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• THE CHANGG VEGAN MOVEMENT: FAT GAY VEGAN
• FAT GAY VEGAN LNCH VEGAN CISE COMPANY
• NEW YEAR'S EVE VEGAN RIVER CISE WH FAT GAY VEGAN
• THIS ‘FAT GAY VEGAN’ TOOK ME ON A MEAT-FREE FOOD CRAWL
• UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WH SEAN O’CALLAGHAN AKA FAT GAY VEGANTHE FIFTY YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF PRI HAS BEEN A MOMENTO ONE, WH ACTIVISM AND CELEBRATNS NNG ALL MONTH LONG, OM LOL EVENTS, PARAS AND FTIVALS, TO THE PENULTIMATE PRI LONDON. TACKLG ANY FORM OF EQUALY, WHETHER HUMAN, ANIMAL, OR NATURE-BASED IS VAL A WORLD WHERE WE WANT TO SEE POSIVE CHANGE, BEE PERMANENT CHANGE. WE SAT DOWN WH LONG-TERM VEGAN AND LGBTQIA+ PUBLIC FIGURE SEAN O’CALLAGHAN, BT KNOWN AS FAT GAY VEGAN, TO DISCS HIS VEGAN JOURNEY, THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBERATN MOVEMENTS SUCH AS PRI, AND HIS UPG EVENTS AND VENTUR.V-LAND UK (V-L): HI SEAN, THANKS FOR CHATTG WH TODAY, WE’D LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOUR VEGAN JOURNEY BEGAN.SEAN O’CALLAGHAN (SO): FOR ME, LIKE MANY VEGANS I IMAGE, MY CHOICE TO LIVE A MORE PASSNATE LIFTYLE WAS ROOTED WANTG TO PROTECT ANIMALS. I WAS VEGETARIAN BEFORE I BEME VEGAN AND BACK THEN I THOUGHT I WAS THE HEIGHT OF PASSN; I GENUELY THOUGHT THERE WAS NOTHG ELSE I ULD DO AS A VEGETARIAN THAT ULD DO MORE GOOD FOR ANIMALS. FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS AS THE TER BEME MORE PREVALENT OUR LIV I STARTED TO HAVE ACCS TO MORE RMATN, WAS THEN THAT I BEGAN TO SEE THE REALI OF DAIRY FARMG AND EGG PRODUCTN. THERE WASN'T A LOT OF VEGAN MSAGG OUT THE WORLD LIKE THERE IS NOW, SO WAS THANKS TO THE RMATN THAT I FOUND ONLE THAT STOOD OUT TO ME AS SAYG; ‘IF YOU RE ABOUT ANIMALS HERE’S SOMETHG ELSE YOU N DO.’ FOR ME, WAS A REAL AWAKENG TO GO OM VEGETARIAN TO VEGAN, AND ONCE I UNRSTOOD, AND THE RMATN MY BRA MATCHED THE SIRE HEART, WAS EASY TO SWCH OM VEGETARIAN TO VEGAN. I FELT GUILTY THAT I HADN’T REALISED SOONER, I WAS STILL G PRODUCTS THAT WEREN’T VEGAN AT THE TIME, SUCH AS TOOTHPASTE AND HAIRSPRAY ETC, BUT WE ARE ALL ON OUR OWN JOURNEY, AND WE ALL WAKE UP OUR OWN TIME, BUT THAT WAS OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO FOR ME THAT MY VEGAN JOURNEY BEGAN.V-L: TWENTY YEARS IS AN AMAZG ACHIEVEMENT. YOU WROTE A BOOK ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY, FAT GAY VEGAN; EAT, DRK AND LIVE LIKE YOU GIVE A SH*T, WHAT MA YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR JOURNEY WH OTHERS?SO: AT THE TIME I WAS HELPG SUPPORT PENNT VEGAN BS, WORKG WH DIFFERENT VEGAN BRANDS, WRG MY VEGAN BLOG AND NNG VEGAN EVENTS, BUT I’D HAD A SIRE EVER SCE I WAS A CHILD TO WRE A BOOK, I JT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHAPE THAT WOULD TAKE. SO WHEN I WAS APPROACHED BY A PUBLISHER HERE LONDON, SAYG THAT THEY LIKED THE WAY I APPROACHED VEGANISM, MOVG THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TYP OF SOCIAL JTICE NCERNS THAT PEOPLE ULD HAVE, WHETHER THAT BE VEGANISM OR ANTI-OPPRSN, THEY ASKED IF I ULD WRE A BOOK AROUND THOSE THEM, A ‘FAT GAY VEGAN’S GUI TO LIFE’ AS WERE. THE FAT GAY VEGAN BOOK WAS MY MANIFTO OF HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF BEG A