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Health committee  We do. No, we just hide it easier. On that, too, I think you're going to see it more in men because there's way more of a stigma. Because women are so sexualized, when coming out as bisexual, people are like, “Oh, cool.” There's slut shaming and a whole bunch of stuff added to i

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  Locally in Windsor there's an amazing organization called W.E. Trans Support. They've trained all of the hospitals. They've done a whole facilities audit. They also put up a poster that's an accountability clause, that says, “If you haven't been given gender-inclusive service, pl

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  I agree with exactly what you just said.

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  In that stat you were quoting, it was 45% of trans folk who attempt.

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  I have a background in working with newcomers as well. There's an intersectional layer of oppression there. We need more services to be provided in an anti-oppressive way. A lot of times when we go to settlement agencies, we have translators, for example, and we don't know who...

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  I think the lesbian, gay, bisexual—the sexual orientation—part of our community has come a long way, but the trans movement has really just been starting over the last few years.

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  I think that some of the problems I've talked about are that we don't do a lot of data collection on specifically transpeople. We tend to group our whole community in one. I know Rainbow Health Ontario has done some, but it's such a small sample, and that's what I'm talking about

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  I think you're absolutely right. Trans youth especially need that wraparound support. There already are some great physicians out there who are working with trans kids and their families. I think the family support, if they're willing to accept it, is the key as well. We know tha

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  I think it's starting to change. With local child protection agencies I've worked with it becomes an issue of neglect at some point. It becomes harmful to allow your child to suffer with dysphoria. I think that child protection at that point needs to step in and provide that supp

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  It should be from trans-led organizations. I know there are a lot of pride organizations, and they do great work—don't get me wrong—but they're often led by cisgender people. They have the token transperson who does the group once a month. There are trans-led organizations doin

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  Well, I think that's with all women. We're sexualized in our community. We're not taken seriously by the main population. Often, our population is fetishized on TV, so that's what people see. I know when I am out with my partner I am approached all the time by people in a bar o

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  Sometimes it's not even necessarily about comfort, but I think we have opportunities to be outed more with the questions we're asked. For example, every time I go to the doctor, they'll say things like, “Are you sexually active? Might you be pregnant?” I'd say, “No.” “Well, are y

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  I've specifically experienced with youth that a lot of times they are not heard, or they are told they are bipolar, or it is just a phase or a contagion. Then those next steps aren't happening. It's the same thing with adults who are trans. A few of my adult trans folks have been

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach

Health committee  Can I make a comment?

May 2nd, 2019Committee meeting

Crystal Fach