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Anyone know some of the shortest wait time for top surgery currently? Private or public doesn’t matter. (Hontscharuk, GRS, gracemed, Bryan Chung etc). Shortest wait times plus the current price would be nice for any and all surgeons currently. Thanks

im 20 yr old mtf i live in guelph for the academic year but im in toronto for the summer and i have only like 2 trans friends that i actually know irl and want to branch out and meet more ppl , anyone know any spots ?

How do you legally change your name in Ontario when you haven't lived here for a year and *can't* change it in the place you lived in before?

I'm trans. Using my deadname on all of my Ontario IDs is not an option.

Hi, I hope this is the right place to ask this.

I know this has been answered multiple times but I felt like I should ask this question just in case if new Laws had passed or something changed.

Myself I live in Finland, started my HRT back in January 2026 and I was considering the idea of some day in a couple years of making a move to Canada but I am unsure how the Trans-Healthcare System works?

For example here in Finland You start Your Journey by first making an appointment with Your Doctor who will then evaluate if Gender-Affirming Care is right for You.
Once You go through the hoops taking Psychiatric tests and visiting Psychiatrists who will give You the green light, then You can start by first doing a Blood Test.

The Medications that I take are Progynova 2 mg tablet (x2 a day) and Spironolactone 50 mg tablet (x3 a day)
And it's all covered, nothing is paid from my own pockets. Except if I do Cosmetic Surgeries like Hair Transplant, Facial Feminizing.

How does Gender-Affirming Care differ in Canada?
- Is Gender-Affirming Care covered, like HRT Medications, Surgeries?
- Is it hard or easier to start Gender-Affirming Care?
- Are Doctors/People more accepting and helpful?

Thank You ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

Hi everyone! Last time I posted here, I was asking about the wait time of WCH booking a surgery.

FINALLY!!! I have a surgery date and it’s happening soon. I guess the universe really listens to a stubborn heart. I just want to ask for any advice or suggestion about how to prepare for the surgery.

If you could do it all over again, what would you do differently? For the post op girls, any advice on how to recover fast and how to prevent complications like would separation? Besides the WCH resources about vaginoplasty, do you have other material that you read to prepare for the surgery?

Any advice or input is greatly appreciated!

Hey! Next year I’m getting my G1 license and some other important documents, and I’m aiming to legally get my name changed and preferred gender documented properly (only clinics I frequent and my chiropracting area has me documented as trans and preferred name), I’m not planning to start T for a year and a half, but I don’t want my first ID’s having me labeled by deadname and deadgender.

What do I do? Im in Sudbury if that helps, mainly just wondering if I can, without being on T yet, make my ID’s properly labeled or if I just have to cope with it. If I can do this though, who would I have to go to? How much would it cost?

officially 6 months on T!! super excited, going to a notary soon to sign some of my forms for name change + gender marker change. anyone know how long the wait time is right now? 😬

It didn’t take a lot of convincing after years of thinking about this. My doctor won’t prescribe birth control so he won’t help me.

Is there anything I can do so that my top surgery scars are lighter? I know you can get medical tattooing or tattoo over them, but I don’t necessarily want a huge chest piece,

And yes I’m looking for somewhere in Ontario lol

For a few reasons I don’t want to go through my family doctor for gender affirming care/referrals (for know). Am I allowed to do that? Will my family doctor be notified or will they be charged (like when you use a walk in clinic)?

I am watching the FIFA world cup and as I watch the games I keep thinking I am not a man. Now given, I'm a relatively intelligent person and I realize that I'm not a cis man. I struggle to articulate these thoughts and feelings of watching these players and feeling shite about myself. I start thinking that I am a fraud. Or how silly I am to think that I can present masculine. And it then comes down to not having a penis. I make myself suffer. Why am I like thus?

Nipple sensation is very important to me and so I've gone back and forth on wanting top surgery for a long time but binding and slouching is really starting to hurt my back.

I want top surgery but heard of some surgeons in the USA offering DI with FNG and targeted nipple reinnervation but I was wondering if anyone knows if there is a surgeon in Ontario that is offering that?

I don't know what to do. I don't think I can survive my life. I want to give up and disappear. I need help but I don't think it exists for me.

I am a disabled trans woman living in rural Ontario, far removed from any actual trans communities. I've been out for over 2 years, and in that time I have found 0 local community. Many times, I am the first trans person anyone ever interacts with, and this has caused so much friction especially with bureaucracy.

Harassment is common here. I have been physically assaulted, sexually assaulted, corporations and government agencies have denied my chosen name. I always have to fight for my rights, sometimes requiring me to get legal aid. Even when the law is on my side, I have to fight for my rights to be respected.

I did manage to find a wonderful community of trans women in Toronto, and they have been my lifeline in this world and helped me through much of my transition.

Traveling to Toronto is expensive, and Passport One (a funding program for disabled people to help them connect to community and more) used to cover my train tickets to Toronto for LGBTQ events. I pay for the tickets out of pocket, then they refund me after I make a claim.

This pride, Passport One declared the LGBTQ pride weekend a vacation, and will no longer cover any of my tickets to Toronto. The new rules are any event that takes place over multiple days is now a vacation.

The problem is a day trip to Toronto isn't feasible for me, the train to Toronto arrives at 9AM in my town, and then arrives in Toronto at 2pm. The only Train out of Toronto leaves at 5:30PM. With travel times and distance in the city, that leaves me maybe a chaotic hour at best to see my community.

Passport one has effectively cut me off from my trans community in Toronto. I've been fighting their decisions by myself for weeks but I have gotten no where.

My caseworker and social worker both are not allowed to help advocate for me or help me. They told me the ministry rules are that they can only encourage us to handle these situations on our own, because how else are disabled people supposed to learn? Feels a lot like a lifeguard watching a swimmer drown.

Because I already spent money for tickets that are not being reimbursed, I had to cancel my upcoming therapy sessions. With the way things look, I may not be able to afford any more therapy going forward.

The risk of suicide for trans people without support or community, who live in bigoted towns, is very high. Life was already hard without any direct local support. Now I'm being cut off from the only other physical support I had in this province.

I've been crying all day, and all I can think about are my ideations. I don't know who to ask for help anymore. I know how I would do it. I have for a long time. And I'm scared because I think this is going to be what happens.

It’s a good thing people can’t see the thoughts and fears running through my head.

It’s horrible but I am jealous of so many people and disappointed on how my journey has gone.

As much as I am happy for others it cripples me when I see a beautiful transgender person living there life.
I often wonder what I did in my past to make me be punished, and not let me find happiness.

I get told it’s a marathon.. that things take time.. but 5 years in I am no further ahead then I wise.. the only difference is no facial hair and long hair.

I work to hide, I work to deflect, it’s a horrible coping method but it keeps me numb.

I am lost, there is no help and no one that can help me find me..

My only goal in life is to keep my daughter happy and hide how bad I am hurting and hope she doesn’t see me crying.

I know there have been lots of people who've asked about changing their name and gender marker at the same time, but since I was not prepared the first time I needed a signature, it's always just been an ugly scribble of my deadname... which I've been wanting to change for years. I thought that since I was planning on fixing my legal name and gender marker soon, it may be a good time to change my signature too.

Has anyone changed all three at once? Is there anything you need to be careful of, and does that change the whole process at all?