We ught up wh Sean O'Callaghan, aka Fat Gay Vegan, to get his views on the changg vegan movement and lve to what life is like as a popular vegan fluencer.
Contents:
- I BEME VEGAN TO HI THE FACT THAT I'M GAY
- THE GAY VEGANS
- VEGANISM THE GAY MUNY
- THIS ‘FAT GAY VEGAN’ TOOK ME ON A MEAT-FREE FOOD CRAWL
- THE GAY VEGANS
- THE CHANGG VEGAN MOVEMENT: FAT GAY VEGAN
I BEME VEGAN TO HI THE FACT THAT I'M GAY
It took 10 years of eatg tofu before I realized my extreme healthy liftyle was signed to hi the fact that I'm gay. * are gay vegan *
Dr Sunni Patel, a gut health fluencer and scientist-clician, who is gay, has a different stance.
“And although ’s ed some d annoyance, hasn’t impacted my life a way that homophobia has, ” he strs.
THE GAY VEGANS
Gay and vegan the burbs (of Los Angel). I blog about veganism, equaly, passn, activism, polics, spirualy and the awome life * are gay vegan *
Acrdg to the LGBTQIA+ anisatn, Stonewall, fewer than half (46%) of lbian, gay, bisexual, and (47%) transgenr people the UK are able to be open to their fay members about their sexualy or genr inty. A vastatg 64% of LGBTQIA+ people reported experiencg homophobic abe or vlence, and half of LGBTQIA+ stunts schools hear homophobic slurs 'equently' or 'often'.
VEGANISM THE GAY MUNY
Pri Month celebrat all the LGBTQIA+ space, cludg queer and trans vegan activists like vegan drag queen Honey LaBronx and blogger Fat Gay Vegan. * are gay vegan *
G = Gay. It was somethg to take my md off of my prsn, which, spe beg treated wh meditn, nearly pacated me durg the wter and whenever I was a the middle of my sophomore year at Oh State Universy, I noticed this girl.
I stood the shower that night sobbg, wh the words “I’m gay” repeatg over and over my md like a twisted the next month, I me out to myself aga and aga, floatg through my daily activi wh a new lens of queerns. “I’m gay, ” I’d thk as I oked breakfast, soped the t box, or did Sun Salutatns.
“I know why I’ve been actg the way I have, ” I sputtered through tears, “It’s bee I’m gay.
THIS ‘FAT GAY VEGAN’ TOOK ME ON A MEAT-FREE FOOD CRAWL
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I drew flow charts to ensure I was absolutely, posively gay and not jt suatnally prsed.
THE GAY VEGANS
I joed Sean O’Callaghan, the man behd the popular Fat Gay Vegan blog, for a tour of London’s bt vegan food spots. “If you live vegan, is not a joyls existence where you’re never gonna have fun,” he says. “You n eat hamburgers.” * are gay vegan *
Among them, lbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, queer, tersexual, and asexual/aromantic (LGBTQIA) folks have been tegral to the movement for animal liberatn. She has wrten and lectured on speciism and s ternnectns wh racism, homophobia, and transphobia, cludg ntributg chapters to more than seven books on animal liberatn, efemism, and anarchist studi, and thorg the books Aftershock: Conontg Trma a Vlent World: A Gui for Activists and Their Alli and The Oxen at the Intersectn: A Collisn. Josie Le Vay ponrs why there are so many homosexual herbivor.
THE CHANGG VEGAN MOVEMENT: FAT GAY VEGAN
Gay and vegan the burbs (of Los Angel). I blog about veganism, equaly, passn, activism, polics, spirualy and our awome life experienc. The "s" clus my hband, Mike! I want this blog to be a tool to build bridg amongst muni and those wh differg opns. * are gay vegan *
But wasn’t until I ma the liftyle choice myself, while happeng to be what is most certaly not a choice (gay, if that wasn’t already obv enough), that I realised the tth behd the stereotype.
Gay vegans are everywhere.