Ep 01: What is Gender-Affirming Care?

Your gender-affirming care crash course! What are packing, binding, and tucking? What are the risks, benefits, and options for gender-affirming hormone therapy? And how can folks access this care in Atlantic Canada? We explore the non-surgical side of gender-affirming care. 

Featuring: 

• Meaghan-Ray Peters (they/them) - @Chest_binding_support
• Pascale Joëlle (any pronouns) - @Hellogender_ 
• Dr. Sue Atkinson (she/her)
• Gabriel Enxuga (he/they)
• Jocelyn Adams (she/her) - @gacpei

Timestamps:

• 02:51- What is social transition?
• 03:38- Chest binding
• 08:10- Chest taping
• 11:50- Padding
• 12:16- Packing
• 13:39- Tucking
• 16:01- Violence against trans folks
• 19:10- What is medical transition?
• 19:46- Gender-affirming hormone therapy
• 32:27- How to access GAC?
• 33:25- Coverage for GAC

Resources:

• WPATH SOC8
• Transformation Closet
• Sherbourne Guidelines
• Rainbow Health Ontario: Trans Primary Care Guide
• Trans Care BC
• prideHealth NS
• Gender Affirming Care PEI

Transcripts at linktr.ee/genderqueriespod

Instagram: @genderqueriespod

Recording dates: July 2025 (Pascale), Aug 2025 (Meaghan Ray, Dr. Atkinson, Jocelyn), Sept 2025 (Gabriel)