Comments for The Gilbert Centre https://gilbertcentre.ca Bringing The Community Together Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:44:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 Comment on Harm Reduction for Opioid Users by james gough https://gilbertcentre.ca/harm-reduction-for-opioid-users/#comment-1427 Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:44:16 +0000 http://gilbertcentre.ca/?p=2320#comment-1427 You should NEVER leave anyone in medical distress….there are now laws to protect the caller from charged.Be a good samaritan.

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Comment on Is PrEP Free for Everyone in Ontario? by Steven Thomas https://gilbertcentre.ca/is-prep-free-for-everyone-in-ontario/#comment-1426 Sat, 03 Apr 2021 02:25:04 +0000 http://gilbertcentre.ca/?p=2325#comment-1426 I am a sexually active gay man who is 65 years old and I take PrEP. Anyone who thinks you don’t NEED PrEP at my age is an absolute moron. Just because Iyou can’t afford it doesn’t mean I shouldn’t get it if I can afford it. If you are that broke then apply for Ontario Trillium benefits and stop your whining.

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Comment on My Adventure Coming out as Trans by Norma R https://gilbertcentre.ca/coming-out-as-trans/#comment-1425 Mon, 08 Feb 2021 01:49:43 +0000 http://gilbertcentre.ca/?p=2463#comment-1425 Hi Anie Gorden:

February,07/2021

I just opened up your story, it had touched me, That is actually how I’m been felling for the Past 50 years or so, I am 61 now and started back when i was 9 or 10, I was always in trouble back in school al the way up to grade 9. I just made the passing grade. I specialize in the Restaurant Services, Commerical Baking and Music. I worked in the School Cafetaria on my lunch, word fo 20min. lunch 20 min. My 1st job that i got through school part time down in the CNE, I worked there for 3 years in the catering. I got my first full Time job at Diminion Stores Bakeryies , now Metro. Back in the 80’s things started to change for the grocerys stores , I had other baking jobs, and still worked at Dominion in the maintanice until stores started to closed up , there were lay-off, bumbing for seniorty. I got the hell out of there befor I got laid off compleatly . I got in the MTRCA seasonal fulltime , 4 years seasonal then full time for the other 2 years in the catering department, I left there back in August, 1989 I wasnt seeing a future there, as my job title was unit Manager then field supervisor for the last 2 years, then I joined TTC and i worked for 30 years till retirement.

Back to my desires to change into a woman back then I didn’t have the knowledge and I didnt know who to talk to. Ya back I played with other Girls and dolls and I didn’t have many male friends. I have always dressid in the house and never went out< I worried what other's would think to tell my parrents, if some ont snitch i was smooking i'm sure they tell them i was wearing a dress, My Mother came home from work early 1 day and caught me with one of her skirts on, thats only I fell a sleep with it on. She had yelled at me to take it off and called me a ferry, instead talking to me about wearing it and got me some support, over the years I kept on dressing up , I had started to be out in public was I jioned a fitness club Downtown Toronto and started to ware tights and a leotard, 1 year an work our department had a christmas party and we were doing skits. I went all out and dress as a female, with the full make up on, I had felt very confertable all dress up. Over the past 30 years I had gone out a nd bought female clothing, the first time my wife found my bra & panties she thought I was fooling around, I had convinced that they were mine, which i had convience her that there was no one else, I had kept this dressing up from my wife for 28 years, I had even gone and bought Maturity clothing, if the store would let me buy 1 of them pillow's I would, I even gone to bridle shops and tried on Weeding gowns on, thing that I would like to be a bride, I even gone to Fertility Clinics, and talked about fertility drugs. With all the information out there today, this past year, I started to dress up more and more , and I started to come out of my shell and Messaged some friencs growing up with, only way my wife found out was through 1 of my message which I didn;t have it in private mode, and I wanted the right time to talk to my wafe about my feelings of desire waanting to be a woman, couple of weeks I reached out my new family docttor to get some help and support, I was in touched with the Couchiching Family Health Team, And I have my 1st phone appiontment on February 08/2021. and I just cant wait quick enough .

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Comment on My Adventure Coming out as Trans, Part 2 by Mickilus Belcourt https://gilbertcentre.ca/coming-out-as-trans-2/#comment-1424 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 18:47:22 +0000 http://gilbertcentre.ca/?p=2480#comment-1424 Well done how can I contribute some writting

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Comment on My Adventure Coming out as Trans by Jennifer S https://gilbertcentre.ca/coming-out-as-trans/#comment-1423 Fri, 06 Nov 2020 14:25:56 +0000 http://gilbertcentre.ca/?p=2463#comment-1423 What a touching and heart warming story . I am so glad you could finally be authentic you!!
I am a mother to a transgender son and am so proud to call him my son.

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Comment on My Adventure Coming out as Trans by Sara Thomson https://gilbertcentre.ca/coming-out-as-trans/#comment-1422 Wed, 22 Jul 2020 11:22:53 +0000 http://gilbertcentre.ca/?p=2463#comment-1422 I always told myself “things would be different if you were younger, if you lived in Toronto, if you’re parents weren’t around.” Thanks for sharing.

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Comment on Is PrEP Free for Everyone in Ontario? by John William Foster Bowman https://gilbertcentre.ca/is-prep-free-for-everyone-in-ontario/#comment-1421 Mon, 20 Apr 2020 22:09:52 +0000 http://gilbertcentre.ca/?p=2325#comment-1421 Why in the world would anyone over the age of 65 need PRep . Seriously the people that NEED access to it the most are ages 21 to 50. I cant even begin to access it or afford it and I’m a extremly active gay man. I’d love to be able to get it for free. 65 and old wtf?

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Comment on My Non-Binary World by Colleen Cooey https://gilbertcentre.ca/non-binary-world/#comment-1420 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 17:58:03 +0000 http://gilbertcentre.ca/?p=2602#comment-1420 I am grateful for your article and your incredible ability to articulate your thoughts. My youngest identified as non binary at the age of 15 and has been on this journey of self discovery since. At 20 years old my conversations with them reflect your words thoughts and feelings about the society around us. As a parent I held much blame and guilt myself until I understood it was not mine to hold. My now adult child is an incredible support to others and an inspiration to me. I am grateful that I questioned society’s stereo types as a child myself and as a parent, however there is always more to learn. Thank you for sharing the “ you “ of you reading this made me smile on the inside.

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Comment on Is PrEP Free for Everyone in Ontario? by Dakota https://gilbertcentre.ca/is-prep-free-for-everyone-in-ontario/#comment-1419 Fri, 07 Dec 2018 06:52:08 +0000 http://gilbertcentre.ca/?p=2325#comment-1419 What about coverage for PEP which I started today?

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Comment on My Non-Binary World by Lorna Cunningham-Rushton https://gilbertcentre.ca/non-binary-world/#comment-1418 Wed, 08 Aug 2018 03:45:21 +0000 http://gilbertcentre.ca/?p=2602#comment-1418 I can’t find a gender comment in my head that you haven’t already presented. As a person in her 70s, and because of the more rigid 2-sex format in which I grew up, it surprises me how easily I fit the description of a woman, yet identify so much more with “person”. Much more thinking to do about this.

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