Surprising Canadian Healthcare Covered Surgeries

[Guest maplepower]

I have recently been told that both Manitoba and Ontario will pay for full SRS on F to Ms and M to Fs provided they have the correct medical/therapuetic documentation. Quebec, the province that seems to have the most respected gender altering surgery is cash and lot of it. Manitoba's plastic surgeon has been referred to as "a butcher". Free job from a butcher or nice job for $20,000?

I want to know if Canadian healthcare in these provinces will perform, for free, partial SRS... ie. breast removal and chest sculpting. I don't want bottom surgery as I consider nyself neutrois. These breasts are just plain, old in my way. I understand why Amazons removed the right breast to facilitate shooting with a bow and arrow. I am trying to get through life with two volleyballs preventing me from bending over properly or reach forward fully.

What is the word on neutrois, and T, too, and top surgery. If I tell my therapist I am neutrois are T and surgery out of the question?

[Guest Casey7890]

SRS is covered in Ontario? Everything I've read has said that OHIP stopped covering SRS in 1998.

[Guest Nire]

going to a butcher for your body doesn't sound all that great to me but maybe for partial it might be okay.

but I doubt the therapist will say no to the surgery or T unless they think T is like too much or something which is weird because that's a like a step towards neutral.

[Guest androgynous]

Plenty of girls do this as well, if it's large enough and causes back pains it's worth to consider. One of my ex girlfriends had it done when she was young and was the laughing stock on her class, but she got extreme sizes and they brought it back to a double D, of course leaving very visible scars which were not pretty to say the least.

[Guest maplepower]

SRS is covered in Ontario? Everything I've read has said that OHIP stopped covering SRS in 1998.

You know, I have heard so many different stories now that I am beginning to not believe anything. I have my first gender specialist appointment in mid-July. Hopefully she can help clear some of this up.

I'm not a he. I'm not a she. I'm just a me.

[Guest Ryles_D]

but I doubt the therapist will say no to the surgery or T unless they think T is like too much or something which is weird because that's a like a step towards neutral.

Actually, it's more like a step past neutral. A deep voice, facial hair, and masculinized face are too far- and the clitoral growth can add to dysphoria. This is just my situation, other neutrois can and most likely do feel differently, but taking T would've been the worst mistake of my life. With non-binaries you have to be more careful because it's too easy to go too far, especially with T, and do irreversible damage.

If you do want T and surgery, maplepower, you probably can get it. It's possible you'll be the first neutrois your therapist has met, but if you explain that you're aware of the permanent changes T causes (some of which I mentioned) and that they are what you want you'll probably be able to get it. I don't see why neutrois would keep you from getting top surgery- your dysphoria is as valid as a transguy's- and I'm sure taht they cause pain helps. You could probably try getting them off and covered by healthcare (with a good, non-butcher surgeon) for the back pain alone if you wanted to.

[Guest Christina S]

SRS is covered in Ontario? Everything I've read has said that OHIP stopped covering SRS in 1998.

Yeah SRS was relisted last year. The surgery is done in Montreal (at least for those from Ontario). Apparently some are upset about the process though. You have to go through CAMH like in 1998 before it was delisted.

http://www.xtra.ca/public/viewstory.aspx?A...B_TEMPLATE_ID=5

Given the fight recently in Alberta over delisting SRS I'm not sure any province that already covers this will try to delist again.

[Guest Nire]

Actually, it's more like a step past neutral. A deep voice, facial hair, and masculinized face are too far- and the clitoral growth can add to dysphoria. This is just my situation, other neutrois can and most likely do feel differently, but taking T would've been the worst mistake of my life. With non-binaries you have to be more careful because it's too easy to go too far, especially with T, and do irreversible damage.

oh sorry!

[Guest Joanna Phipps]

SRS is covered in Ontario? Everything I've read has said that OHIP stopped covering SRS in 1998.

It has been relisted but CAMH are the gate keepers,

BC will pay for it but will send you to Quebec (2 years documented RLE required),

Alberta delisted it as to the rest I have no idea