Quest Community Health Centre: Dr. Tim St. Amand & Dr. Carys Massarella
- Contact: 905-688-2558 x0
- Location: 145 Queenston St., St. Catharines
- Must be 16+ to access trans healthcare through Quest. Support groups open to youth and adults. There is currently a waitlist of 4+ months. They offer:
- Primary healthcare
- Trans specific healthcare (even if client has PCP elsewhere)
- Youth support
- Assessment and referral for gender confirming surgery
- Mental health counselling
- Programming
- Hormone replacement therapy
- Help with name and gender marker change
Niagara Falls Community Health Centre
- Contact: Call/text Celeste at 289-321-0588; cturner@nfchc.ca
- Location: 4790 Victoria Avenue, Niagara Falls
- They offer:
- Help with name change and gender marker change
- Support groups
- Hormone replacement therapy – they have one NP who can prescribe, and another in training as of June 2022
- Referrals for surgery and help navigating that process
- Counselling support
- They will accept clients from anywhere within Niagara when they have room.
- Contact: 905-521-2100 x76248
- Location: McMaster University Medical Centre, Hamilton
- Dr. Costescu’s clinical practice focuses in contraceptive care, family planning, colposcopy, and sexual medicine, in addition to general OB/GYN complaints. He offers some gender affirming surgery and is a great resource for trans people looking for gender affirming care.
- Requires a referral from a family doctor or healthcare centre/professional.