Trans Day of Remembrance 2025
Today is the annual Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR). This is a day for Two-Spirit, trans, non-binary, and gender diverse communities to make space for grief and remember people that we have lost to anti-trans violence, on both an individual and systemic level. TDOR was started by Gwendolyn Ann Smith in memory of Rita Hester, […]
The TDOR Community Dinner is Nov 26
The annual community dinner for Trans Day of Remembrance will be held on November 26 this year. See all the TDOR events (that we know of!) listed at hthc.ca/tdor and on our social media.
What’s Happening in Alberta? (2.0)
If you’ve heard concerning or confusing information about Alberta banning gender-affirming care in the news recently, this post is for you! The summary: It’s bad. But trans people and their healthcare providers in Alberta have not given up and neither should we. In the fall of 2024, Alberta passed three anti-trans laws. These laws restricted […]
Statement on Anti-Trans Billboard Campaign
Sept 13, 2025 – UPDATE On August 8, the Mayor of Hamilton released a statement condemning the billboards and directing that they be removed because they did not follow City advertising rules and were on City-leased space. After this, these billboards went up in St. Catharines and were removed after a review. Another version of […]
Help Us Convince Google We’re Cool
We’re making changes to how the all-members email discussion list works so that the list works better for everyone. Google’s Gmail service is very particular about what it considers real email and what it considers spam. (Understandably; spam is annoying.) The problems we’ve had in the past month on the list arose because Gmail got […]
Happy Trans Day of Visibility to everyone who celebrates!
TDOV was created by Rachel Crandall-Crocker to celebrate trans life and bring trans communities together. In 2023, she explained: “I created the Transgender Day of Visibility back in 2009. And the reason why I did that, is because there was an awful lot of loneliness (…) and I wanted a day that we could be […]
Statement on Gender-Affirming Care Ban in Alberta
Last week, Alberta passed Canada’s first gender-affirming care ban, ignoring the medical consensus, evidence, and the trans youth and their families who begged them not to do this. We condemn these laws.
Increasing Access to the Mental Health and Addiction Program at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH)
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Trans Day of Remembrance 2024
We mourn those who we have lost to anti-trans violence, whether that violence was enacted by individuals or by policies and institutions.
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 and sports. This will begin next week when Alberta’s legislature reconvenes. The medications used in gender-affirming care will still be available to cis youth for other medical purposes, but they […]