PASSNATE PERSON, AND HOW TO SHARE THAT PASSN.V-L: THAT’S VERY SPIRG. PEOPLE ARE GRAVATG TOWARDS VEGANISM MORE AND MORE EACH DAY AND BOOKS LIKE THIS WILL NO DOUBT HELP GET THE VEGAN MSAGE OUT THERE. SO: FOR MANY PEOPLE, ’S HOW WE’RE RAISED, UNTIL WE SEE OR READ SOMETHG THAT RONAT, WE DON’T KNOW ANY DIFFERENT. IN MY BOOK THERE ARE STORI OM MY CHILDHOOD, WHERE I TALK ABOUT NOT KNOWG ANY DIFFERENT. AS A CHILD I WAS TAKEN TO THE CIRC TO SEE ANIMALS, I WAS RAISED SEEG PEOPLE FISHG AS I GREW UP ATRALIA NEAR THE BEACH, I WNSED PEOPLE BETTG ON THE MELBOURNE CUP AND HORSE RACG, AND SAW THE AMOUNT OF ANIMAL FOOD WASTE AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND AT FAY GATHERGS. IT WAS SUCH AN GRAED PART OF MY CULTURAL EXPERIENCE, TO UNDO THAT NDNG WAS SUCH A BIG JOB, BUT I WAS HAPPY TO DO THAT JOB. ONCE I WAS AWARE OF THE REALY, SHARG MY STORY WAS ALWAYS GOG TO BE THE NEXT STEP FOR ME.V-L: WHAT’S THE FEEDBACK OM YOUR BOOK BEEN LIKE?SO: I THK THE STORI WH THE BOOK REALLY RONATED WH PEOPLE, BEE, I DIDN’T JT SAY, “HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD BE VEGAN, GO VEGAN.” THE BOOK WAS BUILT AROUND MY OWN PERSONAL STORI, AND PERSONAL STORI OF MY IENDS AND OUR SHARED HISTORY. I ASKED MY IEND MICHELE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE A DISABLED PERSON AND TO BE VEGAN, AND TO LIVE A VEGAN LIFTYLE. I TALKED TO MY IEND HELEN WHO ED TO E TO MY EVENTS REGULARLY, SHE WAS VEGETARIAN FOR MANY YEARS AND SHE TALKS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE OF BEG ACCEPTED TO THE VEGAN MUNY AND BEG ABLE TO E AROUND TO VEGANISM HER OWN TIME, WHOUT FEELG SHAME OR RIDICULE. THE BOOK TALKS ABOUT WHY ’S GOOD TO BE VEGAN, BUT ALSO THE OTHER CHALLENG WE FACE AS VEGANS AND WHY WE SHOULD BE FIGHTG ALL FORMS OF OPPRSN.WE DON’T JT HAVE TO BE VEGAN. WE DON’T HAVE TO PICK OR CHOOSE ONE BATTLE. V-L: WE ULDN’T AGREE MORE, ’S VAL THAT WE ATTA EQUALY FOR ALL LIVG BEGS, HUMAN AND ANIMALS ALIKE. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE MAKE THEIR VOIC HEARD, WE STAND A BIGGER CHANCE OF MAKG POSIVE, PERMANENT CHANGE. WH THAT MD, DID YOU CELEBRATE PRI THIS MONTH?SO: I CELEBRATE PRI EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. I LIVE SOHO LONDON SO IF I LOOK OUT OF MY WDOW, THERE ARE RABOW FLAGS EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR, I DON’T HAVE TO CHOOSE WHICH DAYS I CELEBRATE. BUT I DO LIKE TO ELEVATE IAS AND VOIC AROUND WHAT PRI MEANS. PRI ISN’T JT A CELEBRATN, ’S A PROTT, AND I GOT TO EXPLORE WHAT THAT PROTT MEANS MY FIRST LUMN WH PLANT BASED NEWS, ENTLED LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE ARE FOR LIFE, NOT JT PRI MONTH, WHICH WENT OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE PIECE IS ABOUT HOW BRANDS E PRI MONTH TO MARKET TO THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY BUT OFTEN FET ABOUT THE RT OF THE YEAR. MUCH LIKE HOW GREENWASHG HAPPENS, ‘PKWASHG’ HAPPENS JUNE FOR PRI MONTH, AND THEN BRANDS MAY NOT BE AS MDFUL ABOUT LGBTQIA+ MUNI THE RT OF THE YEAR. WHAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME WAS TO VOICE THAT PRI ISN’T JT A CELEBRATN, AND WHY ’S IMPORTANT FOR TO FIGHT FOR RIGHTS, NOT JT TO CELEBRATE WHO WE ARE, BUT TO FIGHT FOR PROTECTN FOR OURSELV AND