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The Transgender Health Program was launched by Vancouver Coastal Health in June 2003 to bring together transgender people and loved ones, health care providers, health planners, and researchers to work on improving transgender health services in BC. We welcome anyone who has a transgender health question or concern. Our services are free, anonymous, and confidential.
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Local and international clinicians expert in transgender care worked with transgender community members to create clinical protocol guidelines for Transgender Care for health providers in BC.
The Thursday drop-in group: This is a Peer facilitated group for people dealing with their own gender identity. Please call THP for locations or questions at 604.734.1514 ex 2. Dates: Thursdays from 5:30-7:00 pm.
Youth drop-in: Transgender youth and loved ones in the Lower Mainland have organized a drop-in for anyone age 24 and under who is transgender or the loved one of a transgender person (sibling, friend, partner, etc.). The group is a space to meet other youth who are interested in trans issues, watch trans movies, make art & ‘zines, eat free snacks, and get info about local resources.
Dates: Fridays from 6:30-8:30 pm. Please note: No meeting on the last Friday of each month. Click here for more youth info...
Trans Taking Care of Business - Trans Sex worker drop-in group: Meet for good food, info and support in a trans-friendly, safe and confidential setting. Please call April S. for locations or questions at 604.734.1514 ex 4.
Dates: Mondays from 5:00-7:00 pm. Click here for guiding principles...
Expanded Primary Care: Transgendered Primary Care Services
Thanks to significant efforts by many, we are now able to offer expanded primary care access for
transgendered persons requiring diagnosis, hormone readiness assessment, and related health care.
Changing Keys - Speech and voice training for transsexual women
An intensive course of group and individual therapy, led by a certified speech-language pathologist with extensive experience in transsexual voice.
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Transgender Health Program Community Forum
The Community Forum was a success, thank you all who attended and participated. Please se the attached files for more information and as a summary to matters discussed at the Forum.
Questions about how to get hormones or surgery?
The Trans Care Project consumer booklets explain the process.
Trans Care Project completed
In partnership with Transcend Transgender Support & Education Society, the Transgender Health Program has created practice guidelines for clinicians in BC who are already “trans-positive” but lack the clinical knowledge necessary to effectively work with the transgender community, as well as consumer information (for trans people and loved ones) and frameworks for clinician training.
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The term transgender (sometimes abbreviated to trans) refers to a person with a gender identity that is different from their birth sex or who expresses their gender in ways that contravene societal expectations of the range of possibilities for men and women. This umbrella term may include crossdressers, drag kings/queens, transsexuals, people who are androgynous, Two-Spirit people, and people who are bi-gendered or multi-gendered, as well as people who do not identify with any labels. Transgender community includes transgender people and their loved ones - partners, family members, friends, etc. (sometimes called SOFFAs - significant others, family members, friends and allies).
The Transgender Health Program supports and encourages transgender community members to make their own informed choices. All people seeking our services have the right to:
Transgender Health Program
Three Bridges Community Health Centre
301-1290 Hornby Street
Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1W2, Canada
Phone: 604.734.1514 or
866.999.1514 (BC only)
Fax: 604.633.4241
Web: transhealth.vch.ca/