Blue city hires 'fat positivity' expert to work as a consultant for health department | 17 Dec 2024 | 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 'You Have the Right to Remain Fat" and other published works on "fat positivity and body acceptance" announced on her Instagram Monday that she was hired to consult for the department, calling the collaboration an "absolute dream come true." Tovar's website lists her as a ​"plus-size Latina author, lecturer, and leading expert on weight-based discrimination and body positivity with over a decade of experience." Tovar offers DEI corporate trainings, per her website, which lists the Seattle Transit Agency, UC Berkeley and other notable companies as former clients.