OUR MUNI, BEE THIS IS WHERE PRI WAS BORN, AND THAT’S WHY WAS NECSARY, AND WHY IS STILL NECSARY. FOR ME, CELEBRATG PRI IS ABOUT PERPETUATG WHY WE DO . GETTG BEHD AND SAYG; THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE PAST, THIS IS WHY WE NEED NOW, AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE FUTURE. MUCH LIKE WHAT HAPPENS WH VEGANISM AND HOW THE MSAGE GETS WATERED DOWN BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THE ORIGAL TENTN OF VEGANISM N OFTEN GET FOTTEN, SIAR THGS N HAPPEN TO OTHER SOCIAL JTICE MOVEMENTS, SUCH AS PRI. PEOPLE THK ’S JT ABOUT HAVG A GAY BAR OR A DRAG QUEEN WHERE YOU N GO AND CELEBRATE, AND Y THAT IS IMPORTANT, BUT THE UNRLG STGGLE NEEDS TO BE REGNISED AND ALT WH, AND NOT FOTTEN.V-L: WE THK ’S GREAT THAT YOU SPOKE OUT ABOUT THIS, MANY OF OUR TEAM ARE A PART OF THE LGBTQIA+ FAY AND PRI IS A MOVEMENT THAT IS CLOSE TO ALL OF OUR HEARTS, PECIALLY OUR FOUNR WILL AND HIS HBAND MART.NXT LVL PZAV-L: ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS YOU HAVE THE PIPELE THAT YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE WH OUR REARS?SO: I’M REALLY EXCED TO BE WORKG WH A PANY LLED NXT LVL PZA WHICH IS A NEW START-UP VEGAN PIZZA PANY WHICH IS OPENG LIVERY KCHENS AROUND LONDON. IT’S ABOUT MAKG VEGAN PIZZA ACCSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE. IT'S A PLETELY VEGAN PANY, THE PIZZA SELF IS LIC AND I’M REALLY HAPPY TO BE WORKG WH THEM. I GET TO BE FAT GAY VEGAN A PROFSNAL SETTG SO I GET TO GO TO RPORATE-STYLE MEETGS AND GIVE MY OPN WHICH IS REALLY FUN. WE’RE HAVG OUR OFFICIAL LNCH PARTY HACKNEY THE G WEEKS SO PEOPLE N LOOK OUT FOR THAT. I ALSO WORK WH A FANTASTIC PANY LLED VEGAN CULARY CIS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE OUR FIRST PARTURE DUE TO THE PANMIC. WE'RE HOPG TO LNCH A HOTEL BASED LAND TOUR NEXT YEAR THE NATNAL PARKS THE USA TO EASE PEOPLE TO FEELG SAFE ABOUT TRAVELLG AGA, AND HOPEFULLY WE’LL GET THE CIS UP AND NNG NOT TOO SOON AFTER.I ALSO N LONDON VEGAN SOCIAL, NNG VAR SOCIAL EVENTS FOR VEGANS THE LONDON AREA. WE HAVE SOCIAL GATHERGS AND KARAOKE, A VEGAN BOARD GAME AFTERNOON ONCE A MONTH, AN LGBTQIA+ KARAOKE EVENG, AND LAST WEEK I HOSTED MY FIRST VEGAN BS OWNER SOCIAL WHERE PENNT VEGAN BS OWNERS ULD WORK, SHARE STORI AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT. PEOPLE N FD OUT MORE ABOUT LONDON VEGAN SOCIAL MEETGS ON MY BLOG.V-L: THE EVENTS SOUND GREAT, WE’LL HAVE TO POP FOR A KARAOKE SSN SOON! IT’S BEEN LOVELY HEARG ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY AND EVERYTHG YOU HAVE G UP SEAN, N YOU LEAVE OUR REARS WH ONE SENTENCE ON WHY PEOPLE SHOULD GO VEGAN?SO: SURE. IT’S AN EASY WAY TO DO BETTER.WE ULDN’T AGREE MORE. WANT TO KEEP UP WH ALL THGS FAT GAY VEGAN? YOU N SIGN UP TO THE MAILG LIST, OR CHECK OUT HIS VEGAN BLOG, INSTAGRAM, TWTER, OR FACEBOOK FOR ALL THE LATT NEWS AND EVENTS. FOR MORE EXCG TERVIEWS WH SPIRG VEGANS, CHECK OUT OUR TERVIEWS SECTN. NEXT WEEK WE’LL BE CHATTG WH THE VEGAN SOCIETY ON A LIFE-CHANGG MPAIGN FOR VEGAN STUNTS UK SCHOOLS. HAVE A FAV VEGAN DIVIDUAL OR BRAND YOU’D LIKE TO TERVIEW? LET KNOW ON INSTAGRAM OR TWTER.READ MORE
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• THE CHANGG VEGAN MOVEMENT: FAT GAY VEGAN

