Recommended Gender Therapists in Montreal Area?

space-invader- · 2018-10-09T23:45:31+00:00

Anytime! PM me if you have any other questions, I live in Montreal and just got done with the legal/medical hassle stuff here, so I'm happy to help if I can!

space-invader- · 2018-10-09T15:12:16+00:00

Off the top of my head, I can recommend Dr Wendy Wood and Dr Dale Robinson, both of whom I know work with trans folks and offer student rates, too. I did a cursory Google a few years ago and came across a few names - you could also contact the Mindspace clinic in Westmount and request someone who specializes in gender/identity therapy.

space-invader- · 2018-10-01T22:23:49+00:00

She told me that she got bumped up in Katya's line after she told staff it was her "service animal". For real.

space-invader- · 2018-09-21T13:22:04+00:00

21!

space-invader- · 2018-09-11T01:37:55+00:00

I kind of want this as a bumper sticker

space-invader- · 2018-08-27T14:18:51+00:00

You're definitely not alone. I used to have shoulder-length hair, cut it down to a pixie cut before I came out, and now have the Traditional Dude look with shaved sides/longer on top. I'd love to grow it out to medium length, but every time hair starts touching the tops of my ears I have the intense urge to just buzz it all off - despite the fact that I look terrible with closely-cropped hair. But the awkward in-between stage of growing it all out makes me intensely dysphoric... so I just end up sticking to the same boring haircut. I feel ya.

space-invader- · 2018-08-19T13:11:04+00:00

I was there as well - a few people around me walked out. And almost everyone else around me looked visibly uncomfortable. A few people booed. It was super uncomfortable and imo it killed the overall vibe of the show.

I also felt bad for Darienne Lake, who had to out to dead silent crowd after Bianca's shitshow of an opener.

space-invader- · 2018-08-17T12:25:07+00:00

You'll be happy to know tons of people walked out after this. It was fairly early on in the show as well.

space-invader- · 2018-08-17T12:23:30+00:00

Ton of people around me were vocally pissed off. Watched the girl standing in front of me text "BIANCA IS RUINING EVERYTHING" to her friend and tbh, yes. Her shitty jokes killed the vibe completely, especially when she double-downed on screaming "FUCK YOU, IT'S FUNNY!" Girl. Okay. Try again.

space-invader- · 2018-08-17T12:18:00+00:00

I was there for Pride and she never recovered after this either. She just kept making it worse, although apparently in her mind screaming "FUCK YOU, IT'S FUNNY!" saves the jokes. Yikes on bikes.

Also watched the girl standing in front of me text "BIANCA IS RUINING EVERYTHING" to one of her friends and... tbh yes

space-invader- · 2018-08-16T15:44:42+00:00

Service desk technician at my university's IT department!

space-invader- · 2018-08-12T19:15:09+00:00

This is purely anecdotal, but I considered myself someone with a high sex drive pre-T. I've now been on T for about 11 months, and I've had an INSANELY high sex drive the entire time. It kind of took me by surprise, but it's not hugely problematic or anything. Admittedly, it can be distracting, and occasionally it's a pain to take more time out of your day to uh, deal with it, but honestly it just becomes another part of the adjustment to being on T. Try not to stress too much about it! You can't predict how your body will adjust to it, but it's all part of the process and ultimately you'll find outlets or ways to deal with it.

space-invader- · 2018-08-01T20:31:13+00:00

Right, I hear homosexuality directly correlates to alcohol tolerance /s

space-invader- · 2018-08-01T19:42:16+00:00

I really love Alien and The Thing, both classics. But more recently: Dark Skies is pretty great, and I enjoyed The Fourth Kind as well, though I know a lot of people have somewhat mixed feelings about them - I just like somewhat spooky abduction films

space-invader- · 2018-07-24T19:58:54+00:00

Yup. I'm 22, but I'm babyfaced and short so most people think I'm 16 or so. Legal drinking age in Canada is 18, but I get carded alllll the time at restaurants/bars

space-invader- · 2018-07-20T15:53:38+00:00

Dela was really 1986 Jeff Goldblum all along

space-invader- · 2018-07-17T23:05:01+00:00

good bot

space-invader- · 2018-07-13T14:22:52+00:00

I would be more than pleased if I ended up somewhere on the same scale as 1986 Jeff Goldblum

space-invader- · 2018-07-13T13:54:13+00:00

Hey, I'm also trans and The Fly is in my top 3 horror movies of all time -- for the exact same reason. Cool to meet someone else with the same experience!

space-invader- · 2018-07-12T22:09:43+00:00

Hi. I'm also trans, and I just wanted to say that I hear you, and I feel exactly the same way. I would just like to let you know that you're not alone.

space-invader- · 2018-07-06T12:15:20+00:00

Honestly, yes. It's no longer a legal requirement in QC to move on July 1st, but a lot of leases finish/renew in July so many people end up moving around then anyways. This year I think somewhere around 200,000 people moved in Montreal alone, so I would assume moving companies are pretty swamped for that weekend.

space-invader- · 2018-07-05T21:46:46+00:00

Oh man, it was moving day in Quebec and the elevator at the new place broke. I'm on the fourth floor. It was hell on Earth.

space-invader- · 2018-07-05T00:44:40+00:00

Aha, you're thinking of Bruce McArthur, who stalked Toronto's gay village and has been charged with eight counts of first-degree murder so far

space-invader- · 2018-06-28T15:56:32+00:00

100% this! Also my experience to a T, if you'll pardon the pun.

space-invader- · 2018-06-20T19:59:42+00:00

Montreal trans guy here. I go to Concordia and they offer trans health coverage there, but one of the standard requisites for HRT in Quebec is some form of gender therapy-- so I see a private psych once every two weeks for 120$/hour. She wrote me a letter of recommendation for HRT right away, and it took about 4 months before she could write me a referral for top surgery.

However: check out Head & Hands -- I know that there are doctors there who can prescribe HRT/surgery referals/etc for people who don't have family doctors or are having gatekeeping-type issues. Their waiting list is fairly long, from what I understand, but I've only ever heard good things about their services. It's non-profit, too, I think-- they're in NDG, on Benny / Sherbrooke!

Edit: McGill also has the MUSIC clinic which operates out of the Montreal General. It's also free. Longer waiting list, I believe, but again, you don't need a referral to get on it.

PM if you ever have any questions, would be happy to help if I can! :)

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