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Bold and Beautiful: This Queer-Owned, Plus-Size Modeling Agency is Taking Center Stage

Posted on May 17, 2019

Houston-based plus-size model and entrepreneur Tiffany Page-Pratt learned the definition of hustle from her mother. A hardworking woman, her mom sold Avon and Tupperware on top of her full-time job at the post office. “Watching [my mother] was what built my ambitions,” Page-Pratt says. “For starters, it takes a lot to be a single mother, but to also juggle two and three jobs—I commend my mom for that.”…

More Than His Size: Heavy Hitters Pride Empowers LGBTQ Urban Men of Size

Posted on July 18, 2018

A photo of the board of Heavy Hitters Pride.

The beauty of the LGBTQ community is that we are always able to carve out the spaces we crave to celebrate our identities. It is with grit, sweat, and much resilience that we create these spaces, but it is nonetheless exceptional to watch. From the trans folks of color who started the Stonewall Riots, to the emergence of gender-expansive icons like E.J. Johnson and Jaden Smith, to the reclamation of the word “queer,” we have excitedly watched as our community…

When They Tell Us Fat Bodies Ain’t: This Atlanta Model is Changing the Plus-Size Narrative

Posted on May 25, 2018

A photo of plus-size models in "When They Tell Us Fat Bodies Ain't."

Miss Eaves’ 2017 hit song “Thunder Thighs”—which became a summer anthem for thick girls everywhere—reverberates through the speakers. Five plus-size models, dressed head-to-toe in vintage ‘80s fashion, strike poses that shamelessly show off the self-love they hold for their bodies (and give Olivia Newton John a run for her money).…

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Bold and Beautiful: This Queer-Owned, Plus-Size Modeling Agency is Taking Center Stage

More Than His Size: Heavy Hitters Pride Empowers LGBTQ Urban Men of Size

When They Tell Us Fat Bodies Ain’t: This Atlanta Model is Changing the Plus-Size Narrative

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