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Montreal Trans Training Opportunitity

We're forwarding this along from the Trans Health Network of Quebec:

Developing Competency with Transsexual and Transgender Patients: Primary Care and Hormone Prescription

DATE: Wednesday, March 31st, 2010
TIME: 6:30 pm
LOCATION: Centre St-Pierre, 1212 Panet, Room 201, Metro Beaudry, wheelchair accessible


We, The Trans Health Network of Québec, would like to officially extend to you an invitation to participate in what will be a unique and valuable training opportunity.  

The Trans Health Network is a collective comprised of several community organizations as well as a few individuals dedicated to promoting access to health resources for transgender, transsexual, and gender-variant individuals. In doing this, we have recognized that part of increasing access to healthcare for trans-identified people in the community is to build awareness of trans-specific healthcare needs amongst medical professionals – this includes knowledge of a number of specific issues such as prescribing hormone therapy and being sensitive to people’s chosen names and pronouns. 

We are contacting you because we have either had contact with you in the past, your name was recommended to us, or you have expressed interest in becoming more familiar with trans-specific healthcare. 
 
Thus, we would like to invite you to this special training opportunity. This will be a chance to become more familiar with the basics of respecting trans identities, find out the general state of access to healthcare for trans people in Québec, and learn how to prescribe hormone therapy and how to perform sensitive and respectful examinations. As well, this will be a chance for you to meet other medical professionals interested in providing better healthcare to trans-identified individuals.  

The future health of the trans community depends on being able to receive adequate and respectful healthcare – and for that we need you!

Please RSVP  by Monday, March 29th.
If you have any questions, please contact us at santetranshealth@gmail.com