THE CHANGG VEGAN MOVEMENT: FAT GAY VEGAN

Sean O’Callaghan is wily known as a key fluencer the vegan muny unr the moniker Fat Gay Vegan.

If all that didn’t keep him by enough, Sean has also found time to release a brand new book, Fat Gay Vegan: Eat, Drk and Live Like You Give a Sh! We ught up wh Sean to discs what motivated him to wre the book and to fd out what life is like for Fat Gay Vegan.

FAT GAY VEGAN LNCH VEGAN CISE COMPANY

The biggt challenge is ristg opprsive forc such as racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism and wealth dispary which are (not cintally) powered by the same forc of palism and lonialism that also power mass exploatn of non-human animals.

You n purchase Fat Gay Vegan: Eat, Drk and Live Like You Give a Sh! Vegan blogger, wrer, and event planner Sean O’Callaghan (Fat Gay Vegan), announc the lnch of Vegan Culary Cis -the world’s first fully vegan, 5-star luxury cise pany. Sean says, “As a gay person, I have often longed for an LGBT-iendly vegan vatn opportuny.

Jo blogger, event planner and nomee for Bt Vegan Liftyle Webse 2015 Fat Gay Vegan (aka Sean O’Callaghan) as he hosts his annual vegan New Year’s Eve party aboard a glamoro vegan cise ship Vienna.

NEW YEAR'S EVE VEGAN RIVER CISE WH FAT GAY VEGAN

Book your spot on the New Year’s Eve cise wh Vegan River Cis to ensure you don’t miss out on dramatic scenery, luxur acmodatn, historic cy viss, a dynamic party hosted by Fat Gay Vegan and sumptuo dg a 100% vegan settg. We sat down wh long-term vegan and LGBTQIA+ public figure Sean O’Callaghan, bt known as Fat Gay Vegan, to discs his vegan journey, the importance of liberatn movements such as Pri, and his upg events and ventur.

