Kootenay & BC Resources
BC Association for Community Living is a federation working with partners to build community and to enhance the lives of children, youth and adults with developmental disabilities and their families by supporting abilities, promoting action and advancing rights, responsibilities and social justice.
Queer Kootenays – like the sign says… also note: kootenaypride@yahoo.ca
Nelson Cares: Community-based programs ensure that the quality of life in Nelson improves for all people.
The Advocacy Centre is a non-profit, community-based organization which provides legal information, education and problem solving for low-income residents of the Central Kootenays. We also provide specialized victim assistance to victims of relationship violence, sexual assault and child abuse.
ANKORS – A Kootenay, British Columbia agency - Support, advocacy, prevention, education, information, and volunteer networking opportunities designed to respond to the evolving needs of those living with and affected by HIV/ AIDS / HEP C (based on the principles of harm-reduction).
Nelson Women’s Center - West Kootenay Women’s Association & the Nelson & District Women’s Center – A rural women’s center with 36 years of herstory. Many feminist programs and projects.
NOGLO North Okanagan Gay and Lesbian Organization) is a social society that organizes dances and social gatherings in a safe environment.
SOGLO (South Okanagan Gay and Lesbian Organization
Femininjas (Vancouver) - We envision a feminism for all women. We want a world that makes decisions where those most affected are the ones first heard. And we believe that this is only possible when we hear and honour the voices of women in sex work, transsexual transgedered and intersex women, kinky women, and women who have been abused by their same-sex partners.
Rainbow Rockies – Including the communities and surrounding areas of Cranbrook, Golden, Invermere, Creston, Fernie, Sparwood, and the Crowsnest Pass. Information, social events and support.
Youth Groups (Kootenays)
Nelson Youth Center – Nelson & District Youth Centre (also NDYC) is in its seventh year of operation. The Youth Centre has staff present at all times to promote a safe, positive atmosphere and to welcome all youth to their facility. Along with a variety of programs and daily schedule of events, NDYC is a great place for youth to hang out.
Bored In Castlegar – Youth group in Castlegar, BC.
Freedom Quest Regional Youth Services – We offer confidential services to Youth and Families throughout the West Kootenay Boundary area ranging from youth drug and alcohol prevention, counseling and support to family support and referral.
Kootenay Family Place - Kootenay Family Place (KFP) was incorporated on January 17, 1972 as a non-profit organization with charitable status. At that time the society had four staff and provided a small child care program called Hobbit Hill Children’s Centre. KFP now offers 14 different programs in five locations. We employ over 45 full and part time staff who serve children, youth and families throughout the West Kootenay and Boundary Region.
Outlet youth group in Castlegar: – Contact: Veronique at(250) 304-2676 or email veroniquefq@shaw.ca
Outlet youth group in Nelson: – Contact: Stacey Lock at(250)352-5656 or email ndycpeers@netidea.com
Outlet youth group in Trail – Contact: Cindy Cropley a(250) 364-0082 or email cindyfq@shaw.ca
Outlet youth group in Boundary: Christina Lake, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Midway and Rock Creek – Contact: Linda Manzon at(250) 443-3160 or email linda.manzon@interiorhealth.ca
Other Kootenay Links
Christine Sutherland – Sutherland Massage Productions has produced an educational series of how-to videos and DVDs on massage topics ranging from People to Pets.
Oxygen Art Center – Oxygen Art Centre is a multi-disciplinary arts center located in Nelson, British Columbia.
Kootenay Coop – The Kootenay Co-op is a large, member-owned cooperative offering natural, organic foods and products in Nelson, the heart of Kootenay Country in British Columbia, Canada.
Canadian Links
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.
Public Service Pride – The Public Service Pride Network (PSP) brings together gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) public servants from departments and agencies of the federal government.
Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH)
CPATH was formed in 2007 when a group of Canadian health care providers met at the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Biannual Symposium in Chicago. The focus of this group was to form a network of care providers across the country that could meet and share ideas and research on an annual basis and also thorough a secured online community.
Egale Canada is a national organization that advances equality and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans-identified people and their families across Canada.
PFLAG Canada - Supports, educates and provides resources to anyone with questions or concerns. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Canadian Constitution, Human Rights Act, Charter Of Rights and Freedoms – Department Of Justice
Trans Parent Canada – Invites you to share your experiences, concerns and joys as your trans children take steps in their journey towards authenticity.
