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)
Click here to access the link at the QR code in the poster below
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 […]
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 receive an honorarium. Download the PDF:
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.