Medical Hub
Best practice guidance on supporting your trans patient.
Medical Hub
Treating your trans patient: guidance for healthcare professionals
Due to a lack of clear guidance and education in the UK on the treatment of trans patients, gender variant individuals often struggle to get access to the care they need. This resource has been created based on expertise drawn from centres of excellence around the world, as well as our own significant experience of providing affirmative care to this patient cohort. Our aim is to inform and empower healthcare practitioners so that they in turn can provide the best care to their trans patient.
We hope it will give them the confidence to treat according to patient need.
GP Collaboration
We like to work with patient’s GPs whenever possible and will always seek the patient’s consent to inform their doctor of their treatment and management plan. However, some patients find it difficult to share information about their trans healthcare with their GP, for a variety of reasons. Guidance on GenderGP’s approach to working with GPs can be found here.
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Suicide Prevention: Five Ways To Support Transgender People
On World Suicide Prevention Day, Marianne Oakes, GenderGP's former Head of Counselling Services, wrote about her work in supporting transgender people when they're feeling at their lowest. She also made some suggestions on how to respond to someone exhibiting signs of...
Role of Hormone Top-Ups in Feminising & Masculinising Regimes
For people undergoing gender-affirming hormone therapy (GAHT), managing hormone levels effectively is essential for both physical and emotional well-being. Hormonal treatments, while transformative, can sometimes lead to unintended side effects. Managing them can...
How Menopause Affects Your Hormones and Causes Symptoms
Most people have heard of menopause, but not everyone has the correct information. Here we discuss the possible hormonal effects of menopause, including depression, hair loss, and frequent urination. Below, you can find a fact table showing potential menopause...
MTF Diet and FTM Diet: Nutrition for the Transgender Community
Maria Bez is a registered Nutritional Therapist and Kinesiologist, the mother of a transgender son, and a health professional. Helping transgender people stay healthy or address specific physical or emotional symptoms through an MTF diet or an FTM diet and lifestyle...
Navigating the NHS Transgender Waiting List for a Journey of Patience and Hope
NHS Waiting List for UK Gender-Affirming Care If you're someone who is seeking gender-affirming care in the UK through the NHS, you’re likely familiar with the long waiting times that come with the NHS transgender waiting list. Some people receiving letters right now...
How to Bind Your Chest Without a Binder: Using Trans Tape
Trans tape is an alternative to chest binders that offers a great deal of relief from dysphoria for many AFAB trans men. In this article, Aaron - a trans man - shares his top tips for how to bind your chest using trans tape and without a binder. His insights are...
How to Inject Testosterone Safely: Injection Guide for AFAB
Testosterone Injections: Safety and Risks for Masculinising AFAB Waiting times for gender-affirming medications in the UK are out of control. Many trans people are filling the gap by self-medicating. This includes testosterone injections for AFAB people....
My Child’s Puberty Blocker Is Running Out; What Are My Options?
What to Do if Your Child's Puberty Blocker Is Running Out With the UK puberty blocker ban, transgender youth in the UK are likely to be running out of medication. As such, they and their loved ones will likely be looking for the best next steps. We have heard about...
Imane Khelif and the Issue With Gender Eligibility Testing in Sports
The Trouble With Gender Eligibility Testing in Sports A cisgender boxer, Imane Khelif, who competed in the Paris 2024 Olympics received hateful attacks from trans-exclusionary individuals after having previously failed a dubious and unspecified “gender eligibility...
