It seems that Ontario will cover SRS under their medical coverage.

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Here's a link to the article. http://www.thestar.com/News/Ontario/article/425995 I wonder how much it costs to move to Ontario? Hmmmmm.

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Catherine Linda Michel

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If it's still required to go

If it's still required to go through CAMH (formerly Clark Center), then, trust me, getting a second or third job is the better option. Clark has had a fairly long and notorious history, and when it comes to the transgendered, it has barely improved past the days of electro-therapy. Dr Zucker is the head of 'our' department there, and he's got quite a few strikes against him as well, which is one of the reasons for a lot of the concern over him being appointed to the DSM committee.

Don't get me wrong, it's great that it's been reinstated, and it's a big achievement for Ontario's trans* community, but if it comes with camh as a requirement, it's a bitter victory. But lobbying and letter writing can always be done to try and change things, if camh is the required center to go through.

CAMH / Clark

Edeyn A friend of mine tells horror stories of the place. One of the actually for-real-and-for-true serious questions they asked her: "Do you plan on wearing jeans and slacks after transitioning?"

*blinkblink*

When she answered in the affirmative, they tsk'd at her and made notes and a fuss. Mind you, they were both women wearing slacks themselves!


Edeyn Hannah Blackeney
Wasn't it Jim Henson who said, "Without faith, I am nothing," after all? No, wait, that was God... Sorry, common mistake to make...

Adam and Eve

This reminds me of the two children in the art museum, standing in front of a painting of Adam and Eve.

The little boy asks which is which.

"Silly!" the girl says, "They'd have to have their clothes on for us to tell!"