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- Title
- Ly Meloccaro Interview, October 6, 2020
- Date
- October 6, 2020
- Creator
- Ly Meloccaro; Rosie Cain
- Description
- In this interview Rosie Cain interviews Ly Meloccaro about both their identity as non-binary and trans as well as their identity as fat. Ly discusses how they previously identified as trans-masc, a trans man and then non-binary, now agender. Ly discusses their experiences performing drag, as well as what their gender identity and body identity has meant in relation to their career as a musician and performer. Ly discusses their body identity as fat, fatphobia in the queer community and society as a whole, and the work of the Fat Liberation movement. Ly discusses their history with disordered eating and their struggle to receive gender affirming care because of their body size. They also discuss their use of social media.
- Subject
- gender; transgender; queer; non-binary; agender; body; fat; plus size; drag; musical theater; dysphoria; Health at Every Size; body positivity; cisgender; lesbian; gay; fat liberation; top surgery; disordered eating; fatphobia; social media; twitter; instagram; tumblr
- Country
- United States
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2476
- Rights statement
- Interview contents have been given to the Public Domain through the Humanities Truck Oral History Project at American University.
- Title
- Sheena Sproule Interview, October 1, 2020
- Date
- October 1, 2020
- Creator
- Rosie Cain; Sheena Sproule
- Description
- Rosie Cain interviews narrator Sheena Sproule about their identity as non-binary and fat. Sheena discusses identifying as non-binary and their process coming out as non-binary to friends and family, as well as what identifying as non-binary means to them. Sheena also discusses identifying as fat, reactions from others around their use of the term fat, and how fatness intersects with their identity as non-binary. Sheena discusses topics of disordered eating, gender euphoria/dysphoria, and the LGBTQ+ community. Sheena also discusses their use of social media and their thoughts on social media movements such as the Body Positivity movement, Fat Acceptance movement and Health At Every Size movement.
- Subject
- non-binary; gender; identity; sexuality; LGBTQ+; fat; fatness; body positivity; Health at Every Size; fat acceptance; disordered eating; queer; intersectionality; pride; social media; instagram; twitter; facebook; tumblr; pinterest; Canada
- Country
- Canada
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2480
- Rights statement
- Interview contents have been given to the Public Domain through the Humanities Truck Oral History Project at American University.