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Defiantly Fat, Gay, and Sexual: Negotiating Shame of Size and Sexuality

Fat Gay Men: Girth, Mirth, and the Politics of Stigma. By Jason Whitesel, New York, NYU Press, 2014. 177 pp. $22.00 (paperback) ISBN: 9780814724125

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Fehlbaum, A.E. Defiantly Fat, Gay, and Sexual: Negotiating Shame of Size and Sexuality. Sex Roles 72, 262–264 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-015-0459-z

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