Health committee  Perhaps I could just add that when my own son was starting this journey, my mother said to me, “What are the health risks of him starting hormone therapy?” I said, “The health risks of him not starting hormone therapy are a lot greater, and we'll probably find out down the road a

Health committee  Do you mean both?

Health committee  When my children told me, it was a bit of an adjustment. My eldest, who had already come out as a lesbian four years earlier said—

Health committee  He was 18 when he came out as a lesbian, and then at 22 he told us he was a transman. In the interim, our middle son came out as gay. I wanted to make sure that nothing was going to change. In retrospect, of course, we're all brilliant. Nothing did change. This was the same chi

Health committee  I do know that kids as young as two and three understand their gender identity, so it does need to be taught as early as we possibly can, as early as school starts.

Health committee  In Ontario it was just repealed.

Health committee  I think talking about it and being open. The way that I have with my own children is I talk about them and talk about their experiences and my experience as a parent. Only one small thing has changed; otherwise, they're the same people who they were before I found out. I think w

Health committee  Yes, in some there was. I don't want to generalize or stereotype, but yes, we do find that in some certain groups the biggest concern is, “What are the people in my community going to think?” Once we get down to that, because usually they don't tell us that right at the beginnin

Health committee  There certainly are now.... It depends what you consider to be senior.

Health committee  Okay. I do know some transgender people in that age bracket. They're out and finally able to live as who they couldn't be for a long time. I don't know personally very many over 60.

Health committee  It's both of those things. I think it needs to start in school with early education. Then there needs to be training in medical school and all the various specialties and different areas, including nursing and social work.

Health committee  LGBTQ2.

Health committee  Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the standing committee. Thank you for inviting me to participate in this important meeting on LGBTQ2 health. My name is Giselle Bloch, and I'm honoured to be here today. I'm not a scientist, a researcher or an expert; I'm a parent, and I