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.
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'.
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 *
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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 *
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.
THIS ‘FAT GAY VEGAN’ TOOK ME ON A MEAT-FREE FOOD CRAWL
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“I know why I’ve been actg the way I have, ” I sputtered through tears, “It’s bee I’m gay.
I drew flow charts to ensure I was absolutely, posively gay and not jt suatnally prsed.
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 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 *
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.
It’s actually got to the pot where I prume gay people I meet are vegan. Ellen Page, Jane Lynch, Simon Amstell, oh, and the mother of all gays, Ellen Degener. But no study is perfect, and my rults are signifint enough to at least say this: there’s a hell of a lot of gay vegans out there.
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 *
” That’s why the gay muny often has exceptnal empathy for the downtrodn, the overlooked, the fotten.