I once had a guy call me a beached whale in front of everyone at a community pool, and everyone laughed. Later, he told me not to go back to the pool because “pools are for people, whales [like me] belong at Seaworld”. I later found out he took pictures and put them on Facebook. I was bullied for months, people stealing my food and saying disparaging things about my weight and appearance. As a result of all that, I haven’t gone swimming in three years.

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