You wrote a book about your journey, Fat Gay Vegan; Eat, Drk and Live Like You Give a Sh*t, what ma you want to share your journey wh others? So when I was approached by a publisher here London, sayg that they liked the way I approached veganism, movg through the different typ of social jtice ncerns that people uld have, whether that be veganism or anti-opprsn, they asked if I uld wre a book around those them, a ‘Fat Gay Vegan’s gui to life’ as were.

THIS ‘FAT GAY VEGAN’ TOOK ME ON A MEAT-FREE FOOD CRAWL

The Fat Gay Vegan book was my manifto of how to get the most out of beg a passnate person, and how to share that passn. People thk ’s jt about havg a gay bar or a drag queen where you n go and celebrate, and y that is important, but the unrlg stggle needs to be regnised and alt wh, and not fotten. I get to be Fat Gay Vegan a profsnal settg so I get to go to rporate-style meetgs and give my opn which is really fun.

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WH SEAN O’CALLAGHAN AKA FAT GAY VEGANTHE FIFTY YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF PRI HAS BEEN A MOMENTO ONE, WH ACTIVISM AND CELEBRATNS NNG ALL MONTH LONG, OM LOL EVENTS, PARAS AND FTIVALS, TO THE PENULTIMATE PRI LONDON. TACKLG ANY FORM OF EQUALY, WHETHER HUMAN, ANIMAL, OR NATURE-BASED IS VAL A WORLD WHERE WE WANT TO SEE POSIVE CHANGE, BEE PERMANENT CHANGE. WE SAT DOWN WH LONG-TERM VEGAN AND LGBTQIA+ PUBLIC FIGURE SEAN O’CALLAGHAN, BT KNOWN AS FAT GAY VEGAN, TO DISCS HIS VEGAN JOURNEY, THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBERATN MOVEMENTS SUCH AS PRI, AND HIS UPG EVENTS AND VENTUR.V-LAND UK (V-L): HI SEAN, THANKS FOR CHATTG WH TODAY, WE’D LOVE TO HEAR HOW YOUR VEGAN JOURNEY BEGAN.SEAN O’CALLAGHAN (SO): FOR ME, LIKE MANY VEGANS I IMAGE, MY CHOICE TO LIVE A MORE PASSNATE LIFTYLE WAS ROOTED WANTG TO PROTECT ANIMALS. I WAS VEGETARIAN BEFORE I BEME VEGAN AND BACK THEN I THOUGHT I WAS THE HEIGHT OF PASSN; I GENUELY THOUGHT THERE WAS NOTHG ELSE I ULD DO AS A VEGETARIAN THAT ULD DO MORE GOOD FOR ANIMALS. FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS AS THE TER BEME MORE PREVALENT OUR LIV I STARTED TO HAVE ACCS TO MORE RMATN, WAS THEN THAT I BEGAN TO SEE THE REALI OF DAIRY FARMG AND EGG PRODUCTN. THERE WASN'T A LOT OF VEGAN MSAGG OUT THE WORLD LIKE THERE IS NOW, SO WAS THANKS TO THE RMATN THAT I FOUND ONLE THAT STOOD OUT TO ME AS SAYG; ‘IF YOU RE ABOUT ANIMALS HERE’S SOMETHG ELSE YOU N DO.’ FOR ME, WAS A REAL AWAKENG TO GO OM VEGETARIAN TO VEGAN, AND ONCE I UNRSTOOD, AND THE RMATN MY BRA MATCHED THE SIRE HEART, WAS EASY TO SWCH OM VEGETARIAN TO VEGAN. I FELT GUILTY THAT I HADN’T REALISED SOONER, I WAS STILL G PRODUCTS THAT WEREN’T VEGAN AT THE TIME, SUCH AS TOOTHPASTE AND HAIRSPRAY ETC, BUT WE ARE ALL ON OUR OWN JOURNEY, AND WE ALL WAKE UP OUR OWN TIME, BUT THAT WAS OVER TWENTY YEARS AGO FOR ME THAT MY VEGAN JOURNEY BEGAN.V-L: TWENTY YEARS IS AN AMAZG ACHIEVEMENT. YOU WROTE A BOOK ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY, FAT GAY VEGAN; EAT, DRK AND LIVE LIKE YOU GIVE A SH*T, WHAT MA YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR JOURNEY WH OTHERS?SO: AT THE TIME I WAS HELPG SUPPORT PENNT VEGAN BS, WORKG WH DIFFERENT VEGAN BRANDS, WRG MY VEGAN BLOG AND NNG VEGAN EVENTS, BUT I’D HAD A SIRE EVER SCE I WAS A CHILD TO WRE A BOOK, I JT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT SHAPE THAT WOULD TAKE. SO WHEN I WAS APPROACHED BY A PUBLISHER HERE LONDON, SAYG THAT THEY LIKED THE WAY I APPROACHED VEGANISM, MOVG THROUGH THE DIFFERENT TYP OF SOCIAL JTICE NCERNS THAT PEOPLE ULD HAVE, WHETHER THAT BE VEGANISM OR ANTI-OPPRSN, THEY ASKED IF I ULD WRE A BOOK AROUND THOSE THEM, A ‘FAT GAY VEGAN’S GUI TO LIFE’ AS WERE. THE FAT GAY VEGAN BOOK WAS MY MANIFTO OF HOW TO GET THE MOST OUT OF BEG A PASSNATE PERSON, AND HOW TO SHARE THAT PASSN.V-L: THAT’S VERY SPIRG. PEOPLE ARE GRAVATG TOWARDS VEGANISM MORE AND MORE EACH DAY AND BOOKS LIKE THIS WILL NO DOUBT HELP GET THE VEGAN MSAGE OUT THERE. SO: FOR MANY PEOPLE, ’S HOW WE’RE RAISED, UNTIL WE SEE OR READ SOMETHG THAT RONAT, WE DON’T KNOW ANY DIFFERENT. IN MY BOOK THERE ARE STORI OM MY CHILDHOOD, WHERE I TALK ABOUT NOT KNOWG ANY DIFFERENT. AS A CHILD I WAS TAKEN TO THE CIRC TO SEE ANIMALS, I WAS RAISED SEEG PEOPLE FISHG AS I GREW UP ATRALIA NEAR THE BEACH, I WNSED PEOPLE BETTG ON THE MELBOURNE CUP AND HORSE RACG, AND SAW THE AMOUNT OF ANIMAL FOOD WASTE AT CHRISTMAS TIME AND AT FAY GATHERGS. IT WAS SUCH AN GRAED PART OF MY CULTURAL EXPERIENCE, TO UNDO THAT NDNG WAS SUCH A BIG JOB, BUT I WAS HAPPY TO DO THAT JOB. ONCE I WAS AWARE OF THE REALY, SHARG MY STORY WAS ALWAYS GOG TO BE THE NEXT STEP FOR ME.V-L: WHAT’S THE FEEDBACK OM YOUR BOOK BEEN LIKE?SO: I THK THE STORI WH THE BOOK REALLY RONATED WH PEOPLE, BEE, I DIDN’T JT SAY, “HERE’S WHY YOU SHOULD BE VEGAN, GO VEGAN.” THE BOOK WAS BUILT AROUND MY OWN PERSONAL STORI, AND PERSONAL STORI OF MY IENDS AND OUR SHARED HISTORY. I ASKED MY IEND MICHELE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE A DISABLED PERSON AND TO BE VEGAN, AND TO LIVE A VEGAN LIFTYLE. I TALKED TO MY IEND HELEN WHO ED TO E TO MY EVENTS REGULARLY, SHE WAS VEGETARIAN FOR MANY YEARS AND SHE TALKS ABOUT HER EXPERIENCE OF BEG ACCEPTED TO THE VEGAN MUNY AND BEG ABLE TO E AROUND TO VEGANISM HER OWN TIME, WHOUT FEELG SHAME OR RIDICULE. THE BOOK TALKS ABOUT WHY ’S GOOD TO BE VEGAN, BUT ALSO THE OTHER CHALLENG