Weight loss, dysphoria and the quest for ‘gendered’ bodies
‘I’m often made to feel like a monster’: From weight restrictions on gender-affirming care to punishingly high standards about desirability, trans people are facing an uphill battle not to hate their bodies
Black News 
What happens when access to a vital operation depends not only on medical need, but on a number on a BMI chart? This is the current predicament of 28-year-old M*, who is stuck in an agonising, years-long wait for top surgery. “With my first referral, the surgery was cancelled because I was over the BMI limit of 40,” they tell Dazed. “The surgeon kept me on the waiting list until I lost weight, but even when my BMIhellip;
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