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.
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.
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to everyone who celebrates
TDOV can be alienating to people who have no choice about their visibility. Trans femme, racialized, and disabled trans communities face higher rates of harassment and violence.
Statement on government of Alberta’s newly announced policies
The policy changes announced yesterday by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith put trans youth at risk, taking recent politically motivated legislative and policy changes targeting trans and gender diverse communities in Saskatchewan and New Brunswick even further. This is a direct attack on trans and gender diverse youth that will cause harm.
Trans Day of Remembrance: November 20, 2023
This year on TDOR, we remember everyone murdered through the violence of colonial occupation, whether directly by weapons and bombardment, or indirectly by the coordinated obstruction of the necessities of life.