Attendees can participate in variety of fun activities, from walking in fashion shows to taking a synchronized swimming class or hitting a pool party.
Taking joy in being fat is different for every person; but for many, fat joy is simply being unapologetically ourselves in a culture that insists we should feel shameful for existing in the body we have,' Wilson continued.
Becky Wilson, the marketing director of Fat Con, told Komo News that the convention is a place 'where all fat humans are welcomed to celebrate our bodies and lives.'.
Last year, popular right wing influencers including YouTuber Blaire White and The Daily Wire Matt Walsh mocked Fat Con to an online audience of hundreds of thousands of people.
Earlier this week, Wilson said that Fat Con organizers had been working for hours every day to moderate the comment sections on their social media pages due to the influx of fatphobic trolls.
