"YOUR BODY IS ENOUGH - A Call for Radical QueerQueer is a collective term for people whose sexual orientation or gender identity does not conform to the social norm of "heterosexuality". Mehr Solidarity"
Buongiorno everyone!
Being part of a community can be a blessingbut sometimes-let's be honest-it can also feel like a curse. Especially in a world where capitalism doesn't just affect our wallets-it targets our bodies, our identities, our worth.
Overlooked Pain Within Queer Spaces
Right now, while we're all out here fighting just to be seen, just to have our rights recognised-including the right to exist-we're often overlooking something painful. We forget the discrimination we inflict on each other, within our own spaces.
Fatphobia and Ableism Are Real
Let me be real.
As a QueerQueer is a collective term for people whose sexual orientation or gender identity does not conform to the social norm of "heterosexuality". Mehr Fat personI face barriers that many people don't even notice.
Finding a job? Being taken seriously as a professional?
So much harder - not because I'm not qualified, but because the world has decided that being fat somehow makes me less capable.
And it doesn't stop there.
Within our own queerQueer is a collective term for people whose sexual orientation or gender identity does not conform to the social norm of "heterosexuality". Mehr community, fat people, disabled people, HIV-positive people, and so many others are being left out-rejected from short-term flings and long-term relationships-just because of how our bodies look or how our health is perceived.
Let's be clear:
Fatphobia in queerQueer is a collective term for people whose sexual orientation or gender identity does not conform to the social norm of "heterosexuality". Mehr spaces is real.
Ableism in queerQueer is a collective term for people whose sexual orientation or gender identity does not conform to the social norm of "heterosexuality". Mehr spaces is real.
And they are hurting us.
The Influence of Capitalist Beauty Norms
Capitalism has taught us to value what's marketable: slim bodies, sculpted abs, filtered beauty.
And we've absorbed that.
We start to measure each other's worth-and even our own-against images we see on Instagram, in porn, in pop culture.
Sexual Dignity: Inherent, Not Earned
But here's the truth:
A person has dignity-
Sexual dignity
Just by existing.
And yet, the constant rejection we face in clubs, dating apps, and social circles?
It takes a toll.
It chips away at our mental health, our confidence, our ability to feel like we belong in the very communities we fight for.
Rejection Hurts Us All
Here's something we don't talk about enough:
When you refuse to engage with someone-socially or sexually-only because their body doesn't match some airbrushed fantasy,
you're not just hurting them.
You're hurting yourself.
You're missing the chance to connect with a beautiful, real, human, sexual being.
The Ken Standard and Body Dysmorphia
We've built this culture where everyone wants to look like Ken from Barbie-
and only wants to sleep with people who look like Ken-
but no one ever feels like them measure up to Ken themselves.
That's called body dysmorphiaand it's become a deeply performs form of suffering.
So let me say this loud and clear:
A diversity of bodies does NOT mean a diversity of dignity.
We've been taught to confuse visibility with value, attraction with worthiness.
But that is a lie.
Every body has worth-full stop.
Sexual dignity is not something you earn-it's something you already have.
Your body is enough.
My body is enough.
Every queerQueer is a collective term for people whose sexual orientation or gender identity does not conform to the social norm of "heterosexuality". Mehr body is enough.
Think Before You Judge Health
So next time you feel the urge to comment on a fat person's health-pause.
Ask yourself:
How are you dealing with your own health?
Are you respecting your mental health?
Are you unlearning the shame we were all taught?
Because we are all on our own journey.
And learning to love my body didn't make it better than yours-it just made it different.
But it made it equally dignified.
Queer Spaces Must Be Radically Inclusive
In queerQueer is a collective term for people whose sexual orientation or gender identity does not conform to the social norm of "heterosexuality". Mehr spaces-spaces that should be safe, healing, radical-we have to do better.
We have to challenge the hierarchies of desire.
We have to call out internalised fatphobia and ableism.
We have to fight for a future where ALL bodies are respected, desired, loved.
This Is About Liberation, Not Guilt
This isn't about guilt.
This isn't about forcing attraction.
It's about unlearning what capitalism and shame have taught us-
and reclaiming our freedom, our joy, our dignity.
Final Message
So I leave you with this:
Your body is enough.
Every queerQueer is a collective term for people whose sexual orientation or gender identity does not conform to the social norm of "heterosexuality". Mehr body is enough.
We all deserve to be seen, respected, and loved.
Let's build a community where we don't just say we celebrate diversity-
We live it.
Thank you.
