiceless” by Robin E. Larisch, a nine-page poetry comic reflecting on the perceived value of productivity as it relates to disabled bodyminds. View the full comic now at the link in our bio at tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.06 Mar 2026 00:26 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mge2hcatyk24https://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mgdjrxdqek2rOur third featured piece for the Disability Culture Currents launch is “Listen to Black Disabled People on the BAFTAs” by Jhónelle Bean. Read the full article now at the link in our bio at tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.05 Mar 2026 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdjrxdqek2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mgbd244da22iOur second featured piece for the Disability Culture Currents launch is “The War on Trans Folks Is Disabling” by our Executive Director, Meier Galblum Haigh @mghaigh.bsky.social. Read the full article now at the link in our bio at tinyurl.com/DCCurrents.04 Mar 2026 22:22 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbd244da22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/disabilitylab.bsky.social/post/3mgbcxazfv22iOur new online publication Disability Culture Currents is live! We’ll be exploring the intersections of disabiity identity and culture through opinion, personal essay, and graphic storytelling. Read four new articles and an illustrated story at tinyurl.com/DCCurrents or at the link in our bio.04 Mar 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:tip3far4dmzq4j5pktwo4sxt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgbcxazfv22i