![]() Those two things just never went together in my head.’ ![]() ![]() ‘I could not equate being overweight with being happy. When Martijn was younger he would often fantasize about being successful and in those fantasies he would always be thin. He goes on by saying that some people would just send him messages telling him how ‘ugly’ he is. ‘I just remember being on the gay dating websites and having lots of guys really confirm the idea that I already had that I was undesirable.’ In the video Gay & Fat by Davey Wavey magazine editor Martijn says: ‘One guy sent a message to me saying: “Look at your profile picture, then look at my profile picture again and then decide if you really think it was a good idea to send me a message.”‘ Martijn, who identifies as gay describes being overweight and body shamed in the gay community.
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