WE FACE AS VEGANS AND WHY WE SHOULD BE FIGHTG ALL FORMS OF OPPRSN.WE DON’T JT HAVE TO BE VEGAN. WE DON’T HAVE TO PICK OR CHOOSE ONE BATTLE. V-L: WE ULDN’T AGREE MORE, ’S VAL THAT WE ATTA EQUALY FOR ALL LIVG BEGS, HUMAN AND ANIMALS ALIKE. IF ENOUGH PEOPLE MAKE THEIR VOIC HEARD, WE STAND A BIGGER CHANCE OF MAKG POSIVE, PERMANENT CHANGE. WH THAT MD, DID YOU CELEBRATE PRI THIS MONTH?SO: I CELEBRATE PRI EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR. I LIVE SOHO LONDON SO IF I LOOK OUT OF MY WDOW, THERE ARE RABOW FLAGS EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR, I DON’T HAVE TO CHOOSE WHICH DAYS I CELEBRATE. BUT I DO LIKE TO ELEVATE IAS AND VOIC AROUND WHAT PRI MEANS. PRI ISN’T JT A CELEBRATN, ’S A PROTT, AND I GOT TO EXPLORE WHAT THAT PROTT MEANS MY FIRST LUMN WH PLANT BASED NEWS, ENTLED LGBTQIA+ PEOPLE ARE FOR LIFE, NOT JT PRI MONTH, WHICH WENT OUT EARLIER THIS WEEK. THE PIECE IS ABOUT HOW BRANDS E PRI MONTH TO MARKET TO THE LGBTQIA+ MUNY BUT OFTEN FET ABOUT THE RT OF THE YEAR. MUCH LIKE HOW GREENWASHG HAPPENS, ‘PKWASHG’ HAPPENS JUNE FOR PRI MONTH, AND THEN BRANDS MAY NOT BE AS MDFUL ABOUT LGBTQIA+ MUNI THE RT OF THE YEAR. WHAT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME WAS TO VOICE THAT PRI ISN’T JT A CELEBRATN, AND WHY ’S IMPORTANT FOR TO FIGHT FOR RIGHTS, NOT JT TO CELEBRATE WHO WE ARE, BUT TO FIGHT FOR PROTECTN FOR OURSELV AND OUR MUNI, BEE THIS IS WHERE PRI WAS BORN, AND THAT’S WHY WAS NECSARY, AND WHY IS STILL NECSARY. FOR ME, CELEBRATG PRI IS ABOUT PERPETUATG WHY WE DO . GETTG BEHD AND SAYG; THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE PAST, THIS IS WHY WE NEED NOW, AND THIS IS WHY WE NEED THE FUTURE. MUCH LIKE WHAT HAPPENS WH VEGANISM AND HOW THE MSAGE GETS WATERED DOWN BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, AND THE ORIGAL TENTN OF VEGANISM N OFTEN GET FOTTEN, SIAR THGS N HAPPEN TO OTHER SOCIAL JTICE MOVEMENTS, SUCH AS PRI. PEOPLE THK ’S JT ABOUT HAVG A GAY BAR OR A DRAG QUEEN WHERE YOU N GO AND CELEBRATE, AND Y THAT IS IMPORTANT, BUT THE UNRLG STGGLE NEEDS TO BE REGNISED AND ALT WH, AND NOT FOTTEN.V-L: WE THK ’S GREAT THAT YOU SPOKE OUT ABOUT THIS, MANY OF OUR TEAM ARE A PART OF THE LGBTQIA+ FAY AND PRI IS A MOVEMENT THAT IS CLOSE TO ALL OF OUR HEARTS, PECIALLY OUR FOUNR WILL AND HIS HBAND MART.NXT LVL PZAV-L: ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS YOU HAVE THE PIPELE THAT YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE WH OUR REARS?SO: I’M REALLY EXCED TO BE WORKG WH A PANY LLED NXT LVL PZA WHICH IS A NEW START-UP VEGAN PIZZA PANY WHICH IS OPENG LIVERY KCHENS AROUND LONDON. IT’S ABOUT MAKG VEGAN PIZZA ACCSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE. IT'S