I greatly appreciate the desire of our allies to support the trans community now, in the time of our need. One way to assist would be to distribute the following letter (attached both in text form below my signature and in DOC form) far and wide to all Albertans as a plea for them to lend us support and encourage the Alberta Government to reconsider the delisting of Gender Reassignment Surgery.

A second is to call your MLAs (http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=mla_home), and call the people on the Standing Policy Committee on Health (list follows). Let them know that Albertans everywhere support the funding of GRS surgery, and oppose taking the Province into another embarrassing and potentially expensive and unwinnable conflict:

• Fred Horne (PC, Edmonton-Rutherford, Committee Chair fred.horne@assembly.ab.ca)
• Bridget A. Pastoor (LIB, Lethbridge-East bridget.pastoor@assembly.ab.ca)
• Cal Dallas (PC, Red Deer-South cal.dallas@assembly.ab.ca)
• Jonathan Denis (PC, Calgary-Egmont jonathan.denis@assembly.ab.ca)
• Kyle Fawcett (PC, Calgary-North Hill kyle.fawcett@assembly.ab.ca)
• Rachel Notley (ND, Edmonton-Strathcona rachel.notley@assembly.ab.ca)
• Verlyn Olson (PC, Wetaskiwin-Camrose verlyn.olson@assembly.ab.ca)
• Dave Quest (PC, Strathcona dave.quest@assembly.ab.ca)
• Raj Sherman (PC, Edmonton-Meadowlark raj.sherman@assembly.ab.ca)
• Kevin Taft (LIB, Edmonton-Riverview kevin.taft@assembly.ab.ca)
• Tony Vandermeer (PC, Edmonton-Beverly-Clareview tony.vandermeer@assembly.ab.ca)

Thank you very much for your assistance!

Take care,
Mercedes Allen
Alberta Transgender Resources: http://www.albertatrans.org