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Twiggy made what used to be good bad, and what used to be bad good. The old standard of more weight being wealth dropped, and people wanted to be thin.
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In 1967, more than 500 people sat in Central Park for what was called a "fat in" where they ate, and burned diet books. This was the first large movement for fat pride.
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In Michigan, a law was created that protected discrimination based off of, among other things, weight. This is the first of it's kind, and Michigan remained the only state to do so.
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Bill Fabrey founded the NAAFA initially to support his overweight wife. However the strides it's made are so large, and he now sits on the board for the Council on Size and Weight Discrimination
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In the court of appeals in New York, Catherine McDermott won a suit against an employer who discriminated based off of the fact that she "might become impaired". She won damages but didn't take the employment.
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This ruling stated that obesity was only a disorder if linked to a medical condition, and thus couldn't be covered under any existing legislation.
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In Frank V United Airlines, the airline was found not only to be discriminating on weight but also sex, because women had to be leaner than men. This was found to be weightism and sexism.
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Jennifer Potnick was an instructor who appeared overweight. Because of this, the company refused to hire her. She won the case, and though she didn't accept employment, is reputed to be the most energetic instructor her students have seen
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Queen Raqui created LargeInCharge as first a newsletter for overweight people. It blossomed into a radio show and later a Youtube channel.
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This ruling determined that a person must be physiologically impaired in order for their obesity to be classified as a disorder.
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The amendment says, "severe obesity, which has been defined as body weight more than 100% over the norm … is clearly an impairment.’’
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Nevada had a bill come into being that discrimination based on weight was illegal. The bill didn't make it through the house.
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75% of the people wanting to join the military were ineligible due to their weight, regardless of performance
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Obesity is constituted as a disability. Therefore, as long as one's duties can be performed, one can't be fired.
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A Georgia anti-obesity ad condemns obesity but doesn't offer a solution. Feedback on the ad was that it made children more insecure.
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A new Fat Pride conference surfaces in New Zealand. Though these are common, this is an international conference.
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A TV anchorwoman was accused of being a bad role model. In response, she said (on air) that her weight is not determinant of her character. First time a publicized criticism of weight stigma went viral.
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The University of Washington finds that obesity is, and will be on the rise
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By taking a perfectly healthy child and adding weight to the child through photoshop, the organization First 5 significantly changed their advertisement style, and significantly changed the response to an "overweight child".
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The CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch stated that the target audience for their clothing were "cool kids" and that there was a reason there were no sizes above 10.