A PLETELY VEGAN PANY, THE PIZZA SELF IS LIC AND I’M REALLY HAPPY TO BE WORKG WH THEM. I GET TO BE FAT GAY VEGAN A PROFSNAL SETTG SO I GET TO GO TO RPORATE-STYLE MEETGS AND GIVE MY OPN WHICH IS REALLY FUN. WE’RE HAVG OUR OFFICIAL LNCH PARTY HACKNEY THE G WEEKS SO PEOPLE N LOOK OUT FOR THAT. I ALSO WORK WH A FANTASTIC PANY LLED VEGAN CULARY CIS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO HAVE OUR FIRST PARTURE DUE TO THE PANMIC. WE'RE HOPG TO LNCH A HOTEL BASED LAND TOUR NEXT YEAR THE NATNAL PARKS THE USA TO EASE PEOPLE TO FEELG SAFE ABOUT TRAVELLG AGA, AND HOPEFULLY WE’LL GET THE CIS UP AND NNG NOT TOO SOON AFTER.I ALSO N LONDON VEGAN SOCIAL, NNG VAR SOCIAL EVENTS FOR VEGANS THE LONDON AREA. WE HAVE SOCIAL GATHERGS AND KARAOKE, A VEGAN BOARD GAME AFTERNOON ONCE A MONTH, AN LGBTQIA+ KARAOKE EVENG, AND LAST WEEK I HOSTED MY FIRST VEGAN BS OWNER SOCIAL WHERE PENNT VEGAN BS OWNERS ULD WORK, SHARE STORI AND HELP EACH OTHER OUT. PEOPLE N FD OUT MORE ABOUT LONDON VEGAN SOCIAL MEETGS ON MY BLOG.V-L: THE EVENTS SOUND GREAT, WE’LL HAVE TO POP FOR A KARAOKE SSN SOON! IT’S BEEN LOVELY HEARG ABOUT YOUR JOURNEY AND EVERYTHG YOU HAVE G UP SEAN, N YOU LEAVE OUR REARS WH ONE SENTENCE ON WHY PEOPLE SHOULD GO VEGAN?SO: SURE. IT’S AN EASY WAY TO DO BETTER.WE ULDN’T AGREE MORE. WANT TO KEEP UP WH ALL THGS FAT GAY VEGAN? YOU N SIGN UP TO THE MAILG LIST, OR CHECK OUT HIS VEGAN BLOG, INSTAGRAM, TWTER, OR FACEBOOK FOR ALL THE LATT NEWS AND EVENTS. FOR MORE EXCG TERVIEWS WH SPIRG VEGANS, CHECK OUT OUR TERVIEWS SECTN. NEXT WEEK WE’LL BE CHATTG WH THE VEGAN SOCIETY ON A LIFE-CHANGG MPAIGN FOR VEGAN STUNTS UK SCHOOLS. HAVE A FAV VEGAN DIVIDUAL OR BRAND YOU’D LIKE TO TERVIEW? LET KNOW ON INSTAGRAM OR TWTER.READ MORE

Want to keep up wh all thgs Fat Gay Vegan? Vegan Culary Cis and VCC Le stand apart om other cise experienc thanks to the on board activi and entertament curated by Sean O’Callaghan (Fat Gay Vegan).

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In celebratn of the 10th anniversary of his Fat Gay Vegan blog, Sean O’Callaghan and VCC Le are proud to prent an excg New Year’s Eve celebratn cise takg one Europe’s famo rivers. Sean of Fat Gay Vegan is settg sail on the first fully vegan LGBT foced ~*~luxury~*~ cise on the Mekong river and YOU SHOULD ALSO BE ONBOARD FOR THE CULINARY SENSATION OF A LIFETIME!!!

THE CHANGG VEGAN MOVEMENT: FAT GAY VEGAN

An Interview Wh the Fat Gay Vegan and Enter to W His Phenomenal New Book! I’m assumg you’re all here to w Sean O’Callaghan’s EXCELLENT, HILARIOUS, INFORMATIVE, WONDERFUL, PERFECT new book, “Fat Gay Vegan: Eat, Drk, and Live Like You Give a Sh! Fat Gay Vegan would be a great Same Street character.