“If I can accept my queerness, I can accept my body as it is”: Understanding weight-related perspectives and stigma from sexual minority women
Our findings underscore the importance of applying intersectional and life-course frameworks and call for systemic changes in public health to shift from weight-centric approaches toward affirming, weight-inclusive paradigms that address interlocking systems of oppression.
Authors
- Erin N. Harrop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0933-1098)
- Catherine Wall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1160-3865)
- Melissa M. Vázquez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4651-7561)
- Lauren Adele Fowler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9240-7267)
- Emily S. Mann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6246-2441)
- Yilin Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-3516-993X)
- Annesa Flentje
- Allyson Velkovich
- Janis Mensah
Institutions
- University of Denver (US)
- South Carolina Department of Education (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
- Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- Gender Studies (CZ)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Psychiatry
- Published
- 2025-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1687680
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.02
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities