How I Learned to Challenge Fat Discrimination in Healthcare July 2, 2019 by Mary Robinson Leave a Comment I have always been proactive about my health. Even when I was more disconnected from my body in the past, I still worked hard to address issues as they arose. I have dealt with a variety of issues over the years and often had to take my health into my own hands. Fat discrimination in the health industry is something I've read and known about, but I really thought I had been … [Read more...]
The Amazing, Failing Body: Being a Trans Person with Kidney Disease May 10, 2016 by Cam Whitley, Guest Writer Leave a Comment From the time I was born, my body was a place of incongruity, contradiction, and confusion. As a transgender person our bodies are almost always enemies. These living vessels dictate how others perceive us, how we are treated, and what social and political structures we are given access to. In most cases, our trans bodies contradict who we feel to be internally I always … [Read more...]
