Blog: Sexitis Pigmentosa
I’m Laura Millar. This blog brings together my professional work and lived experience as a blind person.
I write about public health, sexuality, disability justice, consent, and everyday life, with room for curiosity, difficult questions, and humor.
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Vulnerability Is Sexy. So Why Are We Shaming People for Finding It With AI?
What if emotional attachment to AI says less about technology and more about the ways people have learned that vulnerability is unsafe? This essay explores shame, human connection, and why curiosity may be a better…
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Video of my 2025 Carrie Buck Distinguished Fellowship
Reflecting on disability justice, reproductive autonomy, and the work to combat sexual ableism in our society.
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Blindness Is Not the Public Health Crisis. Ableism Is.
Why I Wrote to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. About Accessibility, Public Health, and Structural Inequity
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A Blind Public Health Professional Responds: Public Comment Section 504 Accessibility Delay 
On May 21, 2026, I submitted a public comment to the Department of Health and Human Services asking them to reconsider the Section 504 accessibility delay. Blindness is not the public health crisis. Ableism is.
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Rideshare Ableism: Naming the Public Health and Consent Crisis
The harm does not end when the driver leaves. This three-part series names rideshare discrimination against blind service dog handlers as ableism, a pattern of consent violations, and a public health issue. It connects lived…
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From Rideshare Ableism to Accountability: Consent, Enforcement, and Public Health Reform
Part 3 of a three-part series on rideshare discrimination, ableism, consent, and public health.