This one-of-a-kind collection of prose and poetry radically explores the intersection of fat and queer identities, showcasing new, emerging and established queer and trans writers from around the world.
Celebrating fat and queer bodies and lives, this book challenges negative and damaging representations of queer and fat bodies and offers readers ways to reclaim their bodies, providing stories of support, inspiration and empowerment.
In writing that is intimate, luminous and emotionally raw, this anthology is a testament to the diversity and power of fat queer voices and experiences, and they deserve to be heard.
2021 Reads Rainbow Awards Winner in Nonfiction
2022 AASECT Book Award Winner
Language
English
Pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Release
May 21, 2021
ISBN
1787755061
ISBN 13
9781787755062
Fat and Queer: An Anthology of Queer and Trans Bodies and Lives
This one-of-a-kind collection of prose and poetry radically explores the intersection of fat and queer identities, showcasing new, emerging and established queer and trans writers from around the world.
Celebrating fat and queer bodies and lives, this book challenges negative and damaging representations of queer and fat bodies and offers readers ways to reclaim their bodies, providing stories of support, inspiration and empowerment.
In writing that is intimate, luminous and emotionally raw, this anthology is a testament to the diversity and power of fat queer voices and experiences, and they deserve to be heard.
2021 Reads Rainbow Awards Winner in Nonfiction
2022 AASECT Book Award Winner