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Today is the annual Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR). This is a day for Two-Spirit, trans, non-binary, and gender diverse communities to make space for grief and remember people that we have lost to anti-trans violence, on both an individual and systemic level.

Hamilton's TDOR events: hthc.ca/tdor/
Trans Day of Remembrance 2025. TDOR events happening in Hamilton: hthc.ca/tdor/
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Alberta's government may use the notwithstanding clause to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth. This post explains what's happening, why it matters, and what we can do about it.
What’s Happening in Alberta? 2.0. If you’ve heard concerning or confusing information about Alberta banning gender-affirming care in the news recently, this post is for you! The summary: It’s bad. But trans people and their healthcare providers in Alberta have not given up and neither should we.
October 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Premier Smith had downplayed & denied any intention of invoking the notwithstanding clause to protect its transphobic legislation from being struck down.

Now, behind closed doors, internal government documents confirm their plan to strip away the fundamental rights of Albertans, particularly youth.
Alberta Exposed: The Secret Plan to Override Albertan's Charter Rights. For months, Premier Danielle Smith downplayed and outright denied any intention of invoking the notwithstanding clause to protect its transphobic legislation from being struck down. Now, behind closed doors, internal government documents confirm their plan to strip away the fundamental rights of Albertans, particularly youth, through extraordinary legal powers. Egale Canada and Skipping Stone call in Albertans - and all Canadians - to see this for what it is: an abuse of power by the government. This action will go down in history as a disgraceful betrayal of the people they are sworn to serve. Call, email and write to your MLA and the Premier and let them know this can not stand. A quote from Lindsay Peace (she/her) Co-Executive Director at Skipping Stone: "At every step of this legislation, our community has pleaded out to the government to understand the suffering they are causing. At each step, instead of listening to those being harmed, they've doubled down showing they are comfortable trading the lives of children to advance their own hateful ideology. By invoking this clause, they've stolen our province away from us." A quote from Helen Kennedy (she/her) Executive Director at Egale Canada: "This is an unconscionable attack on 2SLGBTQI people, and a horrific example of state-sponsored transphobia right here in Canada. When our governments abuse their power by invoking the notwithstanding clause to limit the protections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms it's not just an attack on queer and trans communities, it is an attack on all Canadians."
September 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Community Update - Please Be Aware (again).

There is another digital billboard, this time at King and Hess, displaying an advertisement that calls for an end to gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Community Update - Please Be Aware (again). There is another digital billboard, this time at King and Hess, displaying an advertisement that calls for an end to gender-affirming care for trans youth.
September 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Update: Last night, @mayorandreahorwath.bsky.social stated that she had directed that the billboards be taken down because the "unacceptable content" was "on City-leased space, and City advertising rules were not followed".
hamtranshealth.bsky.social Hamilton Trans Health Coalition @hamtranshealth.bsky.social · Aug 8
Community Update – Please Be Aware

There are currently digital billboards along the Linc in Hamilton, that are displaying an advertisement that calls for an end to gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Community update – please be aware. There are currently digital billboards along the Linc in Hamilton, that are displaying an advertisement that calls for an end to gender-affirming care for trans youth.
August 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Community Update – Please Be Aware

There are currently digital billboards along the Linc in Hamilton, that are displaying an advertisement that calls for an end to gender-affirming care for trans youth.
Community update – please be aware. There are currently digital billboards along the Linc in Hamilton, that are displaying an advertisement that calls for an end to gender-affirming care for trans youth.
August 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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We thank the authors of this recent opinion article for drawing attention to this serious issue affecting gender-affirming care access and the rights of trans and gender diverse people worldwide.

Full article available here: www.thespec.com/opinion/cont...
Screenshot of The Hamilton Spectator opinion article from July 12, 2025 with the title "No pride in pseudo-science" and the by line "McMaster University must take seriously the reputational, ethical and real-world harms of allowing hate-funded research to masquerade as science". Text underneath screenshot reads "The following are key quotes from a recent opinion article in The Hamilton Spectator by Katherine Boothe, sasha skaidra, Dr. Angela Jones and Dr. Jessica Johnson"
July 18, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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We condemn these laws. Read our statement and what you can do at hamiltontranshealth.ca/statement-on...
What's Happening in Alberta? Last week, Alberta passed Canada’s first gender-affirming care ban, ignoring the medical consensus, evidence, and the trans youth and their families who begged them not to do this.
December 12, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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Each year on November 20th, we publish a statement to commemorate the annual Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR). We mourn those who we have lost to anti-trans violence, whether that violence was enacted by individuals or by policies and institutions. Read our statement at hthc.ca/tdor-2024.

#tdor
November 20, 2024 at 5:07 PM