Providing care and support through all stages of a patient’s journey

GraceMed Mississauga enhances its longstanding reputation within the transgender community with aesthetic gender-affirming care service

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Helping patients to become their true selves

A journey to self-discovery and GraceMed Mississauga’s long-running support within the trans community

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Video

Could Canadian anti-trans policies foreshadow abortion rights rollbacks?

Pro-life campaigns are already connecting the dots between Alberta premier Danielle Smith’s anti-trans policies and their own agendas

By Xtra Video

Trans Health

Inside TransCare+, a new Canadian directory of trans health resources

This new site site aims to be the one-stop shop for Canadian trans healthcare

By Niko Stratis

Trans Health

Here’s why the ‘Cass Review’ matters—even if you aren’t in the U.K.

ANALYSIS: A new report is setting the stage for the future of trans healthcare in the U.K.—and it could spell bad news

By Mel Woods, Oliver Haug

Trans Health

What you need need to know about gender-affirming care for youth

What sort of healthcare is available? Do parents have any say? Is the healthcare safe and effective?

By Charlotte Dalwood

Identity

‘Gender ideology,’ the new anti-LGBTQ2S+ buzzword, explained

Experts weigh in on what the term tells us about the goals, language and future of the global anti-trans movement

By Tobin Ng

Youth

Understanding ‘social contagion theory’ and what it means for trans kids

Where did this idea come from? How does it affect the trans community? Does the science hold up?

By Julia Peterson

Video

NHS suspends puberty blocker prescriptions in England

Young people will no longer be prescribed puberty blockers at gender identity clinics, according to a new policy released this week

By Xtra Video

Politics

Brianna Ghey’s legacy must be liberation—not further harm

ANALYSIS: Why restricting social media would be dangerous for kids

By Eli Cugini, Ilya Maude

Video

Fact-checking Radio-Canada’s ‘Trans Express’ documentary

ANALYSIS: A recent French-language piece is another example of poor reporting on trans issues from Canada’s mainstream media

By Xtra Video

History

How Jamison Green’s visibility paved the way for a generation of trans men

The author, activist and public figure has fought back against trans men’s erasure for decades

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Politics

Ohio’s trans healthcare ban sets dangerous precedent ahead of 2024 election

ANALYSIS: Ohio has set a new precedent for using gubernatorial powers to indirectly outlaw transition—other states may follow

By Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Politics

Can the federal government stop Danielle Smith’s anti-trans policies?

OPINION: The answer, like the politics that surround the proposals themselves, is complex

By Dale Smith

Trans Health

Canada’s right is ushering in a dangerous anti-science era

OPINION: Provincial and federal leaders like Pierre Poilievre and Danielle Smith are willing to spew misinformation, take away healthcare and ultimately put trans youth at risk—all to score political points

By Ziya Jones

Video

What Pierre Poilievre is getting wrong about puberty blockers

The Conservative Party of Canada leader appears to only want people past puberty to use them, which would make them redundant

By Lito Howse, Mel Woods

Politics

The Alberta government is trying to legislate how you raise your kids

OPINION: The premiere’s proposed parental rights policies stomp all over families’ freedom to decide what’s best for them

By Florence Ashley

Politics

There’s a growing list of LGBTQ2S+ organizations and allies condemning planned anti-trans policies in Alberta

Medical organizations, politicians and queer groups say Danielle Smith’s proposed policies are stigmatizing and dangerous

By Oliver Haug