Open AccessIs Fat Queer? Parallels between Weight Loss Surgery and Gender Transition
Author(s) -
Jamey Merkel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
theory in action
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1937-0237
pISSN - 1937-0229
DOI - 10.3798/tia.1937-0237.2113
Subject(s) - queer , parallels , queer theory , transgender , transition (genetics) , gender studies , weight loss , sociology , obesity , medicine , endocrinology , biology , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , gene
Fatness can be considered queer through the lens of fat studies and queer theory. Fatness as queer is explored through looking at bariatric weight loss procedures as a way that fat people may “transition” from fat to thin, much like how transgender individuals transition medically and/or surgically from one perceived gender to another.