Saturday October 24th, starting at 1pm
This year, we are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Groupe d’action trans de l’Université de Sherbrooke (GATUS), which later became TransEstrie! To mark this milestone, we invite you to look back at our history, dream of the future and come together as a community.
TransEstrie’s main mission is to support the trans and non-binary communities of Estrie by creating services for them and by representing their interests to institutions, organizations and establishments in Estrie so that their services are adapted to trans and non-binary realities.
We are currently operating with a much smaller team than usual. As a result, we have temporarily adapted our services to reflect our capacity until we are able to expand our team again. Thank you for your understanding: we are determined to support our communities despite everything!
Due to our limited operations at the moment, we have not organized any events in April. Learn more about our current services on our Services page!
Together with the Conseil québecois LGBT, we have written a guide that explains the different options for medical transition in Quebec, from hormone replacement therapy to surgery, from referral letters to hormone blockers!
As of now, the website is exclusively in french.
Want to support TransEstrie? Making a donation is the most direct way to do so! Even a small donation can buy gender affirming items or support a trans or non-binary person in need.
Acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, aromantic, agender, and two-spirit.
A person whose gender identity does not correspond to the sex assigned to them at birth.
A person whose gender corresponds to the one they were assigned at birth.
Umbrella term for people whose gender identity is not exclusively female or male. Some non-binary people use more specific labels to describe their gender(s), such as agender, bigender, pangender, genderfluid, neutrois, etc. Non-binary people are trans by definition, but not all decide to identify with that term.
Trans experience. Preferred term to transsexuality or transgenderism, which are terms that relate to the self-identification of trans people, and which have a pathologizing connotation when imposed without consent.
Man who was assigned female at birth, most often because he was born with a vulva.
Woman who was assigned male at birth, usually because she was born with a penis.
Person whose sexual characteristics are considered “ambiguous” by the medical field. They still suffer a lot of medical violence, including genital and hormonal mutilation.
The way in which a person consciously or unconsciously expresses their gender identity through language, appearance, mannerisms and other forms of expression.
An expression of gender that is different from what is expected by society based on one’s gender or assigned sex. For example, a man wearing makeup, a non-binary person wearing a dress, a woman who does not shave.
Discriminatory attitude towards people who are or are assumed to be trans, non-binary and gender non-conforming. Discrimination against people because of their transness, non-binarity, genitalia or gender expression.
Presumption that women have vaginas, men have penises, and that there are only two genders. This is the systemic bias of transphobia, which erases trans experiences in most spheres of society.
A non-linear process unique to each trans person, aimed at gaining recognition of one’s gender, both from oneself and from others, especially through changing one’s gender expression. Transitioning can have social, medical and legal aspects.
Discomfort with gendered characteristics of one’s body or gender expression, or the way they are perceived by others. The degree of dysphoria can vary greatly from moment to moment and from person to person. You do not have to experience gender dysphoria to be trans.
We would like to thank the REMDUS for its financial contribution to TransEstrie.
