Recent research shows that LGBTQ populations are at higher risk for disordered eating patterns than their heteronormative peers.
, the prevalence of suicide attempts among trans and gender non-conforming respondents is 40 percent, which vastly exceeds the 4.6 percent of the overall U.S. population.
“Your error is not in thinking that there’s something wrong where there isn’t, but that you could find a way to circumvent that wrongness by losing weight.” “As a person with an eating disorder, your error is not in thinking that there’s something wrong where there isn’t, but that you could find a way to circumvent that wrongness by losing weight,” writes Davis.. Scholarship suggests that there may be a genetic component.
Fat stigma is more than just a possible cause of disordered eating, it may actually prevent sufferers from getting the help they need. Suma identifies as a queer, fat, femme. Although she has struggled with bulimia since childhood, she had to fight to have her eating disorder taken seriously enough to even seek out options for treatment. “As a fat person, my eating disorder was encouraged, as it caused me to lose weight,” she explains, adding that her mother struggled with anorexia.
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