Nobody lives exactly the life they expect to live when they are young. Dreams change, people come in and out of our lives, careers take...

This is a complicated time of year. The holidays mean that many people are gathering together with friends and family and those...

I have never been great at having authentic conversations with my family about queerness.  I grudgingly came out to my parents as bi when...

Semaglutide, a weekly injectable diabetes medication, is both complicated and controversial. The word is often used interchangeably with...

Hi, my name is Meg and I use she/they pronouns. Those of you who have been around for a minute, either in my personal life or in the...

The shortage is real.  These meds will help me keep my vision and help my organs keep functioning and I can’t fucking get them at the...

On December 27th  had one of the most meaningful and powerful theater experiences of my life seeing Real Women Have Curves. Before I...

Why I Love My Fat Fatness Can be a Medical Benefit. Recently I fell down the stairs twice.  Two different times down the same stairs, in...

I recently had a conversation with a colleague, Sarah Hill MS LPC, of Wholehearted Therapy (wholeheartedtherapyllc.com) about doctors and...

Aubrey Gordon, creator of Your Fat Friend, co-host of the extremely popular podcast Maintenance Phase, and author of two books, is pretty...

Dear Fellow Fat Folks, For a long time whenever I was arguing with someone about whether fatness was inherently unhealthy I’d trot out my...

I regularly recommend that clients who are feeling socially isolated seek support on the internet. The world we live in is so digitally...

What’s the difference between stress and a stressor? How do we deal with each one? Why does it feel like all we do is give when men in...

The first time I heard about Ozempic I knew it was only a matter of time before it was prescribed to me. Great diabetes drugs are great,...

I used to have a client who I perceived as yelling at me every session. We’d sit down and within moments his voice would be loud and his...

Warning: This contains egregious fat hate from some of my therapist peers. Feel free to take a pass if you are not in a space to read...

Therapists have power in the therapy room. Sometimes we think we do not, sometime we confuse a client’s ability to leave and find a new...

About ten years ago I was sitting in my psychiatrist Dr. S’s office listening to yet another lecture about my weight. I was too fat, it...

Yesterday one of my young clients told me that this year’s pride was particularly special and great. When I asked why, she said “It’s...

Hello! Welcome to the Fat Queer Blog, by Meg everyone’s favorite fat queer therapist. This first post is an intro to me and my...