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The San Francisco Department of Public Health is bringing in an expert to educate its staff on addressing weight stigma and body positivity. SFDPH hired Virgie Tovar, who describes ...

Virgie Tovar, a self-proclaimed "anti-weight-based discrimination" expert and author, has been hired by the San Francisco ...

The San Francisco Department of Health's newly-minted 'weight czar' went viral for her proclamation that 'no one has to be ...

A newly resurfaced clip of fat activist Virgie Tovar shows her talking about how cutting back on cake is a form of oppression ...

A newly resurfaced clip of fat activist Virgie Tovar shows her talking about how cutting back on cake is a form of oppression ...

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The San Francisco Department of Public Health has onboarded a "fat positivity" expert as a "weight stigma and neutrality" consultant.

Virgie Tovar describes the job as an ‘absolute dream come true’, as department yet to clarify what role she will play ...

San Francisco's Department of Public Health have hired Virgie Tovar, a body positivity advocate, as a consultant on weight ...