Canadian Federation For Sexual Health – What Does It Mean to be Transgendered or Two-Spirited?
Dented Blue Mercedes – Mercedes Allen, trans-activist blogger from Alberta.
Trans Alliance Society – Transgender support, education, outreach and advocacy.
Canadian Lesbian & Gay Archives – a group of volunteers working in Toronto to preserve lesbian and gay history in Canada and beyond. We’ve been at it since 1973. And we’re organized to continue this work — and preserve that history — long into the future.
Alberta Trans - AlbertaTrans.org functions primarily as a network for trans-related communities in Alberta and a link to more across Canada.
Facial Feminization Surgery (FFS) in Montreal
Gender Reassignment Surgery (GRS) in Montreal
Other Links
Transsexual Road Map – This site has 1,600+ pages of helpful information.
FTM International – spanning 23 years and 18 countries– to build and strengthen FTM lives and serve the female-to-male community.
National Center For Transgender Equality – The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is a social justice organization dedicated to advancing the equality of transgender people through advocacy, collaboration and empowerment.
Transgender Care - information derived from the summary data of many treatment encounters through the specialty practice of the Tampa Gender Identity Program, the accounts of various providers, and abstractions from medical, psychological and health sciences data contained in the public domain. Also, information for friends of transgender.
TransWriters.net – TransWriters.net is a community portal designed to connect transgendered and genderqueer writers with new readers and with professionals in book development and publishing, including agents, editors, illustrators, photographers, graphic artists and website designers. We are a non-profit organization created to help authors find the information and resources to pursue self-publishing or finding a traditional agent or publisher for their work.
GID Reform Advocates - are medical professionals, caregivers, scholars, researchers, students, human rights advocates, and members of the transgender, bisexual, lesbian and gay communities and their allies who advocate reform of the psychiatric classification of gender diversity as mental disorder.
The National Coalition for LGBT Health - is committed to improving the health and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and communities through public education, coalition building and advocacy that focus on research, policy, education and training.
HBS International - focuses on International Activism for the very basic human rights of children born with Harry Benjamin’s Syndrome, and for to spread accurate and updated information about the condition.
International Foundation for Gender Education – IFGE is a non-profit advocacy organization founded in 1987. We have rededicated ourselves to outreach through education for the emancipation of all people from restrictive gender norms.
OII – The Organisation Intersex International (OII) is devoted to systemic change to end the fear, shame, secrecy and stigma experienced by children and adults through the practice of non-consensual normalisation treatments for people born with atypical anatomy, and the arbitrary assignment of a particular gender without an informed consultation with the individual concerned.
GLBTQ – An encyclopedia of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual and queer culture.
Transgender and Buddhism is a network for transgender buddhist and transgenders who are interest in buddhism.
Proposal of Standards Of Care For Harry Benjamin’s Syndrome (SOC-HBS)
First Draft, May 2006 by Charlotte Goiar, Author.
Harry Benjamin’s Syndrome Basic Information
by Charlotte T.GA. and Melanie l’Heuremaudit
Non-Advocates
Anne Lawrence – a sexologist and former anesthesiologist who runs a medical resource site for trans women at annelawrence. com. Dr. Lawrence also self-identifies as having a sex-fueled mental illness called “autogynephilia.”
J. Michael Bailey – The Man Who Would Be Queen
Ray Blanchard – is the head of the gender program at Toronto’s notorious Clarke Institute. His “contributions” to the field of gender identity issues to date have been:
* Regressive requirements for access to medical service
* Forced submission to sexualized testing in order to get access to medical services
* An obscure and largely-forgotten disease model of gender identity cribbed from Magnus Hirschfeld
Quote: “A man without a penis… is in reality what you are creating.”
Ken Zucker is a psychologist at the Clarke Institute (aka “Jurassic Clarke”) in Toronto. Zucker is famous for forcing gender-variant children into reparative therapy to conform to his expectations for male and female behavior in children. He considers transsexual women a “bad outcome” for gay men.
Stephen J. Hucker, MB, BS, FRCP(C), FRCPsych Consulting Forensic Psychiatrist, Professor, Law & Mental Health Program, University of Toronto
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Here are some links to the American Psychiatric Association and their little black book.
DSM-IV-TR®
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual Of Mental Disorders
Fourth Edition Text Revision
Gender Identity Disorder (posts at APA)
Here’s the latest proposed change to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) via the APA site