San Francisco's new "weight czar" Virgie Tovar remarked that "no one has to be healthy" or owes being that to others in a resurfaced 2022 interview.

The San Francisco Department of Public Health has hired a self-described “anti-weight-based discrimination” expert to consult on “weight stigma and weight neutrality.” Virgie Tovar, the ...

The San Francisco Department of Public Health has hired a self-described "anti-weight-based discrimination" expert to consult on "weight stigma and weight neutrality." Virgie Tovar, the author of ...

The San Francisco Department of Health's newly-minted 'weight czar' went viral for her proclamation that 'no one has to be healthy.' Virgie Tovar said this two years ago on a podcast.

San Francisco's Department of Public Health have hired Virgie Tovar, a body positivity advocate, as a consultant on weight stigma despite the city suffering from a host of other problems.

San Francisco's new 'fat positivity' expert, hired to fight weight stigma in the city, is causing a stir before she's even sunk her teeth into the job. A newly resurfaced clip of Virgie Tovar, who ...

San Francisco's new 'fat positivity' expert, hired to fight weight stigma in the city, is causing a stir before she's even sunk her teeth into the job. A newly resurfaced clip of Virgie Tovar, who ...

Tovar says another seminal moment for fat activism here on the west coast came in 1989, when lesbians began wearing crop tops and shorts at Harvey Milk Plaza in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood.

San Francisco’s new consultant on “weight stigma” is a pro-fat activist promoted by the food industry. On Monday, Virgie Tovar, the author of You Have the Right to Remain Fat, announced the ...

The San Francisco Department of Public Health did not reveal much about details of Tovar's consultancy. Virgie Tovar, born in 1982, is an American author, lecturer and weight-based discrimination ...

San Francisco hires ‘fat-positive’ body image expert to work for health department Virgie Tovar describes the job as an ‘absolute dream come true’, as department yet to clarify what role ...