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I made my fist appointment with my Psychologist! It'll be May 8th, but I'm a little nervous about cost as I am 21 years old working in retail lol. Its $130 per 50 minute session. I thought the Alberta government covered it but apparently its just for psychiatrists, and there aren't any working in the Calgary area with experience in GID. But I figure the cost is worth it. I'm finally taking the first step in working towards being who I need to be. I was going to go to school this year, but I think I'm actually going to postpone it a year. I want to be able to focus on my schooling, so I want to be well in to my hormones before I start. I want to be a young woman attending college, not a young man attending college lol. I don't want the distraction of adjusting to new hormones in my body or whether or not I'm passing 100% and still try and be a competitive student.

How many other people chose to put off their education/career until they began their physical transition? I'm not too worried about having done so, because the course is only a two year course (travel and tourism at SAIT here in Calgary) and I'll still graduate from it and establish my career at 24. I also figure that if I'm well in to my transition by the time I graduate the course, I might have better luck getting jobs seeing as I usually have difficulty getting hired in my present state.

Support Group In Philadelphia, PA

[emboline.livejournal.com]

Hello!

Just wanted to let everyone in Philadelphia Area know about a NEW Support group for FTM, MTF, Questioning, Post-op, Non-op, Non-HRT, HRT, Wherever you may fall on the gender  Spectrum.

What: Evolutions Support Group

Where: The Mazzoni Center: www.mazzonicenter.org/ at 12th  and Chesnut St  building on the 2nd Floor.

When: Thursdays 6-7 pm

How much?: Free

Drop in and out at any time from 6-7pm.

Any questions call the center.

Hope to see you all there!

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Angie Zapata Transgender Case

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DENVER, Colorado (CNN) -- A Colorado man was convicted of first-degree murder and a bias-motivated crime in the slaying of a transgender teen he met on an online social networking site.

Source: [CNN]

Sylvia Rivera Law Project and others announce nonsupport of GENDA

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From SRLP's website:

"It pains us that we ... cannot support the current GENDA bill, because we cannot and will not support hate crimes legislation. Rather than serving as protection for oppressed people, the hate crimes portion of this law may expose our communities to more danger—from prejudiced institutions far more powerful and pervasive than individual bigots."

More here.