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Getting top surgery coverage as a non-binary person is …

WebThe only problem: I knew very little about the process of getting top surgery. Turns out, it’s a lengthy, frustrating one—not only for myself but also for others with …

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How to improve LGBTQ2S+ healthcare in rural areas

WebDesrosiers considers their LGBTQ2S+ health education to have begun in 2016, when they moved to Montreal, a city where queerness wasn’t subject to the same …

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I’m a queer Black woman — misogynoir cost me my health

WebXtra is being blocked on Facebook and Instagram for Canadians as part of Meta’s response to Bill C18. Stay connected, and tell a friend. Black queer feminist …

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Here’s why the ‘Cass Review’ matters—even if you aren’t …

WebThe Cass Review —also known as the Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People —is a nearly 400-page report published …

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Inside Canada’s chronically underfunded trans-affirming …

WebInside Canada’s chronically underfunded trans-affirming clinics. Despite more outward support for the community, legal protections and greater visibility, trans …

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New bill aims to give trans Ontarians a say on healthcare …

WebToronto Centre MPP Kristyn Wong-Tam has reintroduced a bill to build a provincial gender-affirming healthcare advisory committee. Toronto Centre NDP MPP …

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In the face of COVID-19 fears, L.A.’s Leo Moore enlists …

WebThis story is part of Your Communities In Action, a continuing series on LGBTQ2 folks coping and caring for each other during the COVID-19 crisis.. D r. Leo …

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Rainbow Health Ontario launches LGBTQ-affirming …

WebO n June 22, Rainbow Health Ontario (RHO), a program of Sherbourne Health in Toronto, launched LGBTQ2SQ Health Connect—a new online learning …

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Raising the bar: How an Edmonton gym is making …

WebIn January 2023, the first cohort of trans and non-binary clients were enrolled in a free six-week “Intro to Weight Lifting” pilot program, called Fitness Trans Formed. …

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Can I still take testosterone if I have polycystic ovarian syndrome

WebThe one place where it is likely to actually improve the risk is with the uterine lining. That’s because testosterone actually causes atrophy or thinning of the uterine …

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Health Liberation Now! is challenging the way anti-trans groups

WebIn January 2021, Ky Schevers and Lee Leveille launched Health Liberation Now! (HLN), an organization that both puts forward a positive vision of liberation for …

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Here’s where underhoused trans folks in Ontario can recover from

WebIn 2011, it began to serve people undergoing cancer treatment and in 2016, people recovering from gender-confirming surgery began to be served. What hasn’t …

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Bathhouses outlasted the AIDS epidemic, but will they survive …

WebB ack in February, Toronto’s Spa Excess shut down for repairs after a laptop caught fire on a mattress in one of its rooms. Just as the renovated club was set to …

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Everything you need to know about getting top surgery in Canada

WebWhen reached by Xtra, Rainbow Health Ontario confirmed that, unlike in other provinces, the entire top surgery procedure is not covered by the provincial health …

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A look back at Robert Mapplethorpe’s powerful queer portraits

WebIconic photographer Robert Mapplethorpe captured a rich array of subjects during his brief, yet prolific and heavily influential career. Since the 1960s, the self-taught …

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Is it safe to tuck

WebKatherine Gardner is a queer family medicine physician who cares for many patients who tuck. “Lots of people come in with a lot of fears. The skepticism and …

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Mae Martin talks ‘Feel Good,’ comedy and John Wick as gender

WebCredit: Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection. There’s a moment early in the first episode of the newest season of Netflix’s Feel Good where the fictionalized version …

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