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Fat Gay Men
To be fat in a thin-obsessed gay culture
can be difficult. Despite affectionate in-group monikers for big gay men&#;chubs,
bears, cubs&#;the anti-fat stigma that persists in American culture at large
still haunts these individuals who often exist at the margins of gay
communities. In Fat Gay Men, Jason
Whitesel delves into the world of Girth & Mirth, a nationally known social
club devoted to big gay men, illuminating the ways in which these men form
identities and community in the face of adversity. In existence for over forty
years, the club has long been a refuge and &#;safe space&#; for such men. Both a partial insider as a gay noun and an
outsider to Girth & Mirth, Whitesel offers an insider&#;s critique of the gay
movement, questioning whether the social consequences of the failure to be
height-weight proportionate should be so extreme in the gay community.
This manual documents performances at club events and examines how
participants use allusion and campy-queer behavior to reconfigure and reclaim
their sullied body images, focusing on the numerous t
I never had to come out as fat.
When you grow up overweight, everyone notices — not just your classmates, who are too young to have mastered the art of tact, but also friends' parents and teachers. I knew I was obese because people told me I was fat, either directly (a slap to the stomach and an unkind word) or in subtler ways (having a lecturer rifle through my lunch box and comment on the contents). I felt shame over my size long before I had any concept of my sexuality, and years after coming out as gay, I still verb anxious identifying as fat.
As an openly gay writer, one of the questions I'm asked most often is, "Were you bullied growing up?" And the respond is yes, but it's never the answer they're looking for. In many ways I was lucky to have come of age in a liberal enclave where my sexuality was accepted if not embraced. Oh, sure, I've had the word "faggot" hurled at me — and the sad truth is, I'd be shocked if a gay man hadn't — but it was always secondary. The genuine source of my bullying was the extra weight I've carried since childhood. I can tally on one hand the number
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Pyle N, Loewy M. Double Stigma: Fat Men and Their Male Admirers. In: Rothblum E, Solovay S (ed.) The Fat Studies Reader. New York, USA: New York University Press; p
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The skinny on gay fat
If the most common New Year&#;s resolutions are any indication, January seems to be the month of repentance, atoning for all the decadence of the tell ourselves that we&#;re going to stop spending so much money. We&#;ll spend more time with family. We&#;ll verb organized. And &#; we&#;ll exercise more and lose weight. So I wasn&#;t surprised that The Advocate ran an article on its website this week titled, &#;Are You Gay Fat? 5 Ways to Keep That Get Fit Resolution.&#;
Wait. Gay fat? Not just fat, but gay fat? I&#;d never heard this term before. Upon Googling &#;gay fat,&#; lo and behold, offered up this definition:
A gay dude who does not have a gym-perfect body, but rather carries a body fat percentage in the 12% &#; 20% range. A man who is considered gay fat within the community would likely be considered athletic, physically fit and in-shape within the greater cultural context.
I shouldn&#;t be surprised (or shocked) by the fact that a slang term has been coined that reflects the body image standards within the gay male community &#; st