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Dating When You're Queer & Fat Is Like Navigating Through a Minefield
Queer actor, writer, and organizer Provvidenza Catalano discusses dating, fatphobia, and how fashion is anything but frivolous. 
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By Allison TateOctober 20 2017 / 3:21 PM
Allison Tate
Allison Tate is the Director of Editorial Video at Pride Media and creates videos for The Advocate, OUT and PRIDE. She is a filmmaker, swing dancer, and enthusiastic Carol fan who works to amplify marginalized voices in media. 
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Featuring Provvidenza Catalano. (Follow her on Instagram, @provvidenzac.)
Film by Ambar Navarro. (Follow her on Instagram, @ambarbecutie.)

        
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Queer actor, writer, and organizer Provvidenza Catalano discusses dating, fatphobia, and how fashion is anything but frivolous.

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