75: Why Gay Men Need A Body Positivity Movement, Too
Nutrition Matters Podcast
Paige Smathers
4.4 • 654 Ratings
🗓️ 4 August 2017
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
“Too many of us have spent too much of our lives trapped in the closet. May we not spend the rest of them trapped in the gym.”
I recently came across an incredible article written by a therapist using his voice to proclaim that gay men deserve to move toward a kinder approach and relationship with their bodies. As soon as I read the article, I reached out and asked if he'd be willing to come on the podcast to talk about this important topic.
In this conversation, Zach Verwey and I discuss the barriers to body positivity in the gay community as well as understanding the cultural history around body image concerns that are still prevalent among gay men. This conversation is obviously a sensitive subject for many and Zach and I did our best to talk about this subject with sensitivity and respect.
Links mentioned:
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Zach's website: http://www.zachverwey.com/
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Zach's Huffington post article
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| 1:04.6 | Hey everyone. Welcome back to Nutrition Matters podcast. My name is Paige and I'm your host and today I am talking with Zach Burway, |
| 1:13.5 | who is a mental health counselor, a progressive, a progressive faith activist, a writer and a speaker. |
| 1:22.0 | And Zach recently wrote an article that really caught my attention and I asked him to come on the |
| 1:27.3 | podcast to talk about it. So today we're talking about why gay men need a body positivity movement |
| 1:33.0 | too. Really fascinating conversation around body positivity in the gay community and I think |
| 1:40.3 | you're going to really enjoy it. So before we get into that, I'd like to tell you about some resources available to you. |
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