Gimps Gone Wild
Before anyone jumps up and down and accuses me of being insulting and derogatory, the name “Gimps Gone Wild” is the name that the disabled community who created the site have chosen for themselves. They say that if they can’t learn to laugh at themselves, then life wouldn’t be worth living and that “The name is all about fun, expression and a humorous way to cope with some of the struggles we face as disabled people”.
I admit to being mildly taken aback by the discovery of this site dedicated to celebrating the sexual needs and desires of disabled individuals. I don’t know why really. Why should it come as a surprise to be shown that just because these people sit outside of what is considered to be normality, that they too experience the same feelings of sexuality as the rest of us. As they say, “media forms such as fashion magazines, adult magazines, and heroines in romantic films and main characters in TV shows have completely brushed off the disabled person. The media has pretty much shut out disabled people except for the usual geriatric wheelchair ads or to be seen as some pathetic needy type person, a freak, or the bitter disabled person”.
The most poignant comment that I read was how disabled folk often feel that they are looked upon as being immature and child-like. They just want to be treated like the rest of us and to be seen as sexy, sensual adults.
Why shouldn’t they?
We created GGW as an outlet for the disabled person to express himself or herself with out having to be scrutinized and judged by what society deems as ‘beautiful’. Here they be free, feel sexy and beautiful and have adoring fans that admire them for their individual beauty rather then see them as some freak or torn apart for their flaws that other forms of media may have done.
Many times we have been accused of this site as being exploitive and naming it wrong because it contains persons with physical limitations, and may feel that the models are unable to think for themselves and are unable to make adult decisions. Usually these types of people are uncomfortable with disabled people and do not view them as adults and able to make an educated decision, they see them as children or second class citizens and are the same types that want them to be placed in institutions and not be seen or heard from. [via Gimpsgonewild.com].









