| Sumario: | This article examines how queer disabled individuals navigate the process of selecting intimate partners and how disability uniquely influences and enriches their relationships, with a particular focus on the positive aspects. We draw on 31 interviews with S2LGBTQ+ people labelled/with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities in Alberta, Canada. Throughout the current study, participants discussed experiences of ableism, strategy in choosing intimate partners, and how they challenge societal ideals of sexuality, as many expressed the positive aspects of their experience with their disability about their sexuality. The study reviews how individuals with developmental and/or intellectual disabilities in the 2SLGBTQ+ community engage and challenge current norms of an intimate relationship with the multitude of societal stigmas often forced on their sexual lives.
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