Queer Shades of Fat

Sunday, 16th June, 19:30–20:00, Club Tiffany, Metelkova

Performance

Coproduction: Ljubljana Pride Association and TransAkcija

Any person who deviates from the projected physical beauty standards is treated as being unhygienic, ugly, lazy, and lewd. Society is so afraid and almost offended to see fat queers living their lives, wearing clothes they should not, going to the beach, being naked, or reclaiming their fat bodies. With our performance, we seek to liberate fatness from the imaginative shackles of ugliness and to broaden the terms of physical well-being and beauty. It is also a call to encourage other fat queers to accept and appreciate their bodies, and for all the others to start accepting diversity in bodies. Our value is not determined by the number on the scale.

We are FAT; we are QUEERS!

Performing:

Avraam Vrohidis (GR), Fat Queer activist, Long-term ESC Volunteer at Ljubljana Pride, Founder of “Fat Unicorns” collective in Athens.

Irene Palmou (GR), Fat Queer activist, Psychology student, Short-term ESC Volunteer at Ljubljana Pride, Member of “Fat Unicorns”.

Linn J. Koletnik (SLO), Trans & LGBIQ+ activist, Director of TransAkcija, Fat, Nonbinary, Queer, Believes in taking up space.

Fat Is Not A Bad Word

Sunday, 16th June, 20:00–21:30, Club Tiffany, Metelkova

Public discussion with guests

Avraam Vrohidis (GR), Irene Palmou (GR), Julischka Stengele (AT/DE)

Coproduction: Ljubljana Pride Association and TransAkcija

EN

Most members of the LGBTIQ+ community are very familiar with the never-ending process of coming out. But does coming out as LGBTIQ+ or any other identity under the rainbow umbrella mean we are off the hook? Nope, not if we are also fat. Navigating living our best queer fat lives in the heavily sexualized LGBTIQ+ scene is a big challenge and many struggles of fat queers remain invisible to the non-fat majority of the community.

The panel will discuss these experiences, present examples of the ways in which diet culture can be both normative and harmful, and offer reasons for not needing to cringe when you hear the word “fat”. When used with respect, it is an act of reclaiming – a superpower of the queers. Never before has the topic of fatness been discussed publicly in the LGBTIQ+ community in Ljubljana, so come shed some stereotypes without shedding a kilo.

Moderation: Linn Julian Koletnik, TransAkcija

Performance by Fat Femme Furious Julischka Stengele (Austria, Germany)

Sunday, 16th June, 21:30–22:00, Club Tiffany, Metelkova

Performance

“My unpaid full-time job is being unapologetically fat, queer, and femme/inist. For money, I perform, speak, write, create images and installations, lead workshops, give talks, organise/curate performance events, shake my jelly, or get naked. Being invested with my own body as content, material, and/or display is of high significance to everything I do. I’m currently based in Vienna and work in any place of interest.” Julischka Stengele (AT/DE)