Emily’s story I was born in Mississauga. I have what most people would think of as a normal family; a Mom, a Dad, and a brother. My big brother was important to me. When I was younger I hung around a lot of his friends. I was a bit of…
Emily’s story I was born in Mississauga. I have what most people would think of as a normal family; a Mom, a Dad, and a brother. My big brother was important to me. When I was younger I hung around a lot of his friends. I was a bit of…
The first lawsuit by a gender detransitioner in Canada has been filed in Ontario. Michelle Z says of her claim “Through this action. I am not only seeking justice for myself, but also hoping to raise awareness about the recklessness of gender-affirming health care.” Gender affirmation care undertaken without assessment…
Mental health assessments have been called “stigmatizing”, “gatekeeping” and “barriers to care” by CPATH and other LGBTQ+ lobby groups. They are thus being systematically phased out of the field of gender medicine to be replaced by “affirmation,” and access to medical transition based on a client’s self-directed gender goals, even…
In a surprisingly direct editorial on Saturday, the National Post called for Canada to ban gender surgeries for minors and “take inspiration” from the recent reforms in Finland, Sweden and the UK to ensure Canadian gender questioning children receive appropriate and multi-disciplinary care. This significant statement by one of Canada’s…
A Joint Briefing Submitted on behalf of: Gender Dysphoria Alliance, LGB Alliance Canada, Vancouver Lesbian Collective, Genspect and Canadian Gender Report Now a matter of public record and published on the Our Commons website. The Situation Over the last ten years there has been a massive increase in the numbers…
Sweden prioritizes psychological support for gender diverse youth The long anticipated new guidance from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare (NBHW) was released last week. In it, the NBHW concluded that the evidence base for medical interventions for gender diverse youth is of low quality, and that hormonal…
The Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine Anyone who has been following the debates on medical gender transition of young people will have heard of the Society for Evidence-based Gender Medicine. Since 2019 this dedicated group of professionals has been challenging the shoddy science used to support the affirmative model of…
Many people will agree that referring to people by the pronouns they determine for themselves is basic to human dignity. Are our public schools, however, going beyond this mandate of teaching respect and acceptance for those who are different? The usage of pronouns have evolved from neutral 3rd person substitute…
In solidarity with parents around the world, we repost Genspect’s open letter in response to WPATH SOC v8 below. It’s not clear which standards of care are being used in Canada. CPATH (the Canadian Professional Association of Transgender Health) no longer seems to be affiliated with WPATH. Several Canadian trans…
Brief to the Standing Committee on Social Policy on Bill 17 – Gender Affirming Health Care Advisory Committee Act Canadian Gender Report November 8, 2021 Introduction Canadian Gender Report has five concerns about the current bill: The committee’s name “Gender Affirming” implies a bias towards a particular model of gender…
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