The literature in Fat Studies devoted to unpacking the complex intersections of fat and gender is theoretically diverse, politically transformative, and… almost entirely cis-centric. That is to say, not only is there barely a trans person in sight, but even as the shifting experiences, oppressions, and discursive constructions of fatness are painstakingly analyzed, the binary categories of “woman” and “man” are taken for granted (e.g., Gailey, 2014; Hartley, 2001; Monaghan & Malson, 2013; Whitesel, 2014). The aim of this chapter is to avoid the assumption that these categories are stable or self-evident and to highlight some assumptions underpinning existing Fat Studies approaches to gender through an exploration of fat/trans embodiment.

White, F. R. (2019). Embodying the fat/trans intersection. In M. Friedman, C. Rice, J. Rinaldi (Eds.), Thickening fat: Fat studies, intersectionality and social justice (pp.110–121). Routledge.