Fat Activist Kivan Bay - Coming out, bow ties and the intersection of fatness, gender and queerness

Fat Activist Kivan Bay - Coming out, bow ties and the intersection of fatness, gender and queerness

By Sofie Hagen


Sofie talks to Kivan Bay about being a baby trans guy, making things, coming out, stealing his dad’s underwear, fat activism, Foucault, suicide, online chat roleplaying, the body as a state of permanent revolution, bow ties, Ghost in the Shell and the intersection of fatness, gender and queerness.


Trigger warning – suicide, bipolar, depression, dysphoria, diets, surgery, disordered eating, child sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, rape, substance abuse, homelessness, abusive relationships, violence, alcoholism, childhood trauma, street harassment, homophobic slurs, fatmisia/fatphobia, transmisia/transphobia


Artwork by Linda Brinkhaus

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering


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