Transgender and gender-diverse people in Ontario worry the potential loss of a virtual clinic offering gender-affirming care will leave the community with even fewer options to access what they describe as life-saving support. cbc.ca/radio/day6/gen…

Let love and acceptance of transgender and nonbinary people trend visibly now and in the incoming years. It is the social intervention we need --- both online and, most especially, offline.

Time to act on gender-affirming health care in Ontario. Health care for #transgender🏳️‍⚧️people has improved in the past two decades but progress has stagnated even as demand has risen, by Fae Johnstone, MSW ottawacitizen.com/opinion/johnst… via Ottawa Citizen Wisdom2Action #LGBTQ+

Changes made by the Ministry of Health will close Connect-Clinic TODAY. This is a disaster for Trans and gender diverse Ontarians. Dr. Kate Greenaway cannot afford to keep running the clinic; there must be an urgent alternative funding plan from the MoH #connectclinic #onpoli

"Detransition: Connecting Research, Practice, and Lived Experiences" Opening remarks by Drs. Kinnon MacKinnon & Annie Pullen Sansfaçon Keynote by Dr. Françoise Susset youtu.be/zQd-V9CGcYs

Detransition: Connecting Research, Practice, and Lived Experiences Presenting a new typology of #detransition sub-types youtu.be/BB8Oja17QuI by @Kinnon_Ross & Gabriel Enxuga, MSW RSW Thanks to the study team: Lori Ross Travis Salway Florence Ashley June Lam & others

Wordle 553 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Just timestamping this because I don’t think it will happen again anytime soon! #wordle

One of the best parts of 2022 for me was getting to work with you: an incredible researcher and friend! I have been grateful for our many chats! Happy new year, everyone!

From Emery Potter, Dr. Marudan Sivagurunathan, Kathleen Armstrong, MD MSc FRCSC, Janice Du Mont, Gianni Lorello MD, FRCPC, PhD(c), Alexi Millman, David Urbach, Yonah Krakowsky: Patient reported symptoms and adverse outcomes seen in Canada's first vaginoplasty postoperative care clinic pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36630152/

It was such an incredible presentation on an under discussed topic! Thank you, Jenn She, MD 👩🏻‍⚕️🌱 for your amazing work and presenting with such nuance and thoughtfulness. Also shout out to the pioneering research of Lori Ross in this area!

This public consultation for #2026Census includes questions about sex, gender, and household composition - all critical in understanding 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Please fill it out and pass it on! Centre for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Re:searching for 2SLGBTQ+ Health

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🧵 Tomorrow, Toronto City Council will vote on whether to increase access to warming centres this winter. CAMH physicians and healthcare providers across the city have written a letter urging John Tory and all City Councillors to vote in favour of this move. Here’s why. (1/7)

· Looking for #researchparticipants who are #men in #ontario to share their experiences with #suicidalthoughts and #suicidalbehaviours during the #pandemic. Learn more here: camhstudies.ca/download/1357_…

1/On Day 6 of #TransAwarenessWeek we highlight "Preventing transition 'regret': An institutional ethnography of gender-affirming medical care assessment practices in Canada" by Kinnon MacKinnon, Florence Ashley, Hannah Kia, June Lam, Yonah Krakowsky, & Lori Ross

So happy for ⁦June Lam⁩ ⁦IHPME⁩ ⁦ICES⁩ ⁦CAMH⁩ newest MD PhD! ⁦June Lam defended his PhD today.⁩ Incredible mentoring and supervision from ⁦Juveria Zaheer⁩ (brilliant academic and Jeopardy superstar)

The road to a PhD was a loooonnnng one, but the best part was building my research family, with #1 being the best mentors Paul Kurdyak & Juveria Zaheer! I get to do research highlighting health inequities in outcomes & access facing 2SLGBTQIA+ ppl, and they taught me how to do that.

Study information below! If you experienced thoughts of suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic and live in Manitoba or BC, please consider participating in our study.

Bestie defended!! Congratulations, June Lam 🤓🌈💜