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Stop using body mass index as qualifier for gender-affirming surgery, advocate says

A trans advocate in Halifax is calling for Nova Scotia's doctors and surgeons to stop using body mass index as an indicator of someone's health. Felix Vandergrift says the index is discriminatory and yet another barrier standing between trans individuals and life-changing gender-affirming surgeries. ....

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