We are a non-profit coalition of health care providers, advocates, and community members working to increase the capacity of health systems in Hamilton, Ontario to meet the needs of trans, gender-diverse, and non-binary people.
We invite you to learn more, support our work, join us, provide gender-affirming care, expand gender-affirming care in your practice or organization, and advocate for access to gender-affirming care in your community.
Trans Day of Remembrance 2024
Each year on November 20th, we publish a statement to commemorate the annual Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR). We mourn those who we have lost
Statement on Incoming Gender-Affirming Care Ban in Alberta
Recently, the government of Alberta recommitted to banning and restricting gender-affirming care for Albertan trans youth, along with passing other anti-trans legislation impacting both education
New Study: access to mental health and addictions care
People from Hamilton who identify as Indigenous and/or 2SLGBTQIA+ and have feedback about mental health services at St. Joe’s can join this study and will
IDAHOBIT 2024: Everyone deserves to feel safe and accepted
Anti-trans policy and legislative shifts highlight the pervasiveness of anti-trans attacks on safety, bodily autonomy, and healthcare access. This is not a faraway problem impacting people we do not know and will never meet.
Recognize and End Interphobia
Trans and intersex people experience discrimination for having bodies and experiences that do not conform to socially constructed sex and gender binaries.
OMA policy: Supporting 2SLGBTQ+ People
The Ontario Medical Association recognizes that gender-affirming care significantly enhances health and social outcomes.