Maxwell Joy Moore is Jamaican-born, a native of New York and California, from the LGBTIQA and disability community, advocate, writer, podcaster, and trans community. Maxwell has gone through numerous adventures in life while transitioning and having a disability. Many of Maxwell's journeys have given various shifts, but they have also enlightened growth in life as it is.

Even with the implementation of the new laws under Project 2025, Maxwell's advocacy work has not wavered. They continue to champion for the rights of all, especially those in marginalized communities.

Maxwell's decision to appear on the show is a testament to their unwavering commitment. They are here to set the record straight, to continue the fight for rights, and to challenge the false narratives that society often imposes.

Maxwell: "Disability isn't alien. It's the core of who we are as people because everyone, no matter who you are and what you've done in life, you're going to come to disability at some point in your life."

According to the ⁠Human Rights Campaign (HRC)⁠, About one-quarter (24%) of cisgender LGBQ+ adults, and a third (35%) of transgender adults reported cognitive disabilities, compared to less than one in ten (9%) non-LGBTQ+ adults. However, it is important to raise awareness about the LGBT-disabled community issues and understand how to employ effective strategies for living in a forever-changing world.

Phenomenal Disabilities with Tree Lowe's guests, Liz Prichard and Sam Lasher, are LGTQIA partners and have been inseparable for quite a while. Each has navigated similar experiences in the neurodivergent community, previous dating journeys, chat about their careers, ableism, and current life together. With a quarter of the United States having some form of disability, Liz and Sam educate the world about solutions, and navigations encountering non-disabled and non-LGBTQIA communities with ableist responses. Liz and Sam express that there is more to life by rising above negative experiences while mentoring others to live their authentic selves within the disabled/LGBTQIA communities.

For auditory listeners on the go, check out Phenomenal Disabilities with Tree Lowe on ⁠Apple Podcast⁠⁠, Amazon, Spotify, iHeart, and many more.

According to CDC.gov CP was significantly more common among Black children than white children and (82.9%) of the children identified with CP had spastic CP. Well, Dr. D’Arcee Neal is no newbie to the disability and others (Spastic Cerebral Palsy and onset fluency). Neal was born with CP and navigated his other disabilities throughout his life. As a proud LGBTQIA and BIPOC community member, Neal has fought over the years for advocacy rights. Aside from his community and health background, Neal is a professor, writer, singer, advocate, activist, and many more.

According to a CAP20 2022 survey, community members reports of experiencing some form of discrimination in the past year were elevated among LGBTQI+ respondents of color (45 percent), LGBTQI+ individuals with disabilities (47 percent), and transgender or nonbinary individuals (56 percent), as well as people with intersex traits (67 percent).

Neal discusses various topics on the show (career, advocacy, family, friends, and hurdles with dating). Many of the topics discuss global issues among many disabled individuals, especially, when it includes racial and sexual identity. However, raising awareness about these key topics is extremely important for other communities to be knowledgeable about avoiding ableist and discriminative responses.

On another note, the Dateability dating app services, founded by Alexa Child and Jacqueline Child, provide space for the disabled community to establish dating connections. However, this is just a tiny fix to addressing dating, among other issues (discrimination against career, housing, etc.), which is still an ongoing issue in the communities (disabled, LGBTQIA, BIPOC, seniors, etc.) navigate daily.

Neal believes it’s time to make significant improvements and change under turbulent political election times, considering the outcome for many communities affected by bureaucratic and selfishly constructed policies that are designed to protect white, male, extremist fanatics’ objectives of dismantling so many communities in the United States.