New York’s Fat Beach Day gives plus-size people a space to be themselves

Jacob Riis Beach hosts the day of body positivity and fun, in the city at the heart of the fat acceptance movement

Fat Beach Day events are springing up across the US in an effort to fight back against fat-phobia, reclaim safe spaces for the community and honor plus-size culture. Today, one of these celebrations is being held to coincide with Pride month at Jacob Riis Beach in New York, a location deeply ensconced in the city's activism space.

We're going through something culturally that is impacting us every day on an individual level and a systemic level," said Jordan Underwood, the event organizer. We're really trying to open up a space for people to be themselves."