Kit Sparrow was faced with two options when he sought out gender-affirming care: wait months for a specialist appointment, or pay out of pocket for a privately run, virtual service.
The Ontario-based accessibility-technology engineer had spent years trying to understand his gender identity. Last March, he decided to visit his family doctor and begin transitioning.
While his physician responded positively, they didn’t have the training or experience to prescribe hormone treatment and instead referred him to an endocrinologist. That referral, Sparrow says, came with a seven-month wait.
“Hearing that I had to wait even longer was just a punch in the gut,” he
