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Queer the Table podcast, hosted by Nico Wisler
Consumedxx podcast, hosted by Spivey Knapik
Trans Eating Disorders Are All But Ignored by Medical Community, The Advocate
Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation, and Eating-Related Pathology in a National Sample of College Students (Elizabeth W. Diemer, 2015)
Gender confirming medical interventions and eating disorder symptoms among transgender individuals (R.J. Testa, 2015)
World Professional Association for Transgender Health Standards for Care
Nico is obsessed with counting calories. But this compulsion to monitor food doesn’t line up with how they see themself. Why does Nico want parts of their body to disappear? Why isn’t eating disorder treatment working?