BY: ARKEE E. @snacktavist I’m black, fat and queer. I write, too! Bylines: @INTO, @MTV, @Essence, @billboard, @esquire, @huffpost, @them, @afropunk, @blavity

Before I was old enough to dress myself, I became a victim of sexual harassment. I have many assailants — my father, aunts, uncles, cousins, cis-heterosexual friends, strangers, and past employers. This list becomes longer every day.

I’m not alone. Queer people are sexually harassed on a daily basis. We are sexually harassed at family dinners, at work, at doctor visits, even in our own homes. However, we seldom acknowledge our victimhood — partly because it is ingrained in our day-to-day lives, mostly because no one has placed that label on our experiences.

Before Lin Farley coined the term “sexual harassment” in August 1975, it was a nameless disease that spread widely, disproportionately impacting women in professional and social environments. But names are essential to pharmaceutical scientists when discovering cures for many diseases. Read more via INTO