I have terrible knee, hip, and back problems. I’ve been told repeatedly that I should lose the weight to make things better and that my weight is the cause of my problems.  No doctor has listened to me when I have told them that I have had knee issues since I was a skinny 12 year old or that the hip and back problems…

I used to think that weight was between a person and their doctor. Then I had sciatica about 10 years ago. My first neurology appointment the doctor shamed me for 45 minutes about how my weight was causing my sciatica. Fast forward 9 years and 50# lighter.... I still fucking have that sciatica and wish I could scream…

YES, 100% THIS. I lost over one hundred pounds in my early 20s. I went from my opinion not mattering to actually being a person of importance. Steadily gained the weight back until I was tipping the scales at nearly 300 pounds in 2012. A visit to a doctor (for an unrelated illness) was a wakeup call, and I spend the…

People who think their feelings are more important that providing healthcare to a person should not work in healthcare in any capacity.

See, I am no perfect-body-worshipping gay myself, and I have never aspired to have a six pack. But the presence of these men and this show doesn’t make me feel remotely bad about myself or excluded from anything. I have a fulfilling social, family and professional life and I’m entirely content